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1983 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 601
Accident
An Aeroflot Antonov An-24RV, similar to that involved in the accident
Date	24 December 1983 (1983-12-24)
Summary	Stalled on approach due to pilot error
Site	Leshukonskoye Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-24RV
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	СССР-46617
Flight origin	Talagi Airport, Arkhangelsk, Russian SSR
Destination	Leshukonskoye Airport, Leshukonskoye, Russian SSR
Occupants	49
Passengers	44
Crew	5
Fatalities	44
Survivors	5

Aeroflot Flight 601 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Arkhangelsk to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, operated by Aeroflot. The Antonov An-24RV that was involved crashed on 24 December 1983 during approach to Leshukonskoye. Forty-four people were killed; five survived the accident. Pilot error was cited as the cause of the accident.

Crew

The aircraft's crew consisted of captain Nikolai Alimov, first officer Alexander Priydak, navigating officer Vladimir Marichev, and flight engineer Fyodor Igumnov plus one flight attendant.

Crash

The visibility at Leshukonskoye airport was 5 km, with drizzle, a wind speed of 3 m/s and air temperature 0 °C (32 °F). Sixteen kilometres away from Leshukonskoye airport and at an altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft), the crew put the landing gear down and set the flaps at 15 degrees. Then the flaps were set to 38 degrees and the aircraft, piloted by captain, started to descend. The aircraft descended with a significant deviation that reached about 490 m to the left. The captain decided to land instead of making a go-around and banked the aircraft to the right. At an altitude of about 30 m (98 ft) the captain decided to make a go-around. The landing gear was retracted and the aircraft started to climb, but reached critical slip angles which compromised aircraft control. The captain then ordered to set the flaps at 15 degrees, but by then the aircraft had stalled. It then started to descend with an increasing left bank angle. At an altitude of 80 m (260 ft) and with a speed of 86.39 knots (160 kmh) the flaps were set to eight degrees. The left bank angle ultimately reached 90 degrees and the aircraft crashed 110 m to the right of the runway. The aircraft broke apart and partially burned. Four passengers and the flight attendant survived the accident.

Investigation

The investigation placed the responsibility for the accident on the captain Alimov, who was found to have a risky style of piloting, which violated the flight instructions. It was also found that the crew should have initiated a go-around instead of attempting to land first. No fault with air traffic control was found.

References

^ "Катастрофа Ан-24РВ Архангельского ОАО в районе а/п Лешуконское" (in Russian). Airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 (1983)
Jan 11 United Airlines Flight 2885Jan 16 Turkish Airlines Flight 158Mar 7 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013Mar 11 Avensa Flight 007Apr 19 Aeroflot Flight E-46May 1 Negev mid-air collisionMay 5 Hijacking of CAAC Flight 296May 5 Eastern Air Lines Flight 855May 22 Rhein-Main Starfighter crashJun 2 Air Canada Flight 797Jun 6 Alraigo incidentJun 8 Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8Jul 1 Chosonminhang Il-62 crashJul 11 TAME Flight 173Jul 16 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crashJul 23 Air Canada Flight 143Aug 30 Aeroflot Flight 5463Sep 1 Korean Air Lines Flight 007Sep 14 Guilin Airport collisionSep 23 Gulf Air Flight 771Oct 11 Air Illinois Flight 710Nov 8 TAAG Flight 462Nov 18 Aeroflot Flight 6833Nov 27 Avianca Flight 011Nov 28 Nigeria Airways Flight 250Dec 7 Madrid runway disasterDec 14 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crashDec 18 Malaysian Airline System Flight 684Dec 20 Ozark Air Lines Flight 650Dec 23 Anchorage runway collisionDec 24 Aeroflot Flight 601
1982 ◄ ► 1984

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 (1983)

Jan 11 United Airlines Flight 2885Jan 16 Turkish Airlines Flight 158Mar 7 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013Mar 11 Avensa Flight 007Apr 19 Aeroflot Flight E-46May 1 Negev mid-air collisionMay 5 Hijacking of CAAC Flight 296May 5 Eastern Air Lines Flight 855May 22 Rhein-Main Starfighter crashJun 2 Air Canada Flight 797Jun 6 Alraigo incidentJun 8 Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8Jul 1 Chosonminhang Il-62 crashJul 11 TAME Flight 173Jul 16 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crashJul 23 Air Canada Flight 143Aug 30 Aeroflot Flight 5463Sep 1 Korean Air Lines Flight 007Sep 14 Guilin Airport collisionSep 23 Gulf Air Flight 771Oct 11 Air Illinois Flight 710Nov 8 TAAG Flight 462Nov 18 Aeroflot Flight 6833Nov 27 Avianca Flight 011Nov 28 Nigeria Airways Flight 250Dec 7 Madrid runway disasterDec 14 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crashDec 18 Malaysian Airline System Flight 684Dec 20 Ozark Air Lines Flight 650Dec 23 Anchorage runway collisionDec 24 Aeroflot Flight 601

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