CCCP-40902
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- August 11, 1986Accident
The aircraft departed Khabarovsk on a mail flight to Kurung, a gold mine located in the Konder Mountain Range. While flying at a height of about 15 meters, the captain asked the passenger and the third pilot to jettison the mail bags when the aircraft struck a high larch and crashed, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed while both other occupants were injured. The mission did not provide to jettison the mail bags but was arbitrarily changed by the captain. Probable cause (official find