Aeroflot Flight 601
![]() An Aeroflot Antonov An-24RV, similar to that involved in the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 24 December 1983 |
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 |
Destination | Leshukonskoye Airport |
Occupants | 49 |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 44 |
Survivors | 5 |
Aeroflot Flight 601 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Arkhangelsk to Leshukonskoye, operated by Aeroflot. The Antonov An-24RV crashed on 24 December 1983 during approach to Leshukonskoye. Five out of forty-nine people on board 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, flight engineer Fyodor Igumnov and an unknown air hostess.[1]
Crash[]
The visibility at Leshukonskoye airport was 5 km, with drizzle and a wind speed of 3 m/s and air temperature 0°С.[1] 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.[1] Then the flaps were set to 38 degrees and the aircraft, piloted by captain, started to descend.[1] 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 The landing gear was retracted and the aircraft started to climb, but reached critical slip angles which compromised aircraft control.[1] The captain then ordered to set the flaps at 15 degrees, but by then the aircraft had stalled.[1] 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.[1] The left bank angle ultimately reached 90 degrees and the aircraft crashed 110 m right of the runway.[1] The aircraft broke apart and partially burned.[1] Four passengers and the flight attendant survived the accident.[1]
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.[1] It was also found that the crew should have initiated a go-around instead of attempting to land first.[1] No fault with air traffic control was found.[1]
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- 1983 in the Soviet Union
- Aeroflot accidents and incidents
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983
- Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union
- Accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-24
- History of Arkhangelsk Oblast
- December 1983 events in Europe