Accident | |
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Date | 12 September 2012 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error. |
Site | Mount Pyatibratka, Russia 58°57′00″N160°19′08″E / 58.9500°N 160.3190°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-28 |
Operator | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise |
ICAO flight No. | PTK251 |
Call sign | PETROKAM 251 |
Registration | RA-28715 |
Flight origin | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, Russia |
Destination | Palana Airport, Russia |
Occupants | 14 |
Passengers | 12 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 10 |
Injuries | 4 |
Survivors | 4 |
On 12 September 2012 at about 12:20 local time (00:20 UTC), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251, operated by an Antonov An-28, crashed while attempting to land at Palana Airport in Russia. [1] Both pilots were killed, together with 8 of the 12 passengers. All 4 survivors were in serious condition. The aircraft descended below minima on approach in instrument meteorological conditions and impacted a forested slope. Alcohol was found in the blood of both flight crew.
On 6 July 2021, an Antonov An-26 assigned to the same flight route and number also crashed while on its approach to land at Palana Airport.
The aircraft was a twin-turboprop Antonov An-28, registration RA-28715, built in 1989 with serial number 1AJ006-25. [2]
The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) released their final report on February 2013 [3]
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