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1987 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight N-528
Accident
An Aeroflot Yak-40, similar to the one involved.
Date	19 June 1987
Summary	Runway overrun on landing, followed by attempted and then aborted go-around, pilot error
Site	Berdyansk Airport 46°48′52″N 36°47′15″E / 46.8144°N 36.7875°E / 46.8144; 36.7875
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-87826
Flight origin	Odesa International Airport
Destination	Berdyansk Airport
Occupants	29
Passengers	24
Crew	5
Fatalities	8
Survivors	21

Aeroflot Flight N-528 was a regular commercial flight from Odesa to Berdyansk that crashed at 11:22 local time while attempting to land in poor weather conditions.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Yakovlev Yak-40 registered to Aeroflot. The aircraft rolled off the assembly line at Saratov factory in November 1972 and delivered to Aeroflot's Ukrainian division on 17 November 1972.

Timeline and summary

At the time of takeoff, cumulonimbus clouds were present at 700 metres (2,300 ft), visibility was limited to six kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi); wind was 6 km/h (3.2 kn; 3.7 mph) at 20° with gusts up to 14.5 km/h (7.8 kn; 9.0 mph). At 11:16:37 weather observers recommended a storm warning to the manager, to which he said: "busy." In violation of the law, the information was not passed along the chain of command. At 11:16:47 the crew asked the controller about the radar visibility. The manager reported visibility at 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and stated that they were visible on radar. After receiving this information, the crew decided to go through the system. At 11:18:15 at a distance of 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) from the airport, the manager passed the crew go to the dispatcher for landing. At a distance of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) from the airport at an altitude of 400 metres (1,300 ft), the crew was instructed to take a course of 95° (due to the deviation to the left 300 metres (980 ft)) and were warned about the absence of radar monitoring in the area of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) of the runway. After receiving this information, the crew decided not to do a go-around. On approach to Berdyansk at 11:20:15, the crew reported entering the glide path at 8,600 metres (28,200 ft), then were instructed to drop 400 metres (1,300 ft). At 11:20:24 they were given permission to land at Berdyansk. At 11:20:25 weather observers at the request of the dispatcher gave weather information about the storm, downpour, windspeed, and visibility. Scud and cumulonimbus clouds were observed at a height of 210 metres (690 ft) and wind was 280° at 8 km/h (4.3 kn; 5.0 mph) with gusts up to 11 kilometres per hour (5.9 kn; 6.8 mph). Visibility was reported to be limited to 500 metres (1,600 ft). At 11:21 the pilot, questioning the visibility of 500 meters, attempted to assess visibility using his instruments, but in violation of flight procedures did not disclose this to the controller.

The plane landed about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) down the 8,200-foot (2,500 m) runway while being too fast on the touchdown, and then hydroplaned. The pilot, not being quite sure about the plane's whereabouts on the runway, then attempted to take off again (while having less than 1,000 feet (300 m) of runway remaining), rolled off the departure end of the runway, and aborted the take-off attempt. The plane hit several trees, broke apart, then caught fire. Five passengers died at the scene, with one more passenger and two flight attendants dying later from their injuries.

Causes

Cited among the multiple causes of the crash was the decision to land at Berdyansk Airport despite the weather conditions and poor visibility. The committee also cited poor human resource management at the control tower and weather station. The lack of accurate weather data given to the crew was cited as a contributing factor.

References

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev 40 CCCP-87826 Berdyansk Airport (ERD)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
"Yak-40 c/n 9241824". Scramble Soviet Transport Database.
^ "Plane crash Yak-40 at Berdyansk Airport, 1987". AVIA.PRO. 18 January 2018.
"Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Berdyansk: 8 killed". B3A Archives.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987 (1987)

Jan 3 Varig Flight 797Jan 15 SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834Jan 16 Aeroflot Flight U-505Mar 4 Northwest Airlink Flight 2268Apr 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035May 8 American Eagle Flight 5452May 9 LOT Flight 5055May 19 Air New Zealand Flight 24Jun 11 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdownJun 19 Aeroflot Flight N-528Jun 26 Philippine Airlines Flight 206Jul 24 Air Afrique Flight 056Jul 30 Mexico City Boeing C-97 crashAug 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255Aug 31 Thai Airways Flight 365Oct 11 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crashOct 15 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460Oct 20 Ramada Inn Corsair crashNov 15 Continental Airlines Flight 1713Nov 28 South African Airways Flight 295Nov 29 Korean Air Flight 858Dec 7 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771Dec 8 Alianza Lima disasterDec 13 Philippine Airlines Flight 443Dec 21 Air Littoral Flight 1919Dec 23 Finnair Flight 915

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1986	Aeroflot Flight F-77 (March 1986) Aeroflot Flight 2306 (July 1986) Aeroflot Flight 6502 (October 1986)
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