Regional Airlines Flight 9288

2005 aviation accident

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Regional Airlines Flight 9288
Accident
RA-46489, the aircraft involved in the crash
Date	16 March 2005 (2005-03-16)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain following stall
Site	Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-24RV
Operator	Regional Airlines
Registration	RA-46489
Flight origin	Usinsk Airport, Komi, Russia
Destination	Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
Occupants	52
Passengers	45
Crew	7
Fatalities	28
Survivors	24

On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288 crashed on approach to Varandey Airport in Russia's Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.

Accident

Regional Airlines Flight 9288 was an Antonov An-24RV making a non-scheduled Russian domestic passenger flight on 16 March 2005 from Usinsk Airport in Komi to Varandey Airport in Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug with seven crew members and 45 passengers aboard. On approach to Varandey Airport, the crew allowed the An-24RV's speed to drop and its nose to rise until in stalled. At 13:53, the aircraft struck a hill, crashed about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the airport, and burned, killing 28 people (two crew members and 26 passengers).

The aircraft's airspeed and angle-of-attack indicators may have malfunctioned, making it difficult for the crew to monitor flight parameters accurately.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a twin-engine Antonov An-24RV, manufacturer's serial number 27308107. It had first flown in 1972 and was registered as RA-46489. Regional Airlines had leased it from Kuzbassaviafrakht (Kuzbass Aero Freight).

References

^ Accident report at Aviation Safety Network

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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Jan 30 RAF Hercules shootdownFeb 3 Kam Air Flight 904Feb 20 British Airways Flight 268Mar 6 Air Transat Flight 961Mar 15 Loganair Islander accidentMar 16 Regional Airlines Flight 9288Mar 25 West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955Apr 2 Nias Island Sea King crashMay 3 Airwork Flight 23May 7 Lockhart River air disasterJun 9 Logan Airport runway incursionJul 16 Equatorial Express Airlines An-24 crashAug 2 Air France Flight 358Aug 6 Tuninter Flight 1153Aug 10 Copterline Flight 103Aug 14 Helios Airways Flight 522Aug 16 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708Aug 23 TANS Perú Flight 204Sep 5 Mandala Airlines Flight 091Sep 21 JetBlue Flight 292Oct 22 Bellview Airlines Flight 210Dec 6 Iranian Air Force C-130 crashDec 8 Southwest Airlines Flight 1248Dec 10 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145Dec 19 Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101Dec 23 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217

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