- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 13, 1969
Time: 1727
Location: Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 227
Route: Surgut - Nizhnevartovsk
AC Type: Antonov An-24B
Registration: CCCP-47772
cn / ln: 79901404
Aboard: 56   (passengers:52  crew:4)
Fatalities: 24   (passengers:22  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed 1,090 mshort of the runway while on approach A propeller accidently feathered when the de-icing system was activated causing the plane to lose altitude and crash.
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