- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 30, 1977
Time: 0839
Location: Near Zhadanof, Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: H-925
Route: Dnepropetrovsk - Zhdanov
AC Type: Yakovlev YAK-40
Registration: CCCP-87738
cn / ln: 9010310
Aboard: 27   (passengers:23  crew:4)
Fatalities: 8   (passengers:5  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The crew continued their visual approach after entering an area of fog with visibility less than 500 m and losing sight of the ground. After deciding to go around, the right wing hit a 9-meter high pole. The wing caught fire and the number 2 engine failed. The fuselage hit the ground sideways in a field about 1,500 meters from the runway. The plane broke up and caught fire. The pilot-in-command decided to continue the approach below the glide under VFR mode in IMC conditions.
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