- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 03, 2010
Time: 0119
Location: Igarka, Russia
Operator: Katekavia Airline
Flight #: KYU9357
Route: Karsnoyarsk - Igarka
AC Type: Antonov An-24 V
Registration: RA-46524
cn / ln: 47310003
Aboard: 15   (passengers:12  crew:3)
Fatalities: 12   (passengers:11  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed while on approach to Igarka Airport in adverse weather conditions. Crew tried to land in below weather minimums. Execution of an approach in conditions worse than the weather minima of the airfield, aircraft, and pilot. The failure of the crew to take a timely decision for a missed approach when the plane descended below the minimum safe height in the absence of reliable visual contact with approach lights and runway lights. This caused the aircraft to strike trees and the ground in controlled flight.
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