| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 06, 2021 |
| Time: | 1505 |
| Location: | Palana, Russia |
| Operator: | Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise |
| Flight #: | 251 |
| Route: | Petropavlovsk - Palana |
| AC Type: | Antonov An 26B-100 |
| Registration: | RA-26085 |
| cn / ln: | 12310 |
| Aboard: | 28 (passengers:22 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:22 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The passenger plane crashed into the top of a cliff while attempting to land in inclement weather. The debris fell into the sea. Contact was lost with the plane 10 minutes before it was to land. The cause of the crash of the aircraft was a violation by the crew established instrument approach procedure at Palana airfield, resulting in performing a flight with a significant deviation from the established route and descending significantly below the established minimum altitude (MDH) in weather conditions excluding stable visual contact with ground landmarks, which led to collision of an aircraft with a coastal rock in controlled flight, its destruction and death crew and passengers. |
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