40 yellow

On July 14, 1992 at 12:00 AM, 40 yellow experienced a crash involving Beriev Be-12, operated by TANTK - Taganrog ANTK, with the event recorded near Veshenskaya Rostov oblast.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The aircraft was engaged in a fire fighting mission and its crew just landed on the Don River to perform a scooping mission when it collided with a flock of birds that struck the right engine. The aircraft veered to the right and came to rest on the shore. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 40 yellow, MSN 9 6 014 04, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.6290°, 41.7251°.