Novosibirsk - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

On April 5, 1996 at 02:44 PM, Novosibirsk - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Kras Air - Krasnoyarsk Avia - Krasnoyarskie Avialinii, with the event recorded near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Kamchatka Krai.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Novosibirsk to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, carrying 11 passengers, nine crew members and a load of 57 tons of meat and detergent powder. Upon takeoff from Novosibirsk-Yeltsovka Airport, the total weight of the aircraft was 17 tons above MTOW. While descending to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport in limited visibility due to low clouds, at an altitude of 900 metres, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens after it struck the slope of a mountain located about 40 km from runway 34R threshold. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 20 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 300 metres below the summit.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-76752, MSN 00934 98967, year of manufacture 1989.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0200°, 158.6471°.