Tyumen - Khanty-Mansiysk

On October 26, 1996 at 08:44 PM, Tyumen - Khanty-Mansiysk experienced a crash involving Yakovlev Yak-40, operated by TyumenAviaTrans, with the event recorded near Khanty-Mansiysk Khantia-Mansia okrug.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

37 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 32 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 13.5%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 33, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Tyumen, the aircraft was approaching Khanty-Mansiysk Airport by night and poor weather conditions due to snow falls and a visibility limited to 5,300 metres with a cloud base at 400 metres. On final approach, the aircraft descended below the MDA when it landed at a speed of 190 km/h on an helipad located 159 metres to the left of the runway and 950 metres from its threshold. The aircraft collided with three parked helicopters and crashed. Both pilots, a third crew member and two passengers were killed. The aircraft as well as three helicopter registered RA-22313, RA-25144 and RA-25939 were destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-88257, MSN 9 71 12 52, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.0035°, 69.0190°.