Norilsk – Podkamenaya Tunguska – Shushenskoye – Krasnoyarsk

On January 29, 1997 at 01:20 PM, Norilsk – Podkamenaya Tunguska – Shushenskoye – Krasnoyarsk experienced a crash involving Yakovlev Yak-40, operated by Cheremshanka Airlines, with the event recorded near Shushenskoye Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 27 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: 23, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a flight from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk with intermediate stops in Podkamenaya Tunguska and Shushenskoye, carrying 23 passengers and 4 crew members on behalf of KrasAir (Krasnoyarskie Avialinii). While approaching Shushenskoye, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a visibility limited to 400 metres due to snow falls. In such conditions, the crew lost his orientation and was unable to locate the destination airport. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in the taiga about 18 km from the airport. All 27 occupants were rescued, among them one passenger was slightly injured. The aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-87552, MSN 9 21 03 21, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.3278°, 91.9454°.