Tallinn - Kärdla

On November 23, 2001 at 06:35 PM, Tallinn - Kärdla experienced a crash involving PZL-Mielec AN-28, operated by Enimex, with the event recorded near Kärdla Hiiumaa.

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.

17 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 15 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 11.8%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Tallinn to Kärdla, at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the crew obtained the last weather bulletin for Kärdla Airport. The actual conditions were as follow: wind 020° at 24 knots, visibility 8,000 metres, snow, overcast 1,200 feet, broken 600 feet, temperature 0°, dewpoint 0°, QNH 1001, braking action is good, runway in use 32. One minute later, the crew was cleared to descend to 1,400 feet and reported this altitude at a distance of 11 km from the airport. The airplane continued on a heading of 240° towards the OZ NDB beacon, which was the Final Approach Fix (FAF) located about 4 km from the runway threshold. The crew continued the descent and initiated a slow turn towards the runway some 2,5 km short of the FAF. The aircraft descended into trees some 1,500 metres short of runway threshold and crashed in a wooded area. Two passengers were killed and 15 other occupants were injured, some seriously. The aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ES-NOV, MSN 1AJ003-03, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.0012°, 22.7411°.