Mongokhto AFB - Mongokhto AFB

On November 6, 2009 at 09:19 PM, Mongokhto AFB - Mongokhto AFB experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-142, operated by Russian Navy - Voyenno-morskoy Flot Rossii, with the event recorded near Tatar Strait Sakhalin oblast.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Following a training flight over the Okhotsk Sea, the four engine was returning to its base at Mongokhto AFB. While descending by night, the aircraft crashed in the Tatar Strait between the Island of Sakhalin and the Sikhote-Alin region. Some debris were found about 15 km off Sadinga Cape. All 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 55 red, MSN 0 60 41 75, year of manufacture 1990.