Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Palana

On July 6, 2021 at 03:05 PM, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Palana experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-26, operated by Petropavlosvk-Khamchatsky Air Enterprise, with the event recorded near Palana Kamchatka Krai.

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.

28 people were known to be on board, 28 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport at 1257LT on a schedule service (flight PTK251) to Palana, carrying 22 passengers and a crew of six, among them Olga Mokhiriova, chief of the municipality of Palana. At 1439LT, the crew contacted Palana ATC and was cleared to start the descent at 1450LT. While completing an NDB approach to runway 29, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with fog and ceiling at 300 metres. Too low, the aircraft impacted terrain about 4 km northwest of the airport. The wreckage was found in the evening on the top of a rocky wall. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and debris fall down on the sea bank. All 28 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-26085, MSN 123 10, year of manufacture 1982.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.0828°, 159.9513°.