Let L-410 crash, Aug 3, 1979 (10 killed), Leningrad-Rzhev...
Let L-410 accident on August 3, 1979 near Leningrad-Rzhevka Leningrad oblast, Russia with 10 fatalities. Cause: Failure of the right engine on final...
- Date: August 3, 1979
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Leningrad-Rzhevka Leningrad oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the right engine on final approach, attributed to destruction of the camshaft.
On 3 August 1979 an Aeroflot Let L-410M (CCCP-67206) flying Smolensk, Velikiye Luki and Leningrad crashed on approach to Leningrad-Rzhevka Airport. The right engine failed on final approach and the crew attempted a go around and feathering of the right propeller, which did not succeed. The aircraft crashed in flames in woodland about 500 m short of the runway threshold. Ten of the 14 occupants were killed and four passengers were seriously injured.