Avia 14 crash, Oct 8, 1992 (14 killed), Dingxi
Avia 14 accident on October 8, 1992 near Dingxi, Gansu, China with 14 fatalities. Cause: Failure of the left engine in flight for reasons that remain...
- Date: October 8, 1992
- Aircraft: Avia 14
- Location: Dingxi, Gansu, China
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of the left engine in flight for reasons that remain unknown, followed by loss of altitude while returning to Lanzhou.
A Wuhan Airlines Avia 14M (B-4211) flying a scheduled service from Lanzhou to Xi'an lost its left engine about 45 minutes into the flight. The crew was cleared back to Lanzhou but could not maintain a safe altitude and struck hilly terrain near Dingxi, about 72 km southeast of Lanzhou. Fourteen people were killed and 21 were injured.