Boeing 737-800 crash, Mar 19, 2016 (62 killed), Rostov-on...
Boeing 737-800 accident on March 19, 2016 near Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast, Russia with 62 fatalities. Cause: MAK final report (November 2019):...
- Date: March 19, 2016
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 62
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: MAK final report (November 2019): incorrect aircraft configuration, pilot error and the subsequent loss of the pilot in command situational awareness during a second go around at night in IMC, with windshear and turbulence as contributing factors, and a psychologically incapacitated pilot and unsuitable HUD use considered.
On 19 March 2016 a flydubai Boeing 737 800 (A6 FDN) on flight FZ981 from Dubai was making its second approach to Rostov on Don in night instrument conditions and windshear when it went around. It then climbed and descended steeply during a second go around, and it struck the ground about 120 m before the runway 22 threshold with a nose down pitch of about 50 degrees. All 62 people aboard were killed.