SCAT Airlines Flight 760

SCAT Airlines Flight 760 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, Kazakhstan, operated by a Bombardier CRJ-200 twinjet that on 29 January 2013 crashed in thick fog near the village of Kyzyltu, while on approach to Almaty. All 16 passengers and 5 crew on board were killed.[1][2][3]

SCAT Airlines Flight 760
Crash site
Accident
Date29 January 2013 (2013-01-29)
SummaryCrashed to the ground on approach for reasons undetermined
SiteNear Kyzyltu, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
43.2775°N 76.8958°E / 43.2775; 76.8958
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBombardier CRJ-200
OperatorSCAT Airlines
IATA flight No.DV760
ICAO flight No.VLV760
Call signVLASTA 760
RegistrationUP-CJ006
Flight originKokshetau Airport, Kazakhstan
DestinationAlmaty International Airport, Kazakhstan
Occupants21
Passengers16
Crew5
Fatalities21
Survivors0

The following investigation determined that the aircraft had descended abruptly after pitching nose-down, but was unable to establish the cause of the sudden manoeuvre.[4][5]

Aircraft and crew
UP-CJ006, the aircraft involved in the crash, at Almaty Airport three weeks before the accident

The aircraft was a 12-year-old Bombardier CRJ-200 (registration UP-CJ006) which began flying in 2000 for Cimber Air with registrations OY-RJA. Nine years later the aircraft was transferred to Cimber Sterling. Following Ciber Sterling's bankruptcy in 2012, SCAT Airlines purchased the aircraft, where it was re-registered as UP-CJ006. The aircraft was powered by two General Electric CF34-3B1 turbofan engines.[6][7]

The captain was 55-year-old Vladimir Nikolaevich Evdokimov, who had been working with SCAT airlines since 2001 and had logged 18, 194 flight hours, including 1,227 hours on the CRJ-200. The first officer was 43-year-old Alexander Vladimirovich Sharapov, who had been with the airline since 2006 and had 3,507 flight hours, with 132 of them on the CRJ-200.[4]:11–15

Accident

The airliner operating the flight was on final approach to Almaty International Airport in thick fog when it crashed 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) short of the runway near the village of Kyzyltu at 13:13 local time (07:13 UTC), 14 seconds after initiating a go-around.[2] All 16 passengers and 5 crew members aboard were killed.[1][8][9]

Investigation

Shortly after the accident, a commission headed by Bakytzhan Sagintayev, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, was set up by Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov to investigate the cause of the crash.[10]

Maulen Mukashev, the deputy mayor of Almaty, visited the crash site and told reporters that the preliminary cause of the crash was bad weather. Mukashev also added: "Not a single part of the plane was left intact after it came down."[1][9]

On 2 March 2015, the Interstate Aviation Committee released their final report stating that during the missed approach procedure, initiated due to weather conditions being below minimal, a nose-down elevator deflection was recorded, resulting in a steep dive and impact with the ground. The investigation was unable to determine the cause of the elevator deflection but did not find evidence of any system malfunction or external factors.[4]

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See also

References
  1. Gordeyeva, Mariya (29 January 2013). "Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. Hradecky, Simon (29 January 2013). "Crash: Scat CRJ2 at Almaty on Jan 29th 2013, impacted ground near airport". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. "Recent Fatal Plane Crashes and Other Significant Airline Safety Events". AirSafe.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. "Final Report" (PDF) (in Russian). Interstate Aviation Committee.
  5. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER UP-CJ006 Almaty Airport (ALA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. "SCAT Airlines UP-CJ006 (Canadair Regional Jet - MSN 7413) (Ex OY-RJA)". www.airfleets.net. Airfleets aviation. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. "UP-CJ006 SCAT Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. "All 20 on board Kazakh SCAT airliner killed in crash". The Australian. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  9. "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty". BBC News. BBC. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. "Kazakhstan's First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development will head commission on investigation of CRJ 200 LR plane crash causes". BNews (Kazakhstan). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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