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Regional Airlines Flight 9288

16 Mar 2005 · Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia

Antonov An-24RV · Controlled flight into terrain following stall

From Usinsk Airport (USK) to Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
28 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
52
Survivors
24
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Antonov An-24RV

Aircraft type
Antonov AN-24
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
RA-46489
Onboard fatalities
28
Route
From Usinsk Airport (USK)To Varandey Airport, Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia

Approximate · Estimated position: Varandey Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288 crashed on approach to Varandey Airport in Russia's Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.

Accident

Regional Airlines Flight 9288 was an Antonov An-24RV making a non-scheduled Russian domestic passenger flight on 16 March 2005 from Usinsk Airport in Komi to Varandey Airport in Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug with seven crew members and 45 passengers aboard. On approach to Varandey Airport, the crew allowed the An-24RV's speed to drop and its nose to rise until in stalled. At 13:53, the aircraft struck a hill, crashed about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the airport, and burned, killing 28 people (two crew members and 26 passengers).

The aircraft's airspeed and angle-of-attack indicators may have malfunctioned, making it difficult for the crew to monitor flight parameters accurately.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Regional Airlines Flight 9288” (revision 1366711642, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: Regional Airlines Flight 9288
Article
Regional Airlines Flight 9288
Revision
1366711642 · 2026-07-29 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q15617473
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Regional Airlines Flight 9288" (page 45201214, revision 1366711642)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
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  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.