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Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463

15 Nov 2017 · Nelkan Airport, Russia

Let L-410 Turbolet · Loss of control and crash on approach

From Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport to Nelkan Airport

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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
6 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
7
Survivors
1
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
1
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

Let L-410 Turbolet

Flight
RNI463
Aircraft type
Let L-410
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-67047
Onboard fatalities
6
Route
From Nikolayevsk-on-Amur AirportTo Nelkan Airport

Cause areas

  • Aircraft › Aircraft propeller/rotor

From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport to Nelkan Airport in Russia. On 15 November 2017 the Let L-410 Turbolet operating the flight crashed short of the runway at Nelkan Airport, killing all but one of the seven people on board. The sole survivor was a three-year-old girl who sustained serious injuries. The crash was caused by a malfunction of the right engine's propeller.

Accident

During approach to runway 04 at Nelkan airport, the aircraft suddenly lost speed, rolled 180 degrees to the left, and crashed into a forest 2 km from the runway. Both pilots (who were also the only crew members on board) and four of the five passengers on board were killed. There were no fatalities on the ground.

Investigation and cause

Investigation

The Interstate Aviation Committee (Межгосударственный авиационный комитет) investigated the accident with assistance from the Czech Air Accidents Investigation Institute (Ústav pro odborné zjišťování příčin leteckých nehod), representing the state of manufacture of the aircraft. A preliminary report was released on 22 December 2017. The final report was released in August 2019. The cause of the accident was that the propeller on the right hand engine had gone into negative pitch in flight, leading to a loss of control. Twenty-four safety recommendations were made.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463
Article
Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463
Revision
1339311810 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Wikipedia article "Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463" (page 60636341, revision 1339311810)
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Ground fatalities
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Summary
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