Aeroflot Flight N-63
Aeroflot/Ukraine Antonov An-24B · Stall, loss of control for reasons unknown
From Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) to Vinnytsia/Gavyryshivka International Airport (VIN)
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
- 48 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- 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-24B
- 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
- CCCP-46809
- Operator
- Aeroflot/Ukraine
- Onboard fatalities
- 48
- Route
- From Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV)To Vinnytsia/Gavyryshivka International Airport (VIN)
Cause areas
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
- Organizational issues › Development
- Environmental issues › Operating environment
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Aeroflot Flight N-63 was a flight which crashed killing 48 people in Ukraine (then in the Soviet Union) in 1971.
Accident
It was a scheduled Antonov An-24 flight on 12 November 1971 from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport in Ukraine to Vinnitsa Airport in Ukraine. The flight proceeded routinely through takeoff and cruise, but started to enter trouble when on final approach due to the bad weather; this included freezing rain with fog and low clouds. The first landing attempt was aborted. The pilots attempted a second approach but could not land and initiated a go-around. During the go-around, the aircraft went nose-high and stalled before crashing 850 m short of the threshold. All 48 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
Investigators concluded that the aircraft stalled during a low-altitutde go-around. Two contributing scenarios were examined: a 3-5 second delay in applying full power, which could have allowed the airspeed to fall below a safe marigin, and a possible overestimation of the aerodynamic correction to indicated airspeed. Contributing factors to the accident were determined to have been poor weather, turbulence, the lack of stall-warning cues on the An-24, and a late go-around instruction from the controller.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight N-63
- Article
- Aeroflot Flight N-63
- Revision
- 1358215025 · 2026-06-07 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q16662339
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aeroflot Flight N-63" (page 66319115, revision 1358215025)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.