Kuban Airlines Flight 5719
Antonov An-26b · Overloading leading to stall during attempted go-around
From Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport (KRR) to Shirak International Airport (LWN)
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
- 35 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 36
- 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
Antonov An-26b
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-26
- 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-26141
- Operator
- Kuban Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 35
- Route
- From Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport (KRR)To Shirak International Airport (LWN)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 26 December 1993, Kuban Airlines Flight 5719, a scheduled international flight flying from Krasnodar International Airport, Russia, to Gyumri Shirak International Airport, Armenia, stalled and subsequently crashed whilst attempting a go-around on approach to the airport. Out of the 36 occupants on board, 35 were killed. The sole survivor was injured.
Accident
The aircraft was conducting flight GW-5719 from Krasnodar to Gyumri, transporting two cars, including a Lada Niva, and luggage. The flight was supposed to carry 6 passengers. However, the crew let 31 passengers board, contrary to the official flight manifest that listed 6 passengers. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, the aircraft's weight exceeded its maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 2246 kg.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Kuban Airlines Flight 5719
- Article
- Kuban Airlines Flight 5719
- Revision
- 1362256697 · 2026-07-02 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q19908903
- 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 "Kuban Airlines Flight 5719" (page 77415422, revision 1362256697)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- 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
- 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.