MD-83 accident in Kyiv
Bravo Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-80 · Crew errors
From Antalya (Turkey) to Zhuliany, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA18WA223
- 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
- Occurrence
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 175
- 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
- 9
- 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
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- Aircraft type
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- Category
- Airplane
- 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
- UR-CPR
- Operator
- Bravo Airways
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Antalya (Turkey)To Zhuliany, Kyiv (Ukraine)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Landing · flare/touchdown
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Windshear or thunderstorm
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Kyiv, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The MD-83 accident in Kyiv was an aviation accident that occurred on 14 June 2018. A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airliner of Bravo Airways was operating international flight BAY4406 on the Antalya—Kyiv route, but after landing on the wet runway of the Kyiv airport it ran off it onto the grass. Of the 175 people on board (169 passengers and 7 crew members), no one was killed, but 9 people were injured.
Chronology of events
Flight BAY4406 departed Antalya at 15:41 local time with a delay of 6 hours (the airline named the non-arrival of the aircraft as the reason for the delay); on board were 7 crew members and 169 passengers. The climb and cruise at flight level proceeded normally.
The landing at Kyiv's Zhuliany Airport was carried out in thunderstorm conditions. At 17:40 local time the aircraft touched down on the runway and, at a distance of 1260 metres from the beginning of the runway, veered off to the left. As a result of the accident the aircraft was significantly damaged, including in the area of load-bearing structural elements (according to the press service of Zhuliany Airport, the aircraft will subsequently be sent for scrapping). None of the 175 people on board were killed; 9 people received serious injuries and damage.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The investigation into the causes of the accident was conducted by the NBAAI.
The final investigation report was published on 14 June 2019. According to the report, the cause of the accident was the human factor. The pilots made an unstabilised approach, did not deploy the spoilers and were unable to apply reverse thrust correctly. Poor weather conditions and poorly conducted flight and pre-flight preparation were named as contributing factors.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Авария MD-83 в Киеве” (revision 151611405, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
NTSB narrative
The government of Ukraine has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD80 airplane that occurred on June 14, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Ukraine's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Ukraine.
Verbatim NTSB factual narrative from the NTSB dataset
Sources
Russian Wikipedia article: Авария MD-83 в Киеве
- Article
- Авария MD-83 в Киеве
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 151611405 · 2026-02-08 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q113111639
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA18WA223
- Event ID
- 20180618X44832
- Case number
- DCA18WA223
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- ru Wikipedia article "Авария MD-83 в Киеве" (page 8788333, revision 151611405), translated into English with AI assistance; merged with NTSB case DCA18WA223 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA18WA223
- Operation
- operator named as an airline in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "MD-83 accident in Kyiv" and NTSB case DCA18WA223, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.