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Aeroflot Flight G-7

Accident
Date	11 October 1985
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	47 km from Kutaisi, Imereti, GSSR 42°19′N 42°3′E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-87803
Flight origin	Tbilisi Airport
Stopover	Kutaisi Airport
Destination	Poti Airport
Occupants	14
Passengers	10
Crew	4
Survivors	14

Aeroflot Flight G-7, a Yakovlev Yak-40 passenger flight, was involved in an aviation accident on October 11, 1985, when it crashed into a mountain 47km away from Kutaisi, resulting in the deaths of 14 people.

Aircraft

The Yak-40, registration CCCP-87803 (MSN 9230923 - Serial number 23-09), was manufactured at the Saratov Aviation Plant in 1972 and was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, which on August 15, was sent to the Tbilisi Aerial Detachment of the Georgian Civil Aviation Directorate.

CCCP-87803 had also appeared in the film, The Case is Transferred to Court, made by the Georgian Film Studio in 1976, during the ending scene of the movie.