Antonov AN-26 | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

After landing on a dirt Runway 17 at N'Délé Airfield, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in bushes. All five crew members were rescued, among them two were slightly injured. The airplane was completing a humanitarian flight from Bangui on behalf of the United Nations Organization. It is believed that the airplane collided with a two metres high earth mound located short of runway, causing damage to the left main gear that collapsed after landing.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B in Kongolo

Date & Time: Jan 21, 2025 at 1400 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

9S-AYN

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Goma - Kongolo

MSN:

40 01

YOM:

1976

Location:

Kongolo

Katanga

Country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Region:

Africa

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The airplane departed Goma on a cargo service to Kongolo, carrying a crew of five and a load of cigarettes. About 30 km from the destination, the crew reported technical problems and continued the approach. After landing at Kongolo Airport, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran in a grassy area, the undercarriage collapsed and the airplane came to rest with the right engine on fire. All five crew members escaped uninjured.

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Crash of an Antonov AN-26-100 in Utrenniy

Date & Time: Jun 14, 2024 at 1340 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

RA-26662

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Sabetta - Utrenniy

MSN:

81 01

YOM:

1979

Flight number:

UT9706

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Circumstances:

On final approach to Utrenniy Airport in marginal weather conditions, the airplane impacted the ground and crash landed about one km from the airport. All 41 occupants were rescued and transported to the airport terminal, among them three were injured including both pilots. The airplane was completing a special service from Sabetta.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Yida

Date & Time: Mar 19, 2024 at 0748 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

South Sudan Air Force

Registration:

AVIONS-401

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Juba - Yida

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The airplane departed Juba Airport at 0618LT on a flight to Yida on behalf of the South Sudan Air Force (aka SSPDF-South Sudan People’s Defense Forces) with three passengers and a crew of four on board. The approach to Yida Airfield was initiated in limited visibility due to haze and fog. Upon landing on a dirt runway, the airplane suffered an apparent collapse of the left main gear, went out of control and came to rest, bursting into flames. All seven occupants were rescued, among them three were slightly injured. The airplane was totally destroyed by fire.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B-100 in Mykhailivka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 2022 at 0900 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

UR-UZB

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Zaporozhye - Uzhgorod

MSN:

113 05

YOM:

1981

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Captain / Total flying hours:

4225

Captain / Total hours on type:

2250.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

1562

Copilot / Total hours on type:

412

Aircraft flight hours:

25168

Aircraft flight cycles:

14298

Circumstances:

Consequently to the recent invasion by the Russian Army of the east part of Ukraine, the decision was taken to transfer the airplane from Zaporozhye to Uzhgorod. The airplane departed Zaporozhye Airport shortly before 1000LT with a crew of three on board. Few minutes after takeoff, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. While cruising at a very low altitude, the airplane collided with a power line and crashed in an open field located in Mykhailivka, some 10 km northwest of Zaporozhye Airport. A crew member was killed and two others were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed. It was reported that during the 90 days prior to the accident, the captain had just flown for 85 minutes while the copilot and the flight engineer had not made any flights.

Probable cause:

The cause of the aviation incident (collision of an airworthy aircraft with an obstacle) was the decision of the captain to carry out the flight under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions in foggy weather at a critically low altitude, leading to the loss of visual contact with the ground, uncontrolled increase in speed, and the aircraft colliding with a power transmission line.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- The flight crew's failure to decide to switch to instrument flight and climb to a safe flight altitude when encountering weather conditions that did not meet the visual meteorological flight conditions.
- Likely use of altimeters by the flight crew to maintain flight altitude in meters when the altimeter mode was set to indicate altitude in feet.
- The decision of the flight crew to fly at critically low altitudes with the radio altimeter and GPWS turned off.
- The flight crew's failure to follow the departure procedure from the aerodrome area under VFR, which was discussed in detail by the flight crew during pre-flight briefings.
- Deterioration of weather conditions after takeoff.
- Low crew resource management (CRM) skills.
- Retraction of flaps in a turn at an altitude lower than recommended and at a speed higher than recommended for the An-26 aircraft.
- The complex emotional state of the crew during both preparation and execution of the flight due to combat actions conducted by the Russian Federation near the departure aerodrome.
- Conducting the flight without meteorological support, which contradicts aviation regulations.
- The absence of procedures for conducting flights under VFR at low and critically low altitudes for An-26 aircraft in the operator's manuals.

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Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Ostrogozhsk

Date & Time: Feb 24, 2022

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

RF-36074

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

75 10

YOM:

1979

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The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a snow covered field located in Ostrogozhsk. Russian Authorities reported that all occupants were killed.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Zhukivtsi: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 2022

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

59 blue

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Site:

MSN:

50-03

YOM:

1977

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Circumstances:

The aircraft crashed in an open field located in Zhukivtsi, about 30 km south of Kiev-Borispol Airport. It is believed there were 14 people on board and that five of them were killed. Maybe the aircraft was shot down by Russian Forces that entered Ukraine territory few hours earlier.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Juba: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 2, 2021 at 1237 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

TR-NGT

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Juba - Maban

Location:

Juba

Central Equatoria (الاستوائية الوسطى)

Country:

South Sudan

Region:

Africa

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The airplane departed Juba Airport Runway 13 at 1233LT on a cargo flight to Maban, carrying five crew members and a load consisting of 28 drums of diesel. Three minutes after takeoff, while climbing, the crew declared an emergency. One minute later, the entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed less than 2 km past the runway end, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and all five occupants were killed. Registration and MSN to be confirmed. It is believed that the aircraft was operated on behalf of Euro Airlines.

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