Antonov AN-26

Landing (descent or approach)

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042

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Pemba - Maputo

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Shortly after takeoff from Pemba Airport, while climbing, the crew declared an emergency following engine problems. The crew was cleared to return and initiated a turn when one of the engine caught fire. The airplane went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. Five passengers were rescued while 44 others were killed.

Probable cause:

Engine fire for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B in Saransk

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1986 at 2323 LT

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CCCP-26095

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Takeoff (climb)

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Cargo

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Nizhnevartovsk – Sverdlovsk – Saransk – Gomel

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27312302

YOM:

1972

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SU14454

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Aircraft flight hours:

3088

Aircraft flight cycles:

1301

Circumstances:

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Nizhnevartovsk to Gomel with intermediate stops in Sverdlovsk and Saransk, carrying six crew members and a load of 2,100 kilos of various goods. Less than one minute after takeoff from Saransk Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 150 meters, the aircraft entered a left turn then lost height and crashed at a speed of 390 km/h (rate of descent of 4,3 meters per second) two km past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the pilot-in-command misinterpreted red lights on the localizer and inner marker beacon for the anti-collision lights of an approaching aircraft and initiated a left turn to avoid collision when control was lost. No aircraft was approaching Saransk Airport at the time of the accident. It was also determined that the mass and balance was incorrect as the total weight of the cargo was 3,500 kilos instead of 2,100 kilos.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Parakou

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1985

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TY-AFT

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Government

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77305905

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1977

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in the year 1985.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26RT near Kabul: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1985

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En route, the aircraft was hit by two surface-to-air missiles. The flaps were mistakenly deployed and the aircraft went out of control. Five occupants were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed, bursting into flames. The flight engineer who was unable to bail out was killed.

Probable cause:

Shot down by two surface-to-air missiles.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 near Kandahar: 52 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1985 at 1100 LT

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YA-BAM

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Takeoff (climb)

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Kandahar - Farah

MSN:

57314106

YOM:

1975

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Kandahar

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Afghanistan

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Asia

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After takeoff from Kandahar Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 3,800 feet, the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it crashed 18 km west of Kandahar Airport and was destroyed. None of the 52 occupants survived the crash.

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Shot down by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Akhtubinsk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1985

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While approaching Akhtubinsk Airport, the pilot-in-command initiated a go-around for unknown reasons. After passing over the airport, the crew was instructed by ATC to make a turn to the right before joining the downwind circuit. While cruising at a relative low altitude south of the airport, the aircraft was shot down by an air-air missile fired from a Soviet Air Force MiG-23. Out of control, the airplane crashed south of the airfield, killing all eight occupants.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the MiG-23 pilot was completing an exercise south of the Akhtubinsk Airport and was supposed to use an helicopter as target. ATC at Akhtubinsk Airport transmitted wrong instructions to the AN-26 crew, and asked the pilot to make a right turn to the south of the airport, causing the aircraft to fly in a military area. A lack of coordination between civil and military personnel was considered as contributing factor as well as the fact that both AN-26 and MiG-23 crews were using different frequencies.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 near Zolochiv: 15 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1985 at 1213 LT

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101 red

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Lviv - Moscow

MSN:

9506

YOM:

1980

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CCCP-26492

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Aircraft flight hours:

1756

Aircraft flight cycles:

2346

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The Antonov AN-26 departed Lviv-Sknyliv Airport at 1202LT and was climbing to 3,900 meters. En route to Moscow, it was carrying 15 people, most of them officers from the Carpathian Military contingent. While cruising in clouds at an altitude of 3,900 meters, the AN-26 collided with an Aeroflot Tupolev TU-134 registered CCCP-65856 that was descending to Lviv Airport on a flight from Tallinn with 79 people on board. Following the collision, both aircraft entered a dive and crashed in an open field located near the city of Zolochiv, about 60 km east of Lviv. Both aircraft were totally destroyed and all 94 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident was the consequence of a poor radar coverage by ATC who failed to properly coordinate control and assistance to both planes. ATC in charge of the sector where the collision occurred cleared the crew of the TU-134 to continue to descend when he actually had no idea of the exact position of both planes. This caused the Tupolev to descend too low and to cut the Antonov trajectory. The supervisor in charge of the sector was also blamed insofar he failed to pay sufficient attention to the operations and was unable to identify in time a possible conflict and thus, was unable to initiate any corrective action and to assist his colleague.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26Sh near Luhansk

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1985

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29 yellow

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Luhansk - Luhansk

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69 02

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1978

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The crew was engaged in a training mission in the region of Luhansk when both engines flamed out in flight. The crew completed an emergency landing in an open field located near the village of Novobyelaya. All five crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26RT in Jabal-os-Sarāj: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1985

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