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Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Zarafshon

Date & Time: Aug 31, 2009
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-46658
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4 73 093 04
YOM:
1974
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll from Zarafshon Airport, the undercarriage were prematurely retracted by the crew. The aircraft sank on its belly and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in August 2009.
Probable cause:
Premature retraction of the landing gear during the takeoff procedure.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Aranchi: 15 killed

Date & Time: Oct 19, 2006 at 0730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-70152
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Aranchi - Aranchi
MSN:
1G137-26
YOM:
1972
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
13
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft was engaged in a military training exercise with 2 pilots and 13 soldiers (paratroopers from the Special Forces) for a routine local paratroop flight. Few minutes after takeoff, the crew decided to return to Aranchi Airport because weather conditions deteriorated. On final approach, the crew encountered local patches of fog and in a reduced visibility, the aircraft descended too low and impacted ground few hundred metres short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all 15 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Tashkent: 37 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 2004 at 1927 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-87985
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Termez - Tashkent
MSN:
9 54 08 44
YOM:
1975
Flight number:
UZB1154
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
32
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
37
Aircraft flight hours:
37000
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful flight from Termez, the crew started the descent to Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport by night and marginal weather conditions. The visibility was limited due to foggy conditions with an RVR between 600 and 900 metres for runway 08L. The captain continued the approach with an excessive rate of descent, causing the aircraft to pass below the MDA without any visual contact with the ground. At an altitude of 165-170 metres, the captain positioned the airplane in a flat attitude then continued the descent at a distance of 2 km from the runway threshold, but this time with an insufficient rate of descent. The aircraft passed over the runway threshold at a height of about 30-40 metres and flew over the runway for a distance of 3,3 km. The captain established a visual contact with the runway lights, elected to land but failed to realize he was in fact approaching the end of the runway which is 4 km long. He reduced both engines power to idle, activated the thrust reversers when he realized his mistake and attempted a go-around. The aircraft collided with a 2 metres high concrete wall located 260 metres past the runway end, lost its right wing and crashed in a drainage ditch located along the perimeter fence, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 37 occupants were killed, among them Richard Conroy, special UNO representative in Uzbekistan.
Probable cause:
The following factors were identified:
- The crew failed to maintain a correct approach pattern maybe following a wrong setting of the approach selector in SP mode instead of ILS mode,
- The crew decided to continue the approach without establishing any visual contact with the approach light and runway light system,
- The crew failed to comply with published procedures,
- The crew failed to initiate a go-around procedure.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Urganch

Date & Time: Apr 9, 2003
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-87367
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
9341731
YOM:
1973
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During takeoff roll on runway 13/31, the crew noticed a loss of power on the left engine and decided to abort. The aircraft could not be stopped within the remaining distance and overran. It lost its right main gear and came to rest few dozen metres further. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Turtkul: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1999 at 1051 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-87848
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tashkent - Turtkul
MSN:
9 33 17 30
YOM:
1973
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
29
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On approach to Turtkul Airport, the aircraft was not properly aligned on the glide and the captain initiated a go-around procedure. During a second attempt to land, the aircraft position was wrong so the pilot passed over the runway 20 at a height of about 4-7 metres then initiated a second go-around procedure. The aircraft passed over the runway end at a height of 10 metres when the landing gear were retracted. At a distance of 2 km past the runway end, the aircraft collided with trees and power cables, crash landed, slid for about 130 metres and came to rest against an embankment. Two passengers were killed while four others were injured.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew. The following findings were identified:
- Poor approach planning,
- Poor crew coordination and lack of crew interaction during the approach and go-around procedure,
- Lack of ATC assistance,
- The go-around procedure was poorly negotiated.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Kanlykul

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1995
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
UK-33058
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kanlykul - Kanlykul
MSN:
1G218-45
YOM:
1986
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On a crop spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) Sry-Altyn (Kanlykul district of Karakalpakstan) when the engine lost power shortly after take off from an airstrip located some 43 km northwest from Nukus. At a height of some 15-20 metres, the crew attempted a forced landing in a field when the left main gear struck a 2.5 metres high dam and the aircraft suffered substantial damage. Both pilots escaped unhurt.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12BK in Termez

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1993
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
390
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kabul – Kunduz – Mazari Sharif
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
111
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While descending to Mazari Sharif, the crew was informed by ATC that a landing was impossible due to foggy conditions reducing visibility below minimums. The crew was instructed to divert to Termez Airport, south of Uzbekistan. On approach, all four engines failed due to fuel exhaustion and the crew attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located few km from the airport and came to rest. All 119 occupants were rescued, among them five were injured. The aircraft was written off.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing following the failure of all four engine due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Komsomolsk-na-Ustyurte: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1991
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-81545
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kungrad – Komsomolsk-na-Ustyurte – Karakalpakiya
MSN:
1G208-49
YOM:
1984
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
3442
Aircraft flight cycles:
10410
Circumstances:
On the leg from Kungrad to the KS-7 Airfield at Komsomolsk-na-Ustyurte of a flight from Kungrad to Karakalpakiya with 2 unauthorized passengers on board, when the crew encountered below minima weather conditions (poor visibility) upon arrival. The crew failed to return, lost visual contact with the ground and deviated from the approach path so the aircraft collided at a height of 35 metres with a 52 metres high drilling tower, crashed and caught fire. A pilot and a passenger were killed while both survivors were seriously injured.
Probable cause:
Decision of the crew to continue the approach in below-weather minimums and failure to initiate a go-around and to return to the departure point. Both passengers were not authorised to embark.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Mubarek: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1991 at 1315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-03548
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Karsi - Mubarek
MSN:
1G47-17
YOM:
1964
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
19790
Aircraft flight cycles:
24785
Circumstances:
The crew departed Karsi at 1257LT on a positioning flight to Mubarek. At 1312LT, the crew contacted ATC and estimated his arrival in Mubarek at 1320LT. Shortly later, the single engine aircraft banked right then stalled and struck the ground. It bounced and crashed 80 meters further, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Probable cause:
At the time of the accident, both pilots were intoxicated. Analysis revealed a blood alcohol level of 4,4‰ for the captain and 0,9‰ for the copilot.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Navoi: 34 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1991 at 1137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-46472
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tashkent - Navoi
MSN:
27307910
YOM:
1972
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
59
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
34
Circumstances:
Following a wrong approach configuration, the crew passed over the runway threshold at a height of 30 meters and an excessive speed of 350 km/h. Rather than initiating a go-around procedure, the pilot-in-command continued and the aircraft landed 710 meters past the runway threshold. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran at a speed of 225 km/h, lost its undercarriage then slid for about 317 meters and eventually collided with concrete blocks (2 meters high), bursting into flames. 29 passengers were injured while 34 other occupants were killed, among them all four crew members.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration on part of the flying crew (too high on the glide and excessive speed) who failed to initiate a go-around while the landing procedure was obviously missed. The concrete blocks struck by the airplane were part of construction work for the new runway. The following contributing factors were reported:
- The crew violated/neglected various procedures,
- Lack of crew discipline,
- Poor crew coordination,
- The crew failed to use all available braking systems.