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Crash of an Antonov AN-30M near Olenyok

Date & Time: Jun 22, 2022
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RA-30001
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Yakutsk - Olenek
MSN:
14 02
YOM:
1978
Flight number:
9424
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Yakutsk Airport on a cargo flight to Olenyok, carrying seven crew members and a load of 6,3 tons of food. En route, the airplane suffered a double engine failure. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in a wooded area located 70 km from Olenyok and came to rest. All seven crew members evacuated the cabin, among them three were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the double engine failure is the consequence of a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30B in Drobyshevo: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 2014
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
80 yellow
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
06 08
YOM:
1975
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was on his way to east Ukraine on a reconnaissance mission for pro-federalist militants positions. While overflying the region of Slavyansk, the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile SAM that struck the right engine that caught fire. Three crew members were able to bail out and later found alive but injured. Out of control, the aircraft entered a dive and crashed in an open field located in Drobyshevo, between the villages of Krasny Liman and Nikolayevka. It was totally destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire and all five occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30B at Čáslav AFB

Date & Time: May 23, 2012 at 1150 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
04 black
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Čáslav - Čáslav
MSN:
0704
YOM:
1975
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
19
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was engaged in a training exercise at Čáslav AFB, carrying 14 Russian soldiers and 9 Czech soldiers. Upon landing in a nose-down attitude, the aircraft bounced twice. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded on runway. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran and came to rest in an open field, broken in two and bursting into flames. Seven occupants were injured, among them two seriously. The aircraft was partially destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who completed the landing at an excessive speed of 260 km/h and in a nose-down attitude, causing the nose gear to collapse due g-load estimated between 1.6 and 3.3 g.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30 near Nizhneyansk: 10 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1992 at 0237 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-30002
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Anadyr - Chokurdakh - Tiksi - Baku
MSN:
1403
YOM:
1978
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Anadyr Airport on a cargo flight to Baku with intermediate stops in Chokurdakh and Tiksi, carrying five passengers and five crew members. While in cruising altitude by night, the aircraft suffered violent oscillations and started to pitch up and down. It entered an uncontrolled descent and at an altitude of 2,000 metres, it partially disintegrated and eventually crashed at a speed of 670 km/h in an icy river. All 10 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew disengaged and re-engaged several times the automatic pilot system for unknown reasons. This created tail and elevators' movements and the reaction of the crew was inappropriate. The aircraft suffered violent oscillations on both roll and pitch axis then entered an uncontrolled descent. The partial disintegration was the consequence of aerodynamic forces that exceeded the aircraft certification.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30B at Bagram AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1985
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
05 red
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kabul - Kabul
MSN:
07 05
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On return to Kabul from a reconnaissance mission south of the Panjshir Valley when the left engine was hit by a "Strela" shoulder-fired SAM 25 km north of Kabul and caught fire. Four of the six crew members were able to bail out and both pilots tried to land the burning aircraft at Bagram AFB. A first approach was abandoned, and during the second attempt to land, an aileron linkage was destroyed by fire and the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames, killing both pilots.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30B near Vidim

Date & Time: Dec 25, 1980
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
88
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chita – Irkutsk – Bratsk
MSN:
08 08
YOM:
1975
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a flight from Chita to Bratsk with an intermediate stop in Irkutsk. While descending to Bratsk Airport, the crew was instructed to divert to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimski Airport because weather conditions at Bratsk Airport were below minimums. Few minutes later, for unknown reasons, the crew decided to return to Bratsk when the airplane ran out of fuel. The left engine flamed out so the crew attempted an emergency landing on the iced Tareva Bay located on the north shore of the Bratsk Reservoir, about 40 km southwest of Vidim. All six crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30RR in Semipalatinsk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 5, 1978
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Semipalatinsk - Semipalatinsk-21
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On a flight from Semipalatinsk to the Semipalatinsk-21 nuclear test site at night when the pilot decided to divert to Chagan because of below-minima weather conditions (snowfall and poor visibility). But the commander of the test site (who was on board) insisted on landing at Semipalatinsk-21. The crew continued the approach but encountered a snow flurry with zero visibility on final approach. Aircraft crashed close to the runway, broke in two parts and caught fire. Two crew were seriously injured while all 7 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Approach continued below minima weather conditions with no visual contact with the runway.