Minsk-Loshitsa (Minsk-1)

Site:

Landing (descent or approach)

Schedule:

Yaroslavl - Minsk

MSN:

4520424305017

YOM:

1993

Flight number:

AEK9633

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Captain / Total flying hours:

6954

Captain / Total hours on type:

1525.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

13492

Copilot / Total hours on type:

613

Aircraft flight hours:

6490

Aircraft flight cycles:

3112

Circumstances:

The aircraft was chartered by the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team to carry his staff to Minsk to take part to the first game of the Russian 2011-2012 championship. During the takeoff roll from runway 23 at Yaroslavl-Tunoshna Airport, the crew selected flaps down at 20° and the stabilizer in a nose-up position of 8,7°. The aircraft slowly accelerated to 165 km/h due to a residual pressure on the brake pedal. At a speed of 185 km/h and at a distance of 1,350 metres from the runway end, the nose gear lifted off. But the aircraft continued, passed the runway end and rolled for about 400 metres before it took off. Then it collided with various approach lights and the localizer antenna, lost height and eventually crashed on the shore of the Volga River, bursting into flames, 2 minutes after the takeoff roll was initiated. A passenger and the flight engineer were seriously injured while 43 other occupants were killed. Almost a week later, the passenger died from his injuries. Among the passengers were 26 players from the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team, Russian citizens and also Canadian, Czech, Ukrainian, German and Slovak. The Canadian coach Brad McCrimmon, his both assistants, the cameraman, three masseurs, one admin and two doctors were among the victims.

Probable cause:

Erroneous actions on part of the crew, especially by applying brake pedal pressure just before rotation as result of a wrong foot position on the pedal during the takeoff run. This led to braking forces on the main gear requiring additional time for acceleration, a nose down moment preventing the crew to establish a proper rotation and preventing the aircraft to reach a proper pitch angle for becoming airborne, overrun of the runway at high speed with the elevator fully deflected for nose up rotation (producing more than double the elevator forces required to achieve normal takeoff rotation). The aircraft finally achieved a high rate of nose up rotation, became airborne 450 meters past the runway end and rotated up to a supercritical angle of attack still at a large rate of pitch up causing the aircraft to stall at low altitude, to impact obstacles and ground, break up and catch fire killing all but one occupants.
Contributing factors were:
- serious shortcomings in the re-training of the crew members with regards to the Yak-42, which did not take place in full, was spread out over a long period of time and took place while the crew remained in full operation on another aircraft type (Yak-40), which led to a negative transfer of skills, especially a wrong position of the foot on the brake pedal on the Yak-42,
- Lack of supervision of the re-training,
- errors and missed procedures by the crew in preparation and execution of the takeoff,
- inconsistent, uncoordinated actions by the crew in the final stages of the takeoff.

Final Report:

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Minsk

Date & Time: Apr 12, 1983

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-26686

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

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Schedule:

Riga – Minsk

MSN:

88 06

YOM:

1979

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Circumstances:

On a cargo flight from Riga to Minsk-Loshitsa (Minsk-1) with the center of gravity being out of the envelope (too far aft), the aircraft came in too fast and too high on final approach. The captain failed to initiate a go-around and the aircraft touched down on all three wheels with a positive acceleration of 5.1 g and at a speed of 250 km/h. It bounced three times and suffered irreparable structural damages. All 5 crew members were unhurt.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration. Poor flight preparation and supervision.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134AK near Kurilovka: 84 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1979 at 1335 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-134

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-65735

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Tashkent - Donetsk - Minsk

MSN:

1 35 14 05

YOM:

1971

Flight number:

SU7880

Location:

Kurilovka

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Country:

Ukraine

Region:

Landing (descent or approach)

Crew on board:

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Aircraft flight hours:

10753

Aircraft flight cycles:

7075

Circumstances:

The airplane departed Donetsk Airport at 1311LT on the last leg of a flight from Tashkent to Minsk. On board were 77 passengers and a crew of seven, among them all staff from the Pakhtakor Tashkent Football Team who should play against the Dynamo Minsk Team in two days. At 1317LT, another TU-134 registered CCCP-65816 entered the Kharkiv ARTCC at an altitude of 8,400 meters. In charge to complete flight SU7628 from Chelyabinsk to Kishinev via Voronezh, the aircraft was carrying 88 passengers and a crew of six. His crew requested several times the permission to climb to 9,600 meters but this was denied due to heavy traffic. Eight minutes later, CCCP-65735 entered the same ARTCC at an altitude of 5,700 meters and his crew was first cleared to climb to 7,200 meters and later to 8,400 meters. The air traffic controller miscalculated the distance and timing between both aircraft. About 90 seconds later, at an altitude at 8,400 meters but on crossing airways, both airplanes collided at an angle of 95° from each other. The right wing of CCCP-65735 struck the cockpit of CCCP-65816. Both aircraft spiralled to the ground, partially disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in fields located around the villages of Kurilovka, Nikolaevka and Elizavetovka, about 35 km northwest of Dnipropetrovsk. Debris were found on a large area and none of the 178 occupants survived the accident.

Probable cause:

The in-flight collision was the consequence of multiple errors on part of the Air Traffic Controller and his instructor in charge of the Kharkiv Southwest Sector. The following factors were reported:
- Violations of the published procedures,
- Poor assistance and negligence on part of ATC in level assignment,
- Non compliance with requirements and regulations in force on part of ATC,
- Non compliance with standard radio phraseology,
- Lack of coordination,
- Intense traffic,
- Stress situation.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Minsk: 13 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1979 at 1305 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-46807

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

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Schedule:

Dnipropetrovsk - Kiev - Minsk

MSN:

67302109

YOM:

1976

Flight number:

SU7502

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Aircraft flight hours:

23844

Aircraft flight cycles:

17627

Circumstances:

The approach to Minsk-1 Airport was initiated in poor weather conditions with low ceiling, limited visibility and icing conditions. On final, while in a slight nose down attitude, at a speed of 140 km/h, the airplane struck the ground and crashed in a snow covered field located 5,280 meters short of runway threshold. Three passengers were seriously injured while 11 other occupants were killed. Few hours later, two of the three survivors died from their injuries. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident was the consequence of a premature deactivation of the deicing systems while completing an approach in icing conditions with flaps deployed at 38°. This caused the aircraft to be unstable on its longitudinal axis and to come uncontrollable. Various flight tests to determine the longitudinal stability and controllability characteristics during a flight in icing conditions had not been carried out.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1970 at 1850 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lisunov LI-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-21504

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Landing (descent or approach)

Schedule:

Leningrad - Minsk - Kiev

MSN:

2 34 416 10

YOM:

1952

Location:

Leningrad-Shosseynaya

Leningrad oblast

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

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Aircraft flight hours:

7123

Circumstances:

The aircraft was engaged in a cargo flight from Leningrad to Kiev with an intermediate stop in Minsk-1, carrying a load of 1,151 kg of glue. Following a normal takeoff roll, the pilot-in-command started the rotation at a speed of 130 km/h. Immediately after liftoff, the aircraft had a tendency to veer left so the pilot compensate to the right when the tail wheel struck the ground 35 meters to the left of the runway and was torn off. The airplane continued for dozen meters then crashed into the snow some 245 meters to the left of the runway. All six occupants were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed. Few hours later, the radio operator died from his injuries.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the loss of control was the consequence of an overloaded aircraft by 687 kilos. The following factors were considered as contributing:
- The rotation was completed at an insufficient speed considering the total weight of the aircraft,
- The airplane was trimmed 3° down prior to takeoff,
- The CofG was far aft,
- The copilot and the flight engineer were overduty,
- Reception, delivery and loading of cargo were made by the copilot and the flight engineer which adversely affected their working capabilities during takeoff.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-124 in Minsk

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1966

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-124

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-45017

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Moscow - Minsk

MSN:

1 35 05 02

YOM:

1961

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Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Moscow, the pilot-in-command completed the landing at Minsk-Loshitsa Airport (Minsk-1). After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to a halt. While there were no injuries among the occupants, the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Minsk

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1946

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L4162

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

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Schedule:

Minsk – Moscow

MSN:

184 09 10

YOM:

1941

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