ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24RV RA-46516 Cherkessk
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 18 March 1997
Time:10:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-24RV
Operator:Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia
Registration: RA-46516
MSN: 37308502
First flight: 1973
Total airframe hrs:41181
Cycles:27628
Engines: 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Total:Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:1 km (0.6 mls) E of Cherkessk (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Stavropol Airport (STW/URMT), Russia
Destination airport:Trabzon Airport (TZX/LTCG), Turkey
Flightnumber:1023
Narrative:
The Stavropol aircraft took off from Stavropol Airport for a flight to Trabzon. 37 Minutes after takeoff, while cruising at FL197, the Antonov lost altitude and crashed into a forest. Wreckage was scattered across a 2 mile area. The tail section was found a mile away from the main wreckage. It appeared that massive corrosion of the fuselage (30th to 34th bulkhead) had caused the tail section to separate. The aircraft had been operating in humid weather conditions within Congo for 16 months.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by a combination of the following factors: the superficial mechanical inspection of the aircraft which was carried out without the use of monitoring instruments, and the subsequent unjustified decision to extend the time between overhauls and the service life; violation of requirements in force by extending the overhaul life of the aircraft without taking maintenance as regards determination of the degree of corrosion and corrosion fatigue in hard-to-reach areas of the aircraft; inadequate monitoring in operation to determine the state of structural elements and detect the presence of corrosion in hard-to-reach areas under the floor of the fuselage; failure to carry out prescribed anti-corrosion measures on the aircraft structure during overhaul at the maintenance center and in operation."

Classification:

Tail failure
Loss of control

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/98 (#21)
» MAK Accident Report


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Distance from Stavropol Airport to Trabzon Airport as the crow flies is 491 km (307 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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