Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1976 |
Type: | Antonov An-22A |
Operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | CCCP-09318 |
MSN: | 03340501 |
First flight: | 1973 |
Engines: | 4 Kuznetsov NK-12MA |
Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Seshcha ( Russia)
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Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Seshcha-Br'ansk AFB, Russia |
Destination airport: | Seshcha-Br'ansk AFB, Russia |
Narrative:During a test flight out of Br'ansk AFB, the Antonov made a turn with maximum rudder deflection. At an altitude of 6000 m the plane entered a slip. The captain manoeuvred the plane in an attempt not to lose height, but the Antonov attained a critical angle of attack. It entered a spin and broke up in the air.
Sources:
» Scramble 154, Scramble 286
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Soviet Transports» vta81vtap.narod.ru
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airdisaster.ru
Follow-up / safety actions
Following this accident Antonov limited the rudder deflection angle on their An-22 and recommended that pilots not use the rudders during turns when ailerons could be sufficient.
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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.