ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329046
Date: | Tuesday 30 August 1977 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-8 |
Owner/operator: | MSP Komsomol Factory |
Registration: | CCCP-48094 |
MSN: | 0A-3410 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6200 hours |
Cycles: | 3889 flights |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 10 km from Bratsk -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:During a night flight the artificial horizon of this An-8 failed. The disoriented crew caused the plane to enter a steep dive. The Antonov disintegrated in mid-air because forces associated with the dive exceeded the maximum structural allowed air speed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Location
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