ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26B RA-26141 Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN)
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Date:Sunday 26 December 1993
Time:20:57
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN26 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-26B
Operator:Kuban Airlines
Registration: RA-26141
MSN: 12903
First flight: 1983
Engines: 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 31
Total:Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 36
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN) (   Armenia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Krasnodar Airport (KRR/URKK), Russia
Destination airport:Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN/UDSG), Armenia
Narrative:
The An-26 was operating on a cargo flight from Krasnodar (KRR) to Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN). The airplane was loaded with two poorly secured cars and petrol cans. Prior to takeoff the pilot decided to allow 31 passengers on board the flight as well. The airplane was now overloaded.
Weather at the destination was poor with a visibility of 200 m in fog, which was below minima. Nevertheless the crew attempted to land. The airplane contacted the ground as the pilot attempted a go-around. The aircraft stalled and crashed inverted to the left of the runway, 2,990 metres behind the runway threshold.

Classification:
Overloaded
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Scramble 179
» Flight International 12-18 January 1994 (9)
» Scramble 177
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Krasnodar Airport to Gyumri-Leninakan Airport as the crow flies is 606 km (379 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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Antonov An-26

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