Date:	Sunday 17 July 1994
Time:	11:54
Type:	Antonov An-24B
Owner/operator:	Bykovo Avia
Registration:	RA-46575
MSN:	87304810
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kherson Airport (KHE) -   Ukraine
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Kherson Airport (KHE/UKOH)
Destination airport:	Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA/UUBB)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The Antonov 24B sustained substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Kherson Airport (KHE), Ukraine. During takeoff the flight engineer prematurely retracted the undercarriage. The main gear partially retracted as the airplane sank back, contacting the runway with the fuselage. The speed increased to 190 km/h until power was cut, eight seconds after the aircraft touched the runway. The aircraft finally came to rest at a distance of 1670 m from the beginning of the runway.

Soviet Transports
Flight International 18 January 95
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/95 (#6)
Scramble 186

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