Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 9 November 2002
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-26B
Owner/operator: Tyumenaviatrans
Registration Number: RA-26012
Location: 1,3 km from Antalya Airport (AYT) – ÿ Trkiye
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: Left wingLeft wing
Category: Accident
A chartered flight from Asmara, Eritrea to Antalya, Turkey, involving an Antonov An-26B helicopter, deviated to the left of the landing course due to a thunderstorm near Hurghada. The aircraft collided with a power transmission pole, resulting in a wing separation and subsequent damage to the right wing.A chartered flight from Asmara, Eritrea to Antalya, Turkey, involving an Antonov An-26B helicopter, deviated to the left of the landing course due to a thunderstorm near Hurghada. The aircraft collided with a power transmission pole, resulting in a wing separation and subsequent damage to the right wing.

Description

Tyumenaviatrans flight 9012 was a chartered service from Asmara, Eritrea to Antalya, Turkey with an route stops at Port Sudan and Hurghada. The aircraft, an Antonov An-26B, was to fly helicopter crews back to Russia. When the flight departed Hurghada, weather forecasts for Antalya were fine. However, when descending towards Antalya, a thunderstorm had formed near the airport. The controller stated that winds were 220 degrees at 35 knots with a visibility of 2000 m. In conditions of thunderstorm activity and heavy rainfall, the crew deviated to the left of the landing course and took road side lights leading to the platform as runway lights. The captain noticed the error and ordered an increase in engine power to go around. However, the airplane collided at a height of 10 m with a power transmission pole (1325 m from the runway threshold, 550 m to the left of its axis). As a result of which the left wing separated. The aircraft slid and the right wing hit road lighting.

Source of Information

http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1108http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1108

Primary Cause

Thunderstorm conditions and heavy rainfall near the airport caused a deviation to the left of the landing course.Thunderstorm conditions and heavy rainfall near the airport caused a deviation to the left of the landing course.

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