Incident Overview
Date: Monday 16 November 1959
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-10
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-11167
Location: 2,1 km from Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40
Component Affected: Nose of the An-10 aircraftNose of the An-10 aircraft
Category: Accident
An-10 aircraft approached Lvov with gear and flaps down. Upon selecting 45 degrees of flaps, the nose of the aircraft suddenly pitched down, resulting in loss of control and a crash.An-10 aircraft approached Lvov with gear and flaps down. Upon selecting 45 degrees of flaps, the nose of the aircraft suddenly pitched down, resulting in loss of control and a crash.
Description
The An-10 approached Lvov with gear and flaps down. When the crew selected 45 degrees of flaps the nose of the airplane suddenly pitched down. The crew could not regain control and the Antonov crashed. It was found that the An-10 was vulnerable in an aircraft configuration like this in icing conditions.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=165, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=165, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
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