Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 February 1960
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-10A
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-11180
Location: 1,4 km from Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 33
Component Affected: An-10 stabilizerAn-10 stabilizer
Category: Accident
An-10 aircraft lost control at a height of 100 meters, resulting in a crash in swampy terrain approximately 1,400 meters before the runway threshold of Lvov-Snilow Airport. One passenger survived. Ice covering the stabilizer was identified as a contributing factor.An-10 aircraft lost control at a height of 100 meters, resulting in a crash in swampy terrain approximately 1,400 meters before the runway threshold of Lvov-Snilow Airport. One passenger survived. Ice covering the stabilizer was identified as a contributing factor.
Description
The An-10 lost control at from a height of 100 metres when the flaps were selected down to 45 degrees on finals. It crashed in swampy terrain 1,400 metres before the runway threshold of Lvov-Snilow Airport (LWO). One passenger survived the accident. It appeared that the stabilizer had been covered with ice. As a result of this accident, the An-12 flight manual was changed, e.g. limiting the extension of flaps under conditions of icing to 15 degrees.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=166https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=166Primary Cause
Ice covering the stabilizer.Ice covering the stabilizer.Share on:
