Incident Overview
Date: Monday 21 November 1983
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12
Owner/operator: Soviet Air Force
Registration Number: 39
Location: 0,5 km S of Senkovo –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: An-12 aircraftAn-12 aircraft
Category: Accident
An-12 aircraft crashed due to severe icing conditions during a training flight from Smolensk-Severny Air Base. The aircraft became uncontrollable and crashed in a silage pit located approximately 500 meters south of Senkovo, near the Kolkhoz ‘Krasny Dobrovolets’.An-12 aircraft crashed due to severe icing conditions during a training flight from Smolensk-Severny Air Base. The aircraft became uncontrollable and crashed in a silage pit located approximately 500 meters south of Senkovo, near the Kolkhoz ‘Krasny Dobrovolets’.
Description
The aircraft operated on a training flight from Smolensk-Severny Air Base. In adverse weather conditions the An-12 suffered from severe icing. It eventually became uncontrollable and crashed in a silage pit on the premises of the kolkhoz (collective farm) “Krasny Dobrovolets” some 500 metres south of Senkovo.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://war.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=195https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://war.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=195Primary Cause
Severe icing conditions caused by adverse weather.Severe icing conditions caused by adverse weather.Share on:
