Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 May 1972
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12AP
Owner/operator: Soviet Air Force
Location: Panevzys –
ÿ Lithuania
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: The pilot’s aircraft.The pilot’s aircraft.
Category: Accident
A formation flight experienced severe weather conditions resulted in a pilot losing the leading aircraft. The pilot’s inadequate altitude monitoring led to a ground impact, resulting in the loss of the flight-engineer.A formation flight experienced severe weather conditions resulted in a pilot losing the leading aircraft. The pilot’s inadequate altitude monitoring led to a ground impact, resulting in the loss of the flight-engineer.
Description
During a formation flight at night in bad weather the pilot lost the leading aircraft while he descended to minimum safe altitude. Trying to establish the visual contact with the leading aircraft, the pilot did not watch the altitude properly and his plane struck the ground in open field and slid across it. Only the flight-engineer survived.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Inadequate altitude monitoring during a formation flight in bad weather.Inadequate altitude monitoring during a formation flight in bad weather.Share on:
