Incident Overview
Date: Monday 6 March 1967
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Polar
Registration Number: CCCP-11007
Location: 1,8 km from Salekhard Airport (SLY) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Antonov aircraft’s flaps and control system.Antonov aircraft’s flaps and control system.
Category: Accident
An Antonov 12, operated by Aeroflot Polar, experienced a catastrophic loss of control during a cargo flight from Selakhard Airport to Tarko-Sale, Russia. The aircraft failed to select the flaps prior to takeoff, resulting in a high angle of attack and subsequent stalling. The aircraft then crashed in wooded hilly terrain near the Ob River, approximately 60-70 seconds after lift-off.An Antonov 12, operated by Aeroflot Polar, experienced a catastrophic loss of control during a cargo flight from Selakhard Airport to Tarko-Sale, Russia. The aircraft failed to select the flaps prior to takeoff, resulting in a high angle of attack and subsequent stalling. The aircraft then crashed in wooded hilly terrain near the Ob River, approximately 60-70 seconds after lift-off.
Description
An Antonov 12, operated by Aeroflot Polar, operated on a cargo flight from Salekhard Airport (SLY) to Tarko-Sale, Russia. It carried 11000 kg of cement in bags.The crew failed to select the flaps prior to takeoff. At a speed of 240 km/h during takeoff the captain rotated the airplane at a high angle of attack (20 degrees). The undercarriage touched the runway briefly before the airplane attained an even higher angle of attack. The Antonov stalled and crashed in wooded hilly terrain on the banks of the river Ob’ 1.8 km behind the runway threshold some 60-70 seconds after lift-off.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=288, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=288, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Failure to select flaps during takeoff, leading to a high angle of attack and stalling.Failure to select flaps during takeoff, leading to a high angle of attack and stalling.Share on:
