Incident Overview
Date: Monday 8 September 1969
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Polar
Registration Number: CCCP-11377
Location: Amderma Airport (AMV) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Landing gear of the Tupolev Tu-128.Landing gear of the Tupolev Tu-128.
Category: Accident
A catastrophic aviation incident occurred when an An-12 cargo plane carrying 9,108 kg of eggs, en route from Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Noril’sk, collided with a Tupolev Tu-128 Soviet Air Defence Forces fighter plane during an en route stop at Amderma. The Tu-128’s right landing gear collapsed during landing, causing it to veer off the runway and crash into the nose of the An-12, resulting in the deaths of both pilots and five crew members of the An-12.A catastrophic aviation incident occurred when an An-12 cargo plane carrying 9,108 kg of eggs, en route from Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Noril’sk, collided with a Tupolev Tu-128 Soviet Air Defence Forces fighter plane during an en route stop at Amderma. The Tu-128’s right landing gear collapsed during landing, causing it to veer off the runway and crash into the nose of the An-12, resulting in the deaths of both pilots and five crew members of the An-12.
Description
The An-12 operated on a cargo flight from Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Noril’sk with an en route stop at Amderma. The airplane carried a cargo of eggs weighing 9,108 kg. The crew were cleared to taxi to a position 124 m from the runway to prepare for takeoff. At the same time a Tupolev Tu-128 of the Soviet Air Defence Forces came in to land. The right landing gear of the Tu-128 collapsed on landing causing the fighter to veer off the runway. It crashed into the nose of the An-12 causing both aircraft to burst into flames. Both pilots of the Tu-128 were killed, along with five crew members of the An-12.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=799http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=799Primary Cause
Landing gear collapse of a Soviet Air Defence Forces fighter plane during an en route stop.Landing gear collapse of a Soviet Air Defence Forces fighter plane during an en route stop.Share on:
