Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 3 May 1986
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12TB
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-12962
Location: Ledovaya Baza –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft structure (specifically the ice surface).Aircraft structure (specifically the ice surface).
Category: Accident
An Antonov aircraft, intended for recovery, suffered a catastrophic sinking due to a crack in the ice runway during an attempt to land at an ice airfield. The aircraft was deemed repairable.An Antonov aircraft, intended for recovery, suffered a catastrophic sinking due to a crack in the ice runway during an attempt to land at an ice airfield. The aircraft was deemed repairable.
Description
The Antonov was damaged when it undershot the runway while attempting to land at Ledovaya Baza, an ad hoc ice airfield 53 km north of Graham Bell Island, Franz-Joseph-Land. The aircraft was considered repairable and prepared for recovery. On May 13, as the stripped-down aircraft was being towed, a crack opened in the ice and the aircraft sank.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Ice crack leading to aircraft sinking.Ice crack leading to aircraft sinking.Share on:
