Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 5 March 2011
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-148-100E
Owner/operator: Voronezh Aircraft Production Association – VASO
Registration Number: 61708
Location: Garbuzovo, Belgorod region – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Horizontal stabilizer with elevator and aircraft structure.Horizontal stabilizer with elevator and aircraft structure.
Category: Accident
An Antonov 148-100E jet, registered 61708, crashed near Garbuzovo, Belgorod Region, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all six crew members. The aircraft, operating on its 32nd flight, was utilized for pilot training of the Myanmar Air Force. The plane was scheduled for delivery to Myanmar later that year. During a 110 km/h speed increase during an emergency descent, the aircraft broke up in flight, with parts of the horizontal stabilizer and elevator being found approximately 2-3 km from the crash site. The accident was caused by an inadequate emergency descent, excessive vibrations, and a deviation from recommended procedures. Contributing factors included insufficient crew control, coordination issues, incorrect flight manual execution, and misleading instrument indications.An Antonov 148-100E jet, registered 61708, crashed near Garbuzovo, Belgorod Region, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all six crew members. The aircraft, operating on its 32nd flight, was utilized for pilot training of the Myanmar Air Force. The plane was scheduled for delivery to Myanmar later that year. During a 110 km/h speed increase during an emergency descent, the aircraft broke up in flight, with parts of the horizontal stabilizer and elevator being found approximately 2-3 km from the crash site. The accident was caused by an inadequate emergency descent, excessive vibrations, and a deviation from recommended procedures. Contributing factors included insufficient crew control, coordination issues, incorrect flight manual execution, and misleading instrument indications.

Description

An Antonov 148-100E jet, registered 61708, was destroyed in an accident near Garbuzovo, Belgorod Region, Russia, killing all six crew members. The airplane, operating on its 32nd flight, was used to train pilots of the Myanmar Air Force. The AN-148 was due to be delivered to Myanmar later that year. Around 10:40 the aircraft broke up in flight. Parts of the aircraft, including part of the horizontal stabilizer with elevator, were found 2-3 km from the main crash site. The cause of the accident was the inadvertently permitted the aircraft to accelerate 110 km/h above the design limit speed during an emergency descent. This led to low-frequency vibrations on the aircraft in all axes, an increase of alternating accelerations exceeding the margin of safety. The result was the break up of the aircraft in the air, followed by its collision with the earth. The main factors contributing to the accident were: 1) untimely and inadequate actions of the crew to control the emergency decent; 2) lack of proper coordination among the members of the crew; 3) deviations from recommendations in the flight manual in executing the emergency descent ; 4) misleading indications on basic instruments when outside characteristic operating conditions

Source of Information

http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=809, http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2011/03/05/3546621.shtml, http://www.sledcom.ru/actual/45034/http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=809, http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2011/03/05/3546621.shtml, http://www.sledcom.ru/actual/45034/

Primary Cause

Inadequate emergency descent procedures and deviation from recommended flight manual procedures.Inadequate emergency descent procedures and deviation from recommended flight manual procedures.

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