Incident Overview
Date: Friday 8 September 1989
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-26
Owner/operator: Fuerza Area Revolucionaria
Registration Number: 14-22
Location: 4 km N off Playa de Baracoa –
ÿ Cuba
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Aircraft control system and navigation systems.Aircraft control system and navigation systems.
Category: Accident
A night-time training flight experienced a catastrophic loss of control, resulting in a crash into the sea. The flight engineer was successfully rescued.A night-time training flight experienced a catastrophic loss of control, resulting in a crash into the sea. The flight engineer was successfully rescued.
Description
Crashed into the sea during a night time training flight. The flight engineer was rescued.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Loss of control due to adverse weather conditions and pilot error during a nighttime flight.Loss of control due to adverse weather conditions and pilot error during a nighttime flight.Share on:
