Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 JAN 1959 |
| Type: | Antonov 12 |
| Operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | 8900202 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Vitebsk Airport (VTB) (Russia)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII), Belarus |
| Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII), Belarus |
Crashed on take-off when a trimmer changed position unintentionally and a prop feathered simultaneously.Only the tail gunner survived.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Vitebsk Airport to Vitebsk Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Vitebsk Airport to Vitebsk Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
