ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 101 red Zolochiv
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Date:Friday 3 May 1985
Time:12:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN26 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-26
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: 101 red
MSN: 9506
First flight: 1980
Total airframe hrs:1756
Cycles:2346
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Total:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 79
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Zolochiv (   Ukraine)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL), Ukraine
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A Tupolev 134A (CCCP-65856), descending for Lvov, collided with an Air Force Antonov 26 (call-sign CCCP-26492) which had just taken off from Lvov.
The head-on collision occurred at an altitude of FL130

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: Violations of air traffic control rules by the civil approach and the military controllers due to misidentification of the location of both aircraft in the area of the navigational station.

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Aviation Disasters / D. Gero


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Antonov An-26

  • 1403 built
  • 32nd loss
  • 14th fatal accident
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