Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 OCT 1994 |
| Type: | Antonov 72 |
| Operator: | Federal Border Guard Aviation Command |
| Registration: | RA-72960 |
| C/n / msn: | 36572093865 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Engines: | 2 Lotarev D-36 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Vorkuta Airport (VKT) (Russia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Vorkuta Airport (VKT/UUYW), Russia |
| ? |
Loss of control following no. 1 engine hydraulic system problems. The aircraft ran off the runway.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Flight International 16-22.8.95(42)
» Scramble 189 (p.63)
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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.
