ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324303
| Date: | Monday 23 December 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-72 |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Border Guard Aviation Command |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Lotarev D-36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nagurskoye Air Base -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vorkuta Airport (VKT/UUYW) |
| Nagurskoye Air Base (UODN) |
The Antonov An-72 transport plane suffered a runway excursion accident after landing at the remote Arctic base Nagurskoye Air Base, Franz Josef Land Archipelago. The undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft sustained serious damage.
The landing was carried out in poor weather during the polar night.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Scramble 214
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