| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 22 MAY 2001 |
| Time: | ca 16:35 |
| Type: | Antonov 12MGA |
| Operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | RA-12135 |
| C/n / msn: | 00347002 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20DM |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Myakotino (Russia)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rzhev AB, Russia |
| Destination airport: | Tambovo-Morshansk AB, Russia |
Narrative:Crashed into a swamp.
Sources:
» Itar/TASS
» Michel / Scramble
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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.