ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320861
| Date: | Friday 19 October 2012 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12B |
| Owner/operator: | Air Mark Aviation |
| Registration: | EK12112 |
| MSN: | 01347907 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shindand Airport (OAH) -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Shindand Airport (OAH/OASD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Antonov 12B transport aircraft contracted by the U.S. military crashed at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan and was destroyed along with 4,700 pounds of mail inbound to Afghanistan.
After touchdown in good weather conditions the plane bounced. After the second hard touchdown the left main gear broke. Having moved further down the runway, the plane went off the left side of the runway some 1750 m past the threshold. It struck a drainage ditch and caught fire.
Sources:
FVAP News Release #29
MAK annual flight safety report
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ); 22 February 2004
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