Last updated: 7 August 2020
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 26 February 1960 |
| Time: | 16:57 |
| Type: | Antonov An-10A |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-11180 |
| C/n / msn: | 9401801 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 109 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 33 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,4 km (0.9 mls) from Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) ( Ukraine)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia |
| Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL), Ukraine | |
| Flightnumber: | 315 |
The An-10 lost control at from a height of 100 metres when the flaps were selected down to 45 degrees on finals. It crashed in swampy terrain 1,400 metres before the runway threshold of Lvov-Snilow Airport (LWO). One passenger survived the accident.
It appeared that the stabilizer had been covered with ice.
Probable Cause:
As a result of this accident, the An-12 flight manual was changed, e.g. limiting the extension of flaps under conditions of icing to 15 degrees.
Classification:
IcingLoss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
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Distance from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 1092 km (682 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 1092 km (682 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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Antonov An-10
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