Date:	Sunday 23 October 1994
Time:
Type:	Antonov An-72
Owner/operator:	Federal Border Guard Aviation Command
Registration:	RA-72960
MSN:	36572093865
Year of manufacture:	1991
Engine model:	Lotarev D-36
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Vorkuta Airport (VKT) -   Russia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Vorkuta Airport (VKT/UUYW)
Destination airport:	Tiksi Airport (IKS/UEST)

Narrative:
After take-off from Vorkuta at a height of 200 metres an incomplete retraction of the end flaps and slats occurred and shortly afterwards a warning signal to check the hydraulic system was received in the cockpit so the commander decided to turn back to the airport.
During the approach the nose and main landing gear were eventually extended and the commander decided to land manually with a clean wing (without flaps and slats, hydraulic boosters or brakes) and apply emergency braking only after landing. The aircraft veered to starboard on the runway and the gear partially collapsed when the aircraft came rest.

Soviet Transports
Flight International 16-22 August 1995 (42)
Scramble 189 (p.63)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE); May 1994

Date/time	Contributor	Updates