Date: | Saturday 6 December 1997 |
Time: | 14:42 |
Type: | Antonov An-124-100 |
Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
Registration: | 08 Black |
MSN: | 4516003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1034 hours |
Cycles: | 576 flights |
Engine model: | Lotarev D-18T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
Other fatalities: | 45 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km SE of Irkutsk-2 Airport -
Russia
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Irkutsk-2 Airport (UIIR) |
Destination airport: | Vladivostok Airport (VVO/UHWW) |
Narrative:An Antonov 124-100 transport plane was destroyed when it crashed immediately after takeoff from Irkutsk-2 Airport, Russia. The airplane struck houses in a residential area, killing all 23 on board and 45 persons on the ground.
The An-124 was leased from the Russian Air Force by Cargotrans to transport two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter planes to Vietnam. The planned destination was Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam with an en route stop at Vladivostok Airport (VVO), Russia.
Three seconds after lifting off runway 14, at a height of about 5 m the number 3 engine surged. Climbing away with a high angle of attack engines no. 2 and 1 also surged. The airplane reached a maximum height of 66 m before it descended, striking several buildings. It crashed into a residential area, 1600 m beyond the runway end.
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 15.12.1997 (29)
airdisaster.ru Location
Images:
photo (c) www.stv21.ru; Irkutsk; December 1997
photo (c) RIA Novosti archive / Alexander Makarov; Irkutsk; 06 December 1997; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Farnborough Airport (FAB); September 1986
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