Date:	Thursday 24 February 1994
Time:	11:16
Type:	Antonov An-12BP
Owner/operator:	Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Registration:	RA-11118
MSN:	01348002
Year of manufacture:	1971
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	4,5 km from Nalchik Airport (NAL) -   Russia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Volgograd Airport (VOG/URWW)
Destination airport:	Nalchik Airport (NAL/URMN)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
On approach to Nalchik the flaps were set to 35 deg. The nose suddenly pitched up and down; control was lost and the An-12 crashed 4,5 km short of the runway. The aircraft was carrying a cargo of coins (13,5 t.) from St. Petersburg to Nalchik via Volgograd.

PROBABLE CAUSE: Stall of the horizontal stabilizer due to icing.

Soviet Transports
Air International
AirLetter 12942 (28.2.94)
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/95 (#5)
Scramble 179

photo (c) Arno Janssen, via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); May 1993

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