| Date: | Tuesday 17 September 1991 |
| Time: | 01:21 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-74 |
| Owner/operator: | Antonov Design Bureau |
| Registration: | CCCP-74002 |
| MSN: | 47070682 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 923 hours |
| Cycles: | 552 flights |
| Engine model: | Lotarev D-36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km from Lensk Airport -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lensk Airport (ULK/UERL) |
| Omsk Airport (OMS/UNOO) |
The Antonov An-74 carried cargo of fish from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy to Kiev via Lensk and Omsk. The airplane was overloaded when the crew attempted to takeoff. The flaps were retracted prematurely and the aircraft lost height and struck trees on slope. It then crashed and burned 4 km from the runway.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Dmitriy Yerstov
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