| Date: | Thursday 6 February 1986 |
| Time: | 23:23 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Belarus |
| Registration: | CCCP-26095 |
| MSN: | 11810 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3088 hours |
| Cycles: | 1301 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24VT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km SE of Saransk Airport (SKX) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saransk Airport (SKX/UWPS) |
| Gomel Airport (GME/UMGG) |
During a night takeoff from Saransk the captain mistook red lights on the localizer and inner marker beacon for the anti-collision lights of an oncoming aircraft and took violent evasive action. The aircraft lost altitude and collided with the ground, breaking up on impact.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Nizhnevartovsk to Sverdlovsk, Saransk and Gomel.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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