| Date: | Tuesday 16 February 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12TB |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Komi Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-11374 |
| MSN: | 402404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vorkuta Airport (VKT) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Noril'sk Airport (NSK/UOOO) |
| Vorkuta Airport (VKT/UUYW) |
Below-minima conditions at the destination Vorkuta (VKT) forced the crew to divert to Vorkuta-2, a military snow strip in the tundra. The An-12 touched down 15 m left of the snow runway's centre-line in bad visibility and cross-wind conditions. It overran the runway, hit a snow-mound and broke up.
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