| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 8900202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vitebsk Airport (VTB) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII) |
| Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII) |
Crashed on takeoff when a trimmer changed position unintentionally and a prop feathered simultaneously. Only the tail gunner survived.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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