Date:	Friday 14 June 2024
Time:	15:39 LT
Type:	Antonov An-26-100
Owner/operator:	UTair Aviation
Registration:	RA-26662
MSN:	8101
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	38913 hours
Cycles:	18124 flights
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-24VT
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1 km from Utrenny Airport (USDM) -   Russia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	USDA
Destination airport:	USDM
Investigating agency:	MAK
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
UTair Aviation flight UTR 9706, an Antonov An-26, suffered an accident while on approach to Utrenny Airport.

On final approach to runway 19 the aircraft collided with a snow barrier 955 m short of the runway. It then touched down at 2.2 G with the left wing impacting the snow barrier. The aircraft swung and came to rest with the fuselage broken in two. The pilot-in-command, co-pilot and a passenger were seriously injured.

Meteorological conditions at the time of the incident: visibility 2400 m, significant cloud haze 90 m, wind 8 m/s.
Passengers were evacuated to the airport terminal building. The PIC, co-pilot and passenger (woman) were provided with medical assistance.

Utrenny Airport was constructed to allow shift workers to be flown to the Arctic LNG 2 project.

Conclusion:
The aviation accident involving the An-26-100 RA-26662 aircraft occurred during the day, during an approach for landing in meteorological conditions below the established minimum operational limit of the airport. This resulted in the aircraft landing approximately 955 meters short of the runway threshold and colliding with a snow barrier.
Contributing factors included:
- The decision by the flight commander to continue the flight to the destination airport and to execute the landing approach, despite having information about meteorological conditions at the destination airport below the established operational minimum;
- The crew's failure to maintain flight parameters that meet the criteria for a stabilized approach to landing, as well as their failure to go around when these were not met;
- Descending below the established minimum descent altitude (MDA/H) with insufficient visual contact with ground landmarks necessary for making a landing decision;
- The flight commander's (crew's) error in recognizing the runway and its landmarks;
- Breakdowns in coordination, as well as insufficient crew resource management by the flight commander.

https://t.me/aviaincident/32263
https://t.me/uraltransprok/5553
https://t.me/aviatorshina/4787
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/an-26-100-ra-26662-14-06-2024/
Preliminary Report: https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/bc9/8phss16w68qia8547ra6mt64nrxs49wi/pr_report_ra-26662.pdf
Final Report: https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/ff4/0dbgek9yrtmpufli1gaknx9e20pjn1mm/report_ra-26662.pdf

Photo: Ural Transport Prosecutor's Office

Photo: MAK

#BREAKING ??✈️| Russian An-26-100 made an emergency landing in Yamal. There were 41 people on board.#Russia | pic.twitter.com/0cCUXXGTM1

— South Today (@SouthToday5) June 14, 2024

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Jun-2024 14:39	ASN	Added
14-Jun-2024 14:42	ASN	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, ]
14-Jun-2024 14:49	ASN	Updated [Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ]
14-Jun-2024 15:11	vasilf	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Jun-2024 15:13	vasilf	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
14-Jun-2024 19:19	ASN	Updated
14-Jun-2024 19:25	ASN	Updated [Category, ]
14-Jun-2024 19:30	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]
12-Sep-2024 11:35	Hirurg	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]
12-Sep-2024 11:44	ASN	Updated [Time, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo, ]
20-Nov-2024 17:56	ASN	Updated
13-Feb-2025 13:05	Hirurg	Updated [Time, Source, ]
13-Feb-2025 14:21	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]