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| Date: | Friday 10 February 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-72B |
| Owner/operator: | Antonov Design Bureau |
| Registration: | UR-72966 |
| MSN: | 36572092847 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Gostomel -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Gostomel Airport (GML/UKKM) |
| Kiev-Gostomel Airport (GML/UKKM) |
The Antonov 70 prototype took off from Gostomel with an Antonov 72 as its chase-plane. Whilst flying at 3200 m the An-70 lost altitude causing the tail to collide with the An-72's fuselage and its propfan. The An-70 crashed.The An-72 crew managed to maintain the controllability of the aircraft and made an emergency landing at Gostomel Airport.
The An-72 aircraft retired due to severe damage, and its cockpit was used as a training aircraft.
Sources:
https://russianplanes.net/reginfo/3149
https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/33_22404
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=8688
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2024 16:51 | zhr2005 | Added |
| 07-Dec-2024 08:52 | FlyWolf | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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