Date: | Friday 10 February 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-70 |
Owner/operator: | Antonov Design Bureau |
Registration: | UR-- |
MSN: | 0101 |
Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Gostomel -
Ukraine
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Kiev-Gostomel Airport (GML/UKKM) |
Destination airport: | Kiev-Gostomel Airport (GML/UKKM) |
Narrative: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.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Flight International 1-7 March 1995 (5)
Flight International 22-28 March 1995 (19)
Aviation Week & Space Technology 20.2.95(19)
Flight International 22-28 February 1995 (18)
Scramble 190(49)
Statistics
- 49th worst accident in 1995
- worst accident of this aircraft type
- worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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