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An Aeroflot Antonov An-10 similar to the accident aircraft
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Accident | |
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Date | 18 May 1972 (1972-05-18) |
Summary | Structural failure leading to loss of control |
Site | Near Kharkiv, Ukraine 49°54′56″N 36°39′02″E / 49.91556°N 36.65056°E / 49.91556; 36.65056 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-10A |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-11215 |
Flight origin | Vnukovo Airport |
Destination | Kharkiv Airport |
Occupants | 122 |
Passengers | 114 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 122 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 1491 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow-Vnukovo AirporttoKharkiv Airport in the USSR that crashed on 18 May 1972 while descending to land in Kharkiv, killing all 122 passengers and crew aboard the Antonov An-10.
Antonov An-10A, registration СССР-11215 (factory number 0402502, MSN 25-02), was manufactured at the Voronezh Aviation Plant on 3 February 1961. On 7 February 1961 it was delivered to Aeroflot's Kharkiv division. It was equipped with 4 turboprop Ivchenko AI-20 engines. At the time of the accident, the aircraft accumulated 11,105 flight cycles and 15,483 flying hours.
The flight crew responsible flying the aircraft was from the 87th Flight Squad (Kharkiv United Squadron). Captain Vladimir Vasiltsov was in charge of this flight;[1] first officer Andrei Burkovskii, navigator Aleksandr Grishko, flight engineer Vladimir Shchokin, and radio operator Konstantin Peresechanskii were also in the flight deck.[2]
Flight 1491 took off from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport at 10:39 en route to Kharkiv in the Ukrainian SSR. While descending from its cruising altitude of 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) to an altitude of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), the Antonov An-10 suffered structural failure resulting in the separation of both wings.[3] The fuselage then plunged into a wooded area, killing all 114 passengers and 8 crew on board the aircraft.[4][5][6]
Pravda reported on the crash of Flight 1491 shortly after it happened. At the time, it was unusual in the Soviet Union for there to be press reports on domestic air crashes.[7]
The probable cause of the crash was determined to be the center wing section failing due to a fatigue crack in the lower central wing panel.[8]
Following this accident, Aeroflot ceased the An-10 operations.[9]
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972 (1972)
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Jan 7 Jan 21 Jan 26 Feb 22 Mar 3 Mar 14 Mar 19 Apr 18 East African Airways Flight 720 May 5 May 8 May 18 May 30 Jun 12 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 18 British European Airways Flight 548 Jun 24 Jun 29 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision Jul 2 Jul 5 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Jul 31 Aug 14 Aug 16 Aug 31 Sep 15 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 Sep 24 Sep 24 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident Oct 1 Oct 13 Oct 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Oct 27 Oct 29 Nov 10 Nov 15 Nov 28 Dec 3 Dec 8 Dec 8 Dec 8 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 631 Dec 20 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision Dec 23 Dec 29 Dec 31 | |
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