ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-10 CCCP-11167 Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO)
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Status:
Date:Monday 16 November 1959
Type:Antonov An-10
Operator:Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration: CCCP-11167
MSN: 9401402
First flight: 1959
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32
Total:Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:2,1 km (1.3 mls) from Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) (   Ukraine)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia
Destination airport:Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL), Ukraine
Narrative:
The An-10 approached Lvov with gear and flaps down. When the crew selected 45 degrees of flaps the nose of the airplane suddenly pitched down. The crew could not regain control and the Antonov crashed.
It was found that the An-10 was vulnerable in an aircraft configuration like this in icing conditions.

Classification:
Icing
Loss of control

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports


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Distance from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Lviv-Snilow Airport as the crow flies is 1092 km (682 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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