ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-22A CCCP-09318 Seshcha
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Date:Tuesday 21 December 1976
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN22 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-22A
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: CCCP-09318
MSN: 03340501
First flight: 1973
Engines: 4 Kuznetsov NK-12MA
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Seshcha (   Russia)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Seshcha-Br'ansk AFB, Russia
Destination airport:Seshcha-Br'ansk AFB, Russia
Narrative:
During a test flight out of Br'ansk AFB, the Antonov made a turn with maximum rudder deflection. At an altitude of 6000 m the plane entered a slip. The captain manoeuvred the plane in an attempt not to lose height, but the Antonov attained a critical angle of attack. It entered a spin and broke up in the air.

Sources:
» Scramble 154, Scramble 286
» Soviet Transports
» vta81vtap.narod.ru
» airdisaster.ru


Follow-up / safety actions
Following this accident Antonov limited the rudder deflection angle on their An-22 and recommended that pilots not use the rudders during turns when ailerons could be sufficient.

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