Date: | Saturday 19 December 1970 |
Time: | 16:50 |
Type: | Antonov An-22 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | CCCP-09305 |
MSN: | 9340205 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-12MA |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Panagarh Airport -
India
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Some 40 minutes after takeoff from Dhaka, one of the propellers disintegrated, destroying engine control cables. The crew initiated an emergency descent from an altitude of 6000 m and attempted an emergency landing at Panagarh. The were not able to lower the gear or use flaps and the Antonov overflew the runway for approx. 2000 m at a height of one metre. The airplane then banked to the right upon which the right wing tip contacted the ground. It hit the ground, broke up and caught fire.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1970 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Aviation.ru
Soviet Transports vta81vtap.narod.ru
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