ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329046
| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-8 |
| Owner/operator: | MSP Komsomol Factory |
| Registration: | CCCP-48094 |
| MSN: | 0A-3410 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6200 hours |
| Cycles: | 3889 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km from Bratsk -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
During a night flight the artificial horizon of this An-8 failed. The disoriented crew caused the plane to enter a steep dive. The Antonov disintegrated in mid-air because forces associated with the dive exceeded the maximum structural allowed air speed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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