Sakha Avia - Sakha Airlines

Antonov AN-24

The Antonov departed Yakutsk on a crew training flight. Two approach and landings were carried out using flap settings of 38 and 15 degrees. During the third approach the captain called for lowering of the landing gear. The flight engineer moved the landing gear handle from neutral into the "retract" position. He did not check for three greens so failed to notice his mistake. Then the captain requested the flaps to be selected at 10 degrees. The Antonov turned to finals, but the crew did not carry out the final approach checks and continued after having obtained landing clearance. Fourteen seconds before touchdown an air traffic controller informed the crew that they should go around because the landing gear was not down. The captain did not hear this because at that moment height and speed were called out by the flight engineer. Five seconds later the controller repeated his warning. One of the crew members heard the call and noticed three reds on the instrument panel. He informed that captain about this, but it was already too late. The captain added takeoff power, but within three seconds the tail struck the runway. The airplane skidded about 1000 metres before coming to rest.

Antonov AN-24

On approach to Ust-Nera Airport, following an uneventful flight from Khandyga, the crew mistook the new runway 85 (still under construction) for the operational runway 75 in poor visibility. When ATC realized this, they twice ordered the crew to go around but the crew failed to comply and touched down on runway 85. During the landing run, at a speed of 158 km/h, the captain attempted to go around but the check pilot aborted this attempt some seconds later. The confused flight engineer retracted the landing gear and the aircraft came to rest on its belly, suffering substantial damage. All 5 crew and 24 passengers escaped unhurt.

Antonov AN-12

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Moscow to Yakutsk with intermediate stops in Omsk and Bratsk, carrying three passengers, seven crew members and a load of 10,990 kilos of various goods (not declared before departure from Moscow). On approach to Omsk-Tsentralny Airport, at an altitude of 1,150 metres, all four engines failed simultaneously. The captain reduced his altitude and made a belly landing in a snow covered field located near Luzino, about 22 km west of the airport. After touchdown, the aircraft slid for few dozen metres, collided with a car and came to rest. All 10 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Upon landing, the aircraft flipped over and came to rest. There were no casualties.

Let L-410

On final approach to Aldan Airport, at a speed of 196 km/h, the crew extended the flaps to 42° when the aircraft adopted a 42,5° nose-up attitude. The crew elected to go-around but, as the speed dropped to 52 km/h, the aircraft stalled and crashed 273 metres short of runway and 160 metres to the left of its extended centreline. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 24 occupants were killed.