Voronezh - Voronezh

On April 29, 1958 at 12:00 AM, Voronezh - Voronezh experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-10, operated by Antonov Industries, with the event recorded near Voronezh Voronezh oblast.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was engaged in a local test flight on this AN-10 prototype. Shortly after takeoff from Voronezh Airport, while climbing to a height of 500 meters, the engine number one failed. The power of the engine number four was immediately pull back to 40% of its nominal value to avoid any asymmetrical thrust. Few seconds later, the engine number three failed, so the same procedure was performed with the engine number two. Unable to maintain a safe altitude, the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane struck the bank of a river and crashed. The mechanic was killed while four other crew members were injured, two of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L7256, MSN 8 4 001 02, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3664°, 42.0759°.