Dnipropetrovsk - Moscow

On September 25, 1985 at 12:00 AM, Dnipropetrovsk - Moscow experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by MAP - Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoi Promyshlennosti - Minaviaprom, with the event recorded near Kharkiv Kharkiv oblast.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at an altitude of 7,500 meters on a cargo flight from Dnipropetrovsk to Moscow-Domodedovo Airport, the crew declared an emergency after the engine n°1 caught fire. The crew was cleared to reduce his altitude and to divert to Kharkiv Airport. On descent, the engine n°1 and the left wing partially detached due to intense fire. Out of control, the airplane nosed down to an angle of 90°, overturned and crashed in an open field located 6,5 west of Rakitnoye, about 31 km south of Kharkiv Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-69321, MSN 19 017 08, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.9886°, 36.2613°.