Andijan – Omsk – Norilsk

On June 22, 1992 at 12:45 PM, Andijan – Omsk – Norilsk experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by Kras Air - Krasnoyarsk Avia - Krasnoyarskie Avialinii, with the event recorded near Norilsk-Alykel Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Andijan to Norilsk with an intermediate stop in Omsk, carrying five passengers, seven crew members and a load of 12 tons of fruits. En route from Omsk to Norilsk, the crew was forced to divert to Igarka Airport due to poor weather conditions at destination. Finally, the aircraft departed Igarka on the last leg of the day. Upon arrival at Norilsk, weather conditions were as follow: overcast with clouds down to 100 metres, visibility 2,410 metres, mist, heavy rain falls, OAT 0° and humidity 98%. On short final, after he established a visual contact with the ground, the captain realized that his position was wrong as the airplane was approaching the runway 220 metres from its threshold but 330 metres to the left of its extended centerline. The captain decided to initiate a go-around procedure when the aircraft pitched up to an angle of 16°. With such excessive angle of attack, the aircraft rolled to the left then struck the ground to the left of the runway. It rolled for about 60 metres then took off again. With a nose-up attitude of 14°, the aircraft climbed with a rate of 7 metres per second until the height of 55 metres then stalled again. It rolled to the right by angle of 45° and struck the ground at a speed of 200 km/h before crashing 1,332 metres past the runway end. The copilot and a passenger were seriously injured while 10 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-11896, MSN 3 3 409 06, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.3760°, 87.4589°.