RA-12105

On December 11, 1997 at 04:57 PM, RA-12105 experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by Russian Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, with the event recorded near Naryan-Mar Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 8.

The listed crash cause is human factor. A Mil Mi-8 registered RA-24247 just landed at Naryan-Mar Airport after completing a local flight with eight passengers and three crew members on board. Its crew was instructed to vacate via taxiway 4. Following an uneventful flight, the crew of the Antonov AN-12 was cleared to land on the same runway two minutes later. After touchdown, the aircraft collided with the helicopter. Both aircrafts were destroyed and while all nine people on board the Antonov were injured, among the 11 people on board the helicopter, eight were killed and three were injured. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced to 500 metres.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-12105, MSN 5 3 434 04, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 67.6380°, 53.0071°.