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Russian An-12 cargo plane carrying 7 people crashes in Irkutsk, Siberia. No survivors

By

 André Orban

3 November 2021

A Grodno Aviakompania cargo plane with seven people on board crash-landed in eastern Siberia and caught fire. The Antonov An-12 aircraft registered EW-518TI “disappeared from radars” during its final approach outside the city of Irkutsk, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on its Telegram channel.

According to preliminary information, the four-engine turboprop aircraft was travelling from the city of Yakutsk and carrying food and consumer goods. It disappeared from the radars while making an approach for landing 7 km from Irkutsk in the area of the settlement of Pivovarikha.

A rescue team had arrived at the scene and the aircraft was on fire.

The governor of Irkutsk Oblast confirmed that all those aboard had died, and no survivors had been found among the wreckage.

The Antonov An-12 is a transport aircraft designed and manufactured by the Ukrainian manufacturing and services company Antonov. Given the long operational history of the An-12, more than 190 An-12s have crashed involving many casualties. The An-12 has also been involved in several aviation incidents.

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Wednesday 3 November 2021
Time:	19:34
Type:	Antonov An-12BK
Operator:	Grodno Aircompany
Registration:	EW-518TI
MSN:	8346107
First flight:	1968
Crew:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	ca 3 km SE of Irkutsk Airport (IKT) (   Russia)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Yakutsk Airport (YKS/UEEE), Russia
Destination airport:	Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia

Narrative:
An Antonov An-12 crashed in a wooded area to the east of Irkutsk Airport, Russia, killing all nine on board. A fire erupted after the accident.
The aircraft had transported food and consumer goods to Anadyr in the Chukotka Autonomous Region in Russia and was reportedly returning to base, with an en route stop at Yakutsk. On approach to Irkutsk Airport the flight crew reported performing a go around, after which contact with the flight was lost.
Weather at the time of the accident was poor with snowfall, low clouds, limited visibility and a temparature of about

Crash: Grodno AN12 at Irkutsk on Nov 3rd 2021, impacted terrain on go around

A Grodno Aviakompania Antonov AN-12BK, registration EW-518TI performing a freight flight from Yakutsk to Irkutsk (Russia) with 7 crew and cargo consisting of food and consumer goods, was on approach to Irkutsk's runway 30 when the crew initiated a go around due to weather at about 240 meters/790 feet AGL about 2nm before the runway threshold. Shortly afterwards the radar and radio contact was lost at 19:45L (11:45Z). The aircraft was subsequently found crashed and burning about 1.7nm eastsoutheast of the runway 30 threshold in the village of Pivovarikha. All 7 crew perished in the crash.

On Nov 4th 2021 ATC representatives reported within 3-4 seconds after the crew announcing the go around the altitude indication of the aircraft changed from 240 to about 120 meters AGL, then the aircraft tag disappeared from the screen.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) reported that the aircraft carried 7 people on board, the aircraft An-12BK EW-518TI of Grodno Airlines was destroyed. The MAK have opened an investigation.

On Nov 4th 2021 both black boxes have been located.

On Nov 4th 2021 it became known that according to the load manifest by Grodno Airlines there were 9 people on board of the aircraft: 5 crew and 4 people escorting the cargo.

On Nov 4th 2021 Russian media indicate investigators are looking into possible theories of icing of the elevator/horizontal stabilizer causing loss of control as result of freezing rain at the time.