Accident An-12 near Irkutsk (2013)

The crashed An-12B aircraft (serial number 3341509) was released by the Tashkent aircraft factory on December 24, 1963 and was initially delivered to the USSR Air Force . Since May 1989, the aircraft received on-board number of the USSR-12162 and belonged to the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (in the period from 2002 to 2008 it was leased to the airline LII named after M. Gromov ). Since 1993, the aircraft is registered in the register of civil aircraft of Russia under tail number RA-12162. Since July 2008, the aircraft was transferred from civilian to the register of experimental aircraft and received board number 12162. ^[1] It is noteworthy that the An-12 aircraft with the same registration number of the USSR-12162 also crashed when taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur airfield 19 October 1987 ^[1] .

An-12 aircraft carried out a cargo flight between aircraft factories in Novosibirsk and Irkutsk. The aircraft flew from the Yeltsovka aerodrome of the Chkalov NAPO .

The estimated time of arrival of the aircraft on the approach scheme was 20:55 seats. vr. When establishing communication with the dispatcher of the Irkutsk-2 airport, the actual weather was transferred aboard at 11.00 UTC (20:00 local time): visibility 4700 m, height of the lower boundary of the clouds 100 m, air temperature −25 °.

The aircraft made a landing approach on Runway-14 using a beacon system (RMS) with radar control of the landing system (RSP). The minimum runway-14 of the Irkutsk-2 aerodrome for this approach system is 100 m in terms of decision-making height and 1700 m in visibility on the runway. Actual weather at 12.00 UTC (21:00 local time) was: visibility 3000 m, height of the lower border of the clouds 90 m.

At 21:02 places. vr. radio communication with the aircraft is lost (the last mark on the RSP screen is fixed at a distance of 1000 m from the end of the runway). At 21:06 local time, the calculations of the rescuers of the SPASOP service of the Irkutsk-2 aerodrome left for the accident site.

At 21:38 places. vr. On December 26, the Crisis Management Center of the Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in the Irkutsk Region received a message about the crash of an An-12 cargo plane of the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant carrying cargo along the route Novosibirsk - Irkutsk. According to preliminary data, 6 crew members and three people accompanying the cargo were killed.

Fuel spill did not occur. Open burning at the fire site eliminated at 22:06 places. vr. 175 people and 36 pieces of equipment are involved in extinguishing a fire. ^[2]

The plane crashed into the warehouses of the Material Technical Support Center and damaged the roofs of two storages in which tools and accessories for automobile equipment were stored ^[3] . According to other sources, the plane crashed into the territory of the 109th arsenal of the GRAU . None of the military and civilians on earth were injured ^[4] .

As a result of the investigation, the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office stated that the flight managers of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of the Scientific and Production Corporation Irkut, were suspected of involvement in the tragedy. According to the East Siberian Investigation Directorate for Transport, during the investigation, the suspects did not plead guilty to the charges against them, declaring their innocence to him. “However, the evidence gathered by the investigation refuted all the arguments of the accused and their defense,” the ministry said in a statement. During the investigation, more than 50 witnesses were questioned, more than 50 objects and documents were examined, 14 examinations were conducted, including two flight technical ones. The criminal case fit into 18 volumes. A submission was sent to the Irkutsk aircraft factory to eliminate the causes and conditions that contributed to the commission of this crime. The damage caused as a result of the wreck of the vessel NPK Irkut and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was also calculated; it exceeded 78 million rubles.

A criminal case against flight plant managers will be considered in the Leninsky District Court of Irkutsk. The NPK Irkut declined to comment on the results of the crash investigation. ^[five]

As of February 2016, in addition to the human factor, a version about the failure of the leftmost engine of the aircraft is also being considered as a cause of the crash of the aircraft, in connection with which the court appointed an additional flight technical examination. ^[6]

• Abrosimov Sergey - navigator.
• Erofeev Pavel - the co-pilot.
• Levakovsky Alexander - flight operator.
• Makhmutov Seitzhan is a flight engineer.
• Sebekin Pavel - a radio operator.
• Shargorodsky Valery - pilot, aircraft commander. ^[7]

• Trunin Oleg Vladimirovich - aircraft technician for glider and engines.
• Fursov Igor - Leading engineer in aviation and electronic equipment.
• Yakovlev Alexander - aircraft equipment for radio equipment.

• Accident of An-12 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur - the crashed plane also had tail number 12162.

• EMERCOM of Russia specialists work at the crash site of An-12 aircraft near Irkutsk
• Record of negotiations of the Irkutsk-2 airdrome at the time of the An-12 landing
• The funeral of the nine dead in the An-12 crash takes place in Irkutsk (Neopr.) . IrkutskMedia.ru (December 31, 2013). Date of treatment January 4, 2014.