Antonov AN-12 crash, Dec 11, 1997 (8 killed), Naryan-Mar
Antonov AN-12 accident on December 11, 1997 near Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia with 8 fatalities. Cause: Insufficient separation between...
- Date: December 11, 1997
- Aircraft: Antonov AN-12
- Location: Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Insufficient separation between two landings caused by poor coordination between the civil and military air traffic control services sharing the airport. The An-12 crew also misread a go-around instruction, believing it referred to visibility rather than the traffic on the runway.
A Russian Air Force An-12 landed at Naryan-Mar on the same runway that a Mi-8 helicopter had just vacated, and the two aircraft collided in reduced visibility. Eight of the eleven people aboard the helicopter died and all nine on the An-12 were injured. Both aircraft were destroyed.