Antonov AN-148 crash, Mar 5, 2011 (6 killed), Garbuzovo
Antonov AN-148 accident on March 5, 2011 near Garbuzovo, Belgorod oblast, Russia with 6 fatalities. Cause: The crew let the aircraft exceed its design...
- Date: March 5, 2011
- Aircraft: Antonov AN-148
- Location: Garbuzovo, Belgorod oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew let the aircraft exceed its design speed during an emergency descent, causing airframe vibration and in-flight breakup. Contributing factors included poor crew coordination, deviations from the flight manual and misleading instrument indications.
An An-148 test flight from Voronezh carried six people, including two Myanmar Air Force pilots who were to receive the aircraft. During a deliberate emergency descent the speed went well past the design limit, the aircraft broke up in flight and it crashed in a snow-covered field near Garbuzovo and burned. All six aboard were killed.