Antonov AN-30 crash, May 23, 2012, Čáslav AFB
Antonov AN-30 accident on May 23, 2012 near Čáslav AFB, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic with no fatalities. Cause: The crew used a wrong...
- Date: May 23, 2012
- Aircraft: Antonov AN-30
- Location: Čáslav AFB, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew used a wrong approach configuration and landed at about 260 km/h in a nose-down attitude. The resulting high g-load on the nose gear caused it to collapse. This comes from the BAAA database; the official report was not located.
An Antonov An-30 on a training flight at Caslav AFB with Russian and Czech soldiers on board landed nose-down at excessive speed. It bounced twice, the nose gear collapsed, and the aircraft skidded off the runway, broke in two and burned. Seven occupants were injured, two seriously.