Antonov AN-12 crash, Oct 19, 2012, Shindand
Antonov AN-12 accident on October 19, 2012 near Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined; the cause of the hard landing...
- Date: October 19, 2012
- Aircraft: Antonov AN-12
- Location: Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined; the cause of the hard landing and bounce is not established in the available sources.
An Antonov An-12 cargo flight carrying absentee voting documents for US soldiers landed hard at Shindand and bounced. On the second touchdown the left main gear was torn off, and the aircraft slid about 1,750 m, veered left into a drainage ditch and burned after impact. All six occupants escaped uninjured.