Antonov AN-26 crashes

173 crashes involving the Antonov AN-26 since 1980, with 1,743 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 173
Fatal crashes: 105
Fatalities: 1,743
First recorded: June 14, 1980
Most recent: March 31, 2026

Deadliest

November 15, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (57 fatalities)
June 11, 1987: Antonov AN-26, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan (53 fatalities)
September 4, 1985: Antonov AN-26, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan (52 fatalities)
October 4, 2007: Antonov AN-26, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (49 fatalities)
October 31, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Mona Quimbundo, Lunda Sul, Angola (49 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1987 (11)
1985 (7)
1988 (7)
1989 (7)
1995 (7)
1993 (6)
2000 (6)
2017 (6)
1990 (5)
2002 (5)
2005 (5)
2012 (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

March 31, 2026: Antonov AN-26, Kuybishevo, Crimea, Ukraine (29 fatalities)
December 11, 2025: Antonov AN-26, Kacha NAS, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (1 fatality)
February 25, 2025: Antonov AN-26, Wadi Seidna AFB, Khartoum, Sudan (46 fatalities)
February 10, 2025: Antonov AN-26, N'Délé, Bamingui-Bangoran, Central African Republic (0 fatalities)
January 21, 2025: Antonov AN-26, Kongolo, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
June 14, 2024: Antonov AN-26, Utrenniy, Republic of Yamalia, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 19, 2024: Antonov AN-26, Yida, Unity, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
July 23, 2023: Antonov AN-26, Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan (9 fatalities)
April 11, 2023: Antonov AN-26, Lisala, Équateur, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
April 22, 2022: Antonov AN-26, Mykhailivka, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine (1 fatality)
February 24, 2022: Antonov AN-26, Zhukivtsi, Kiev oblast, Ukraine (5 fatalities)
February 24, 2022: Antonov AN-26, Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh oblast, Russia (9 fatalities)
November 2, 2021: Antonov AN-26, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (5 fatalities)
September 22, 2021: Antonov AN-26, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (6 fatalities)
July 6, 2021: Antonov AN-26, Palana, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (28 fatalities)
March 13, 2021: Antonov AN-26, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (4 fatalities)
September 25, 2020: Antonov AN-26, Chuhuiv AFB, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine (26 fatalities)
August 22, 2020: Antonov AN-26, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (9 fatalities)
December 24, 2018: Antonov AN-26, Beni-Mavivi, Nord-Kivu, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
December 20, 2018: Antonov AN-26, Kinshasa, Kinshasa City Province, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (7 fatalities)
October 3, 2018: Antonov AN-26, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (0 fatalities)
July 20, 2018: Antonov AN-26, El Alamein, Matruh, Egypt (0 fatalities)
March 6, 2018: Antonov AN-26, Hmeimim AFB (Latakia), Latakia Governorate, Syria (39 fatalities)
October 14, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast (4 fatalities)
September 10, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Goma, Nord-Kivu, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
August 28, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Maban, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
May 30, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Balashov, Saratov oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
April 29, 2017: Antonov AN-26, San Cristóbal, Artemisa, Cuba (8 fatalities)
March 20, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
October 11, 2016: Antonov AN-26, Belaya Gora, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
April 30, 2016: Antonov AN-26, El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan (5 fatalities)
March 29, 2016: Antonov AN-26, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 9, 2016: Antonov AN-26, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh (3 fatalities)
February 14, 2015: Antonov AN-26, Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
January 18, 2015: Antonov AN-26, Abu Adh Dhuhur, Idlib Governorate, Syria (30 fatalities)
January 3, 2015: Antonov AN-26, Magadan-Sokol, Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 2014: Antonov AN-26, Uvira, Sud-Kivu, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (6 fatalities)
December 12, 2014: Antonov AN-26, Obo, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic (0 fatalities)
July 14, 2014: Antonov AN-26, Izvaryne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine (2 fatalities)
March 2, 2014: Antonov AN-26, Masila, Hadhramaut, Yemen (0 fatalities)
February 21, 2014: Antonov AN-26, Grombalia, Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia (11 fatalities)
November 30, 2013: Antonov AN-26, Omega AFB, Kavango Region, Namibia (0 fatalities)
August 25, 2013: Antonov AN-26, Guriceel, Galgaduud, Somalia (0 fatalities)
April 10, 2013: Antonov AN-26, Doro, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
December 17, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Tomas, Lima, Peru (4 fatalities)
November 21, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen (10 fatalities)
November 21, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Deputatsky, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
November 19, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Yida, Unity, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
August 19, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Talodi, South Kordofan, Sudan (32 fatalities)
October 25, 2011: Antonov AN-26, Al Anad AFB (Kadamat Al Awdhali), Lahij, Yemen (4 fatalities)
June 6, 2011: Antonov AN-26, Libreville, Estuaire (Libreville), Gabon (0 fatalities)
August 25, 2010: Antonov AN-26, Tallinn-Lennart Meri-Ülemiste, Harjumaa, Estonia (0 fatalities)
March 18, 2010: Antonov AN-26, Tallinn-Lennart Meri-Ülemiste, Harjumaa, Estonia (0 fatalities)
May 26, 2009: Antonov AN-26, Isiro, Orientale, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (3 fatalities)
April 8, 2008: Antonov AN-26, Hanoi-Gia Lâm, Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (5 fatalities)
October 31, 2007: Antonov AN-26, Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (0 fatalities)
October 4, 2007: Antonov AN-26, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (49 fatalities)
August 22, 2007: Antonov AN-26, Pasto-Antonio Nariño, Nariño, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 9, 2007: Antonov AN-26, Balad, Salāh ad-Dīn, Iraq (34 fatalities)
August 28, 2006: Antonov AN-26, El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
August 7, 2006: Antonov AN-26, El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan (0 fatalities)
February 11, 2006: Antonov AN-26, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (20 fatalities)
September 9, 2005: Antonov AN-26, Boulankio, Brazzaville City District, Congo, Republic of the Congo (13 fatalities)
September 5, 2005: Antonov AN-26, Isiro, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (11 fatalities)
August 9, 2005: Antonov AN-26, Al Mukalla, Hadhramaut, Yemen (1 fatality)
June 29, 2005: Antonov AN-26, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
May 5, 2005: Antonov AN-26, Kisangani, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (10 fatalities)
June 7, 2004: Antonov AN-26, Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan (0 fatalities)
November 29, 2003: Antonov AN-26, Boende, Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (33 fatalities)
April 25, 2003: Antonov AN-26, Beni-Mavivi, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
January 17, 2003: Antonov AN-26, Ndjolé, Moyen-Ogooué (Lambaréné), Gabon (7 fatalities)
December 27, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Ust-Kuyga, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 9, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Antalya, Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
July 26, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
February 27, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Heglig, South Kordofan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
February 21, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Lakhta AFB, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (17 fatalities)
February 19, 2001: Antonov AN-26, Luena, Moxico, Angola (0 fatalities)
February 1, 2001: Antonov AN-26, Luena, Moxico, Angola (22 fatalities)
November 15, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (57 fatalities)
October 31, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Mona Quimbundo, Lunda Sul, Angola (49 fatalities)
August 14, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Batajnica-Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović AFB (Belgrade), Belgrade City District, Serbia (0 fatalities)
August 12, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Tshikapa, Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (27 fatalities)
March 30, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka (40 fatalities)
March 19, 2000: Antonov AN-26, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1999: Antonov AN-26, Luzamba, Lunda Norte, Angola (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1999: Antonov AN-26, Luzamba, Lunda Norte, Angola (2 fatalities)
January 21, 1999: Antonov AN-26, Bluefields, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur, Nicaragua (28 fatalities)
September 2, 1998: Antonov AN-26, Malanje, Malanje, Angola (24 fatalities)
August 24, 1998: Antonov AN-26, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Gogrial, Warrap, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Kunduz, Kunduz, Afghanistan (36 fatalities)
January 25, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Chokurdakh, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1996: Antonov AN-26, Cafunfo, Lunda Norte, Angola (4 fatalities)
March 11, 1996: Antonov AN-26, El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Anadyr, Chukotka okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
August 31, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Greece (6 fatalities)
April 4, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Palana, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 16, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Ossora, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (9 fatalities)
January 26, 1995: Antonov AN-26, Sambailo, Boké Region, Guinea (0 fatalities)