Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252
Antonov An-12BK · CFIT during go-around
From Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (YKS) to Irkutsk International Airport (IKT)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 9 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 9
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Antonov An-12BK
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-12
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- EW-518TI
- Operator
- Grodno Aviakompania
- Onboard fatalities
- 9
- Route
- From Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (YKS)To Irkutsk International Airport (IKT)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
- Personnel issues › Miscellaneous
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252 was a flight from Yakutsk to Irkutsk with a stopover at Ugolny. On November 3rd, 2021, the Antonov An-12 crashed while attempting a go-around at Irkutsk. All 9 people on board were killed. This is the first and only accident for Grodno Aviakompania.
Flight
The aircraft was an Antonov An-12BK. It was scheduled to leave from Yakutsk carrying edible items and other consumer goods. While on an approach pattern to Runway 30, the weather was poor with low visibility, snowfall and an estimated temperature of -7 C. Radar contact with the flight was lost at 19:45 local time. The aircraft crashed south-eastwards of Runway 30 and burst into flames. All nine people aboard were killed.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Interstate Aviation Committee investigated the accident. The investigation report, dated April 3, 2024, concluded that the accident is a Controlled Flight Into Terrain event in night IMC. The investigation attributed insufficient training, poor CRM, incorrect configuration of navigation system, unapproved use of satellite navigation system, failure to stabilize the approach or execuate go-around, failure to comply with flight manuals regarding go-around and minimums, and the failure of GPWS for unknown reasons.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252
- Revision
- 1360653667 · 2026-06-22 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q109376596
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252" (page 69185422, revision 1360653667)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.