ATRAN Flight 9655
Antonov An-12WR · Loss of control due to bird strike
From Domodedovo International Airport (DME) to Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (KXK)
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
- 7 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 7
- 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-12WR
- Flight
- V89655
- 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
- RA-93912
- Operator
- Atran
- Onboard fatalities
- 7
- Route
- From Domodedovo International Airport (DME)To Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (KXK)
Cause areas
- Environmental issues › Physical environment
- Aircraft › Aircraft power plant
- Organizational issues › Development
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
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
ATRAN Flight 9655 was a scheduled cargo flight from Moscow, Russia to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia with stopovers in Omsk, Russia and Bratsk, Russia. On 29 July 2007, the aircraft operating the flight struck birds shortly after takeoff, damaging two of the four engines. The aircraft then banked to the right and entered an irrecoverable dive, crashing four kilometers from the end of the runway. All 7 crew members onboard were killed.
Accident
The flight was a cargo flight, delivering various aircraft components for assembly at the Gagarin Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in Komsomolsk. The aircraft took off from runway 32C at approximately 04:17 AM local time. Shortly after takeoff, at a height of 164 feet above the ground, the plane experienced an engine surge in the number 4 engine, followed by a surge in the number 3 engine. Both engines on the right side of the aircraft then shut down and entered the feathered position. Witnesses on the ground near the end of runway 32C observed yellow flames shooting from the back of engine 3. A minute after the number 3 engine failed, the aircraft entered a bank angle of nearly 100 degrees. The right wing clipped trees, causing the aircraft to flip over, and impact the ground at an approximately 45 degree nose-down attitude, exploding on impact. All 7 occupants aboard were killed.
Investigation and cause
Final report
On December 13, 2007, the final report was released by the Interstate Aviation Committee.
The crash was the result of an uncontrolled roll. The plane rolled over and collided with the ground at the speed of 250-260 km/h (135-140 knots). The effect of the rudder and the ailerons were found to be insufficient to deflect the plane. It is also found that the decrease in the aircraft's airspeed was caused by the lack of thrust from engine No.1 and No.2 and the absence of thrust from engine No.3 and No.4 after hitting the birds.
The flight manual of the An-12 didn't include recommendations for the event of a simultaneous failure of two engines on one side of the wing, and shortcomings were found in the flight manual and technical and methodological support for simulator training. These factors combined precluded the proper level of crew training for actions in such cases.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: ATRAN Flight 9655
- Article
- ATRAN Flight 9655
- Revision
- 1370945837 · 2026-08-23 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q108862205
- 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 "ATRAN Flight 9655" (page 83429207, revision 1370945837)
- 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
- airline flight number in the infobox
- 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.