1980 CAAC Antonov An-24 accident near Changsha
Antonov An-24RW · The 1980 CAAC Antonov An-24 accident near Changsha occurred on 20 March 1980
From Kunming-Wujiaba Airport, People's Republic of China to Changsha-Datuopu Airport, People's Republic of China
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
- 26 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- 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-24RW
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-24
- 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
- B-484
- Operator
- Caac
- Onboard fatalities
- 26
- Route
- From Kunming-Wujiaba Airport, People's Republic of ChinaTo Changsha-Datuopu Airport, People's Republic of China
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
The 1980 CAAC Antonov An-24 accident near Changsha occurred on 20 March 1980. On that day, a CAAC Antonov An-24RW crashed on a domestic scheduled flight from Kunming to Changsha with a scheduled stopover in Guiyan. During a missed approach at Changsha-Datuopu Airport the aircraft stalled, crashing to the ground and killing all 26 occupants.
Accident sequence
During a go-around manoeuvre the aircraft stalled; the Antonov crashed into a field and burst into flames.
Investigation and cause
Cause
According to reports, the aircraft had not been correctly aligned for a landing.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the German Wikipedia article “Flugunfall einer Antonow An-24 der CAAC bei Changsha 1980” (revision 242633107, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
German Wikipedia article: Flugunfall einer Antonow An-24 der CAAC bei Changsha 1980
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 242633107 · 2024-02-27 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q124679892
- 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
- de Wikipedia article "Flugunfall einer Antonow An-24 der CAAC bei Changsha 1980" (page 12863358, revision 242633107), translated into English with AI assistance
- 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
- "scheduled flight" in the article's opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the German Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.