2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash
Antonov An-26 · Crash into mountainous terrain; undetermined
From Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, Cuba to Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, Cuba
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
- 8 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 8
- 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-26
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-26
- 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
- CU-T1406
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 8
- Route
- From Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, CubaTo Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, Cuba
Approximate · Estimated position: Candelaria, Cuba, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 29 April 2017, an Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crashed north-east of the town of San Cristobal in the Loma de la Pimienta mountain range, in the area near Las Terrazas, Cuba, killing all 8 people on board. The aircraft had departed from Baracoa airport and there were no adverse weather conditions at the time of the accident.
The accident
The aircraft was operating a military training flight from Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, on behalf of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba. It crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain, near Candelaria, in Artemisa Province. Initially reported as a civilian flight with 39 people on board, Cuban officials later confirmed that it was a military flight carrying eight people.
Investigation and cause
The investigation
The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces set up a commission to investigate the accident.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Aerogaviota del 2017” (revision 137707295, 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
Italian Wikipedia article: Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Aerogaviota del 2017
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 137707295 · 2024-02-04 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q29614301
- 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
- it Wikipedia article "Incidente dell'Antonov An-26 di Aerogaviota del 2017" (page 10001440, revision 137707295), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.