An-12 accident in Novy Urengoy (1982)
Sheremetyevo Joint Aviation Detachment, Central Directorate of International Air Services Antonov An-12 · Crew errors, design deficiencies
From Novy Urengoy (RSFSR, USSR) to Sheremetyevo, Moscow (RSFSR, USSR)
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
- Occurrence
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 7
- 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
- 0
- 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-12
- 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
- CCCP-11107
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Novy Urengoy (RSFSR, USSR)To Sheremetyevo, Moscow (RSFSR, USSR)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Organizational issues › Development
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Novy Urengoy, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The An-12 accident in Novy Urengoy was an aviation accident that occurred on Saturday 24 April 1982 at Novy Urengoy airport. An An-12B cargo aircraft of the Sheremetyevo Joint Aviation Detachment of the Aeroflot enterprise began operating a cargo flight on the route Novy Urengoy – Syktyvkar – Moscow, but during take-off at Novy Urengoy airport the aircraft ran off the runway to the right. The crew tried to straighten the aircraft, but soon it struck a taxiway embankment and broke up. None of the 7 crew members on board were killed or injured.
Investigation and cause
Causes
According to the commission's conclusion, the cause of the accident was the crew's violations of the flight manual (RLE) concerning take-off preparation and execution. The design deficiencies of the nose landing gear steering system were a contributing factor. Thus, the An-12 flight manual gave recommendations that did not take into account the design features of the nose gear steering hydraulic system, and the sequence for engaging take-off and landing steering was given with errors. The duties of the crew members before departure were also not clearly specified.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Авария Ан-12 в Новом Уренгое (1982)” (revision 150406542, 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
Russian Wikipedia article: Авария Ан-12 в Новом Уренгое (1982)
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150406542 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q16532364
- 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
- ru Wikipedia article "Авария Ан-12 в Новом Уренгое (1982)" (page 4986375, revision 150406542), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- 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
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An Aeroflot An-12 on a cargo flight between cities: a state airline transport flight. The article: "An An-12B cargo aircraft of the Sheremetyevo Joint Aviation Detachment of the Aeroflot enterprise began operating a cargo flight on the route Novy Urengoy – Syktyvkar – Moscow"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.