2017 An-74 accident in Central Africa
CAVOK Air Antonov An-74 · Flock of birds ingested into the right engine during takeoff
From São Tomé to an unrecorded destination
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
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- 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
- 4
- 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-74
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-74
- 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
- UR-CKC
- Operator
- CAVOK Air
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From São ToméTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: São Tomé, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The An-74 accident in Central Africa was an aviation accident involving the Ukrainian airline CAVOK Air that occurred on 29 July 2017 on the island of São Tomé of the state of São Tomé and Príncipe in Central Africa; crew members were injured.
Cause of the crash
The preliminary cause was named as a flock of birds being ingested into the right engine (No. 2) on 29 July 2017 during takeoff and the acceleration on the runway. The crew decided to abort the takeoff. However, it was not possible to keep the aircraft on the runway, which is 2190 metres long. The aircraft ran off the runway onto the embankment and crashed. The forward fuselage broke apart just in front of the wings. The thrust regulator on engine No. 1 was stowed, and on engine No. 2 the reverser was deployed.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article “Авіапригода з Ан-74 в Центральній Африці 2017” (revision 44058617, 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
Ukrainian Wikipedia article: Авіапригода з Ан-74 в Центральній Африці 2017
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 44058617 · 2024-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q56356771
- 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
- uk Wikipedia article "Авіапригода з Ан-74 в Центральній Африці 2017" (page 2472908, revision 44058617), 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): The An-74 belonged to the Ukrainian airline CAVOK Air: an airline flight. The article: "involving the Ukrainian airline CAVOK Air"
- Fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.