An-26 crash near Zaporizhzhia
Antonov An-26 · Weather conditions, crew errors (?)
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
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 2
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Unknown
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
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
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 air crash near Zaporizhzhia was an aviation accident that occurred in the area of the village of Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia Raion (formerly Vilniansk Raion), in the Zaporizhzhia region on 22 April 2022. As a result of the crash one person was killed and two more were injured.
Investigation and cause
Causes
The exact causes were not disclosed, but it was reported that the crash of the aircraft was caused by bad weather conditions.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Ukrainian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ан-26 під Запоріжжям” (revision 47836386, 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: Катастрофа Ан-26 під Запоріжжям
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 47836386 · 2026-04-11 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q132550410
- 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 "Катастрофа Ан-26 під Запоріжжям" (page 4511294, revision 47836386), 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
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- 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.