Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045

1994 aviation accident

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045
Accident
An Antonov An-12BP similar to the accident aircraft
Date	24 February 1994
Summary	Loss of control during approach, due to icing
Site	Near Nalchik Airport, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-12BP
Operator	Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Registration	RA-11118
Flight origin	Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg
Stopover	Volgograd International Airport, Volgograd
Destination	Nalchik Airport, Kabardino-Balkaria
Occupants	13
Passengers	7
Crew	6
Fatalities	13
Survivors	0

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045 was a cargo flight that crashed on approach to Nalchik while carrying 12,515 kg (27,591 lb) of coins from the Saint Petersburg Mint, killing all 13 occupants.

Aircraft and crew

The aircraft involved in the accident was an Antonov An-12BP with four Ivchenko AI-20M engines, registered RA-11118 to Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise.

Seven crew members and six passengers were aboard the flight.

Synopsis

Flight 9045 carried 12,515 kg (27,591 lb) of coins in cargo from St. Petersburg to the stopover in Volgograd. Until landing there were no issues during the flight to Nalchik. The air traffic controller informed the flight crew of the weather conditions at the airport, but failed to mention the issue of ice; hence the crew did not activate the de-icing system for the approach.

When the flight was 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) away from the runway, the crew set the flaps at 15°. At 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the runway, the aircraft entered the glide path, after which the flaps were set to 35°. 16 seconds later, the crew increased the engine power to maintain a consistent speed of 260 km/h (140 kn; 160 mph). The flight was already 40 metres (130 ft) above the glide path and the pilots adjusted the elevators from 1 to 5° deflection, only for the elevators to spontaneously go to 15° deflection.

At an altitude of 320 metres (1,050 ft) the aircraft pitched nose-down 50-55° into a rapid descent; the pilots pulled back on the control columns; but due being at a low altitude the aircraft was unable to recover from the dive, the aircraft crashed into a field and was quickly engulfed in flames.

Cause

The investigation concluded that causes of the accident were as follows:

Failure of the airport to update the weather report and notify pilots;
untimely notification of the dangerous weather forecast;
incorrect recommendations for executing an approach laid out in the aircraft flight manual;
failure to use the aircraft de-icing system;
failure to follow procedures as outlined in the aircraft flight manual.

References

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 12BP RA-11118 Nalchik Airport (NAL)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
"Антонов Ан-12 Бортовой №: RA-11118". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
^ "Катастрофа Ан-12 в Нальчике" [Accident An-12 in Nalchik]. www.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-13.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994 (1994)
Jan 3 Baikal Airlines Flight 130Jan 7 United Express Flight 6291Feb 24 Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045Feb 28 Banja Luka incidentMar 8 Indira Gandhi Airport collisionMar 17 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdownMar 19 British Army Lynx shootdownMar 23 Aeroflot Flight 593Mar 23 Green Ramp disasterApr 4 KLM Cityhopper Flight 433Apr 6 Assassination of Habyarimana and NtaryamiraApr 7 Federal Express Flight 705Apr 14 Black Hawk shootdownApr 24 South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 crashApr 26 China Airlines Flight 140Jun 2 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crashJun 6 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303Jun 24 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crashJun 30 Airbus Industrie Flight 129Jul 1 Air Mauritanie Flight 625Jul 2 USAir Flight 1016Jul 19 Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901Aug 10 Korean Air Flight 2033Aug 21 Royal Air Maroc Flight 630Sep 8 USAir Flight 427Sep 18 1994 Oriental Airlines crashSep 26 Vanavara air disasterOct 12 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746Oct 31 American Eagle Flight 4184Nov 3 SAS Flight 347Nov 22 TWA Flight 427Dec 11 Philippine Airlines Flight 434Dec 13 Flagship Airlines Flight 3379Dec 19 Nigeria Airways Flight 9805Dec 21 Air Algérie Flight 702PDec 24 Air France Flight 8969Dec 29 Turkish Airlines Flight 278
1993 ◄ ► 1995

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994 (1994)

Jan 3 Baikal Airlines Flight 130Jan 7 United Express Flight 6291Feb 24 Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045Feb 28 Banja Luka incidentMar 8 Indira Gandhi Airport collisionMar 17 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdownMar 19 British Army Lynx shootdownMar 23 Aeroflot Flight 593Mar 23 Green Ramp disasterApr 4 KLM Cityhopper Flight 433Apr 6 Assassination of Habyarimana and NtaryamiraApr 7 Federal Express Flight 705Apr 14 Black Hawk shootdownApr 24 South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 crashApr 26 China Airlines Flight 140Jun 2 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crashJun 6 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303Jun 24 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crashJun 30 Airbus Industrie Flight 129Jul 1 Air Mauritanie Flight 625Jul 2 USAir Flight 1016Jul 19 Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901Aug 10 Korean Air Flight 2033Aug 21 Royal Air Maroc Flight 630Sep 8 USAir Flight 427Sep 18 1994 Oriental Airlines crashSep 26 Vanavara air disasterOct 12 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746Oct 31 American Eagle Flight 4184Nov 3 SAS Flight 347Nov 22 TWA Flight 427Dec 11 Philippine Airlines Flight 434Dec 13 Flagship Airlines Flight 3379Dec 19 Nigeria Airways Flight 9805Dec 21 Air Algérie Flight 702PDec 24 Air France Flight 8969Dec 29 Turkish Airlines Flight 278

1993 ◄ ► 1995

Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia in the 1990s

Russian SFSR
(Soviet Union)

1990	Aeroflot Flight 6246 (January 1990)
1991	Aeroflot Flight 8556 (May 1991) Yugavia Flight S-519 (November 1991)

Russian
Federation

1992	Aeroflot Flight 2808 (August 1992)
1993	Sakha Avia Flight 301 (August 1993)
1994	Baikal Airlines Flight 130 (January 1994) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045 (February 1994) Aeroflot Flight 593 (March 1994) Vanavara air disaster (September 1994)
1995	Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 (December 1995)
1996	Abakan Il-76 crash (November 1996)
1997	Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 (March 1997) Irkutsk An-124 crash (December 1997)

Aviation incidents in other parts of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991 are not included
1980–1991 (USSR) ◄ 1990–1999 ► 2000–2009

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