Antonov An-32

Antonov An-32
Antonov An-32B
Type:	Transport plane
Design country:	Soviet Union
Manufacturer:	OKB Antonov
First flight:	July 9, 1976
Quantity:	373

Antonov An-32B in action for the Red Cross

An-32 at Lokichoggio Airport

The Antonov An-32 ( NATO reporting name : Cline ) is in the Soviet Union developed and in today's Ukraine -built cargo plane . The machine is designed as a shoulder wing. The basic design comes from the Antonov An-26 . Like these, it has two turboprop engines and a retractable landing gear .

Differentiating features are the significantly enlarged and higher mounted engine pods and the larger four-blade propellers. There is an enlarged stabilization area under the rear of the fuselage. The machines are specially designed for use at high or particularly hot airfields (up to 50 ° C at an altitude of 4500 m). It has an air-conditioned pressurized cabin . In order to be independent of ground equipment, the machine is equipped with an auxiliary power unit.

story

The prototype of the An-32 flew for the first time on July 9, 1976. The type is also used by various armed forces for transport tasks. There are different variants. Depending on the version, up to 50 passengers, 42 soldiers, 38 parachutists or 24 couches for the wounded can be transported. The standard version is the An-32B.

The An-32P is a fire fighting aircraft that can transport up to 8000 liters of extinguishing agent and parachute down 30 firefighters (see fire jumpers ). MP-26s attached to the fuselage make it possible to “inoculate” clouds with chemicals in order to make them rain down. An-32P were also used in Spain and Portugal .

In the freight version, goods up to eleven meters in length and a total mass between 6800 kg and 7500 kg - depending on the version - can be transported. The machine has a rear ramp and its own lifting tackle that can lift up to three tons. Ball elements can be installed in the floor to enable easy handling of the load.

The An-32B-100 is a variant with a higher payload and take-off weight. Modified engines (AI-20D5M) with longer maintenance intervals improve profitability.

The An-32W-200 is based on the An-32W-100, but shows profound improvements. The cockpit allows operation with only two pilots. If necessary, external additional tanks with a capacity of 3000 l can be installed, which enable a range of up to 3200 km. The total operating time has been extended to 25 years. The maintenance intervals were designed to be variable according to the usage profile.

Many machines are in use in emerging countries such as Sri Lanka , Colombia , Peru , Mexico , Afghanistan and a number of African countries.

Armament

If necessary, four external load stations and two under the wings can be attached to the side in the lower fuselage segment, turning the transporter into an auxiliary bomber or an armed patrol pilot.

Armament up to 2500 kg at six external load stations

Unguided air-to-surface missiles

• 2 × UB-32A-57 missile tube launch container for 32 unguided air-to-surface missiles S-5 in caliber 57 mm

Unguided free-fall bombs

• 6 × FAB-250 (250 kg free fall bomb )

Self-defense systems

• 1 × Adros KUW 26-50Е ( decoys launcher with 40 × 50 mm decoys cartridges)

variants

• An-32 "Sutlej": military transport variant for the Indian Air Force
• An-32: military basic transport variant
• An-32A: Transport variant for the Afghan Air Force
• An-32B: improved transport variant with American Honeywell Primus 500 weather radar and altitude radar.
• An-32B-100: improved transport variant with increased payload (up to 7500 kg).
• An-32B-110: Thanks to new Russian avionics, the aircraft can be flown by a crew of two.
• An-32B-120: variant with western avionics
• An-32B-200: modernized transport variant that should have NATO standards. The cockpit was equipped with avionics from Rockwell Collins and Litton according to STANAG and MIL-STD-1553В standards.
• An-32B-300: Variant equipped with Allison AE2100D turboprop engine.

First flight of the An-132D

• An-32MP: Coastal surveillance variant with FLIR , Honeywell Primus 500 weather radar, panoramic radar in the fuselage, searchlights on the tip of the wing, two observer stations in the stern, four additional 260-gallon fuel tanks in the fuselage, automatic direction finder ARK-UD, throwable lifeboats, radar operator station , Toilet and washroom as well as external load carriers on the fuselage and under the wings.
• An-32P: Fire extinguishing variant with 8000 kg extinguishing agent in two internal tanks. Retrofitting to the transporter is possible within a short time.
• An-32W: intended designation of the military transport variant in the 1990s, never used, as enough aircraft were still being built on the dump.
• An-132D: A version developed together with Saudi Arabia with a planned maiden flight in 2016, actually on March 31, 2017. The aircraft will receive Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150 turbines and western avionics without parts from Russian production.

Incidents

From the first flight in 1976 to February 2019, the An-32 suffered 79 total losses. In 39 of them, 622 people were killed. Examples:

• The first An-32 crashed on a test flight before 1990, but the exact date and location are unknown.

• On January 8, 1996, an overloaded Antonov An-32B cargo plane of the Russian Moscow Airways ( aircraft registration number RA-26222 ) sped into a market square after a failed take-off from the Congolese airport N'Dolo , where at least 297 people died (some sources report more than 350 dead ). Four of the six crew members survived (some sources state that all crew members survived). The Moscow Airways plane was flown by two drunk Russian pilots. It was officially leased from Scibe Airlift , as African Air (a bogus company owned by Scibe) did not have a license to operate such an aircraft. Scibe Airlift and Air Africa were ordered to pay US $ 1.4 million to the victims and their dependents (see also the Kinshasa air disaster ) .

Technical specifications

Three-sided view An-32

Parameter	An-32B	An-32P
crew	3-5
Passengers	up to 50
length	24.26 m
span	29.20 m
height	8.58 m
Wing area	74.98 m²
Empty mass	16,800 kg
max	27,000 kg	29,700 kg
Cruising speed	530 km / h
Top speed	640 km / h
Service ceiling	9400 m
Range	1050 km
Engines	2 × Ivchenko AI-20DM, each 3807 kW	2 × Ivchenko AI-20M, each 3124 kW

Web links

Commons : Antonov An-32  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Antonov An-132  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Manufacturer site (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-32 ( Memento from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ An-132 Fuselage Is Ready. Maiden Flight Planned This Year , Defense24, February 18, 2016
3. ↑ Tuesday December 20th, 2016 - n-tv.de. In: n-tv.de. December 20, 2016, accessed December 20, 2016 . 
4. ^ Antonov completes first flight of An-132D , Flightglobal.com, March 31, 2017
5. ↑ Antonow has to start again in Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 3, 2017
6. ^ Accident statistics Antonov An-32 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2019.
7. ↑ Accident report AN-32A unknown , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2019.
8. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the aircraft accident of AN-32 RA-26222 from January 8, 1996 in the Accident Database of Plane Crash Info
9. ^ Accident report AN-32 RA-26222 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 14, 2017.
10. ↑ http://www.airliners.net/aviation-articles/read.main?id=90 ( Memento from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )