Antonov An-140
| Antonov An-140 | |
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 Antonov An-140 at the MAKS 2005 |
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| Type: | Short-haul passenger aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
17th September 1997 |
| Commissioning: |
March 2002 |
| Production time: |
1997 (prototypes); |
| Number of pieces: |
35 (+ 12 orders) |
The Antonov An-140 is a Ukrainian short-haul passenger aircraft in shoulder-wing design made by Antonow . It has a retractable landing gear . It is propelled by two turboprop engines . The machine has an APU and performs well at high or particularly hot airports (+ 45 ° C, 1700 m). Take-off and landing on unpaved runways are possible. It also has an air-conditioned pressurized cabin . The machine is intended to replace the Antonov An-24 and its variants. Despite external similarities, the machine has been completely redeveloped.
history
Development of the type began in 1993. The first flight took place on September 17, 1997 . The flight tests of the two prototypes dragged on until January 2000. In the meantime, minor changes had to be made to the tail unit.
The first production aircraft flew on October 11, 1999. The type certificate was issued on April 25, 2000. A license agreement for the construction of 80 machines was concluded with the Iranian HESA works in Isfahan / Iran . The first Iranian plane flew on February 7, 2001, it was made from prefabricated parts.
Even Russia has acquired the production rights. The machines are built in Samara .
The first use in the scheduled service took place in March 2002 with Odessa Airlines .
One variant is the An-140-100 with an enlarged wingspan.
The production of the type was stopped at Aviakor in Samara in 2015, the reason given by the manufacturer is the termination of deliveries from Ukraine.
Incidents
- On December 23, 2002, an An-140 of the Aeromist-Kharkiv airline crashed near Ardestan (Iran). All 44 people on board were killed.
- On December 23, 2005, an Antonov An-140 operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (4K-AZ48) crashed into the Caspian Sea around five minutes after taking off from Baku . All 23 people on board were killed. The simultaneous failure of all three artificial horizons was identified as the presumed cause of the accident . The reason was the installation of counterfeit aircraft parts ex works (see Azerbaijan Airlines flight 217 ) .
- On February 15, 2009, a machine of the type HESA IrAn-140-100 - an Iranian license build of the Antonov An-140 - crashed during a training flight near Isfahan . All five crew members died, passengers were not on board.
- On August 10, 2014, a HESA IrAn-140-100 crashed into a residential area immediately after taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport . 40 passengers died and eight survived (see also Sepahan Airlines flight 5915 ) .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 2 |
| Passengers | 52 |
| length | 22.60 m |
| span | 25.50 m |
| height | 8.23 m |
| Wing area | 55 m² |
| Wing extension | 11.8 |
| Cabin (L × W × H) | 14.30 m × 2.6 m × 1.90 m |
| Empty mass | 13,300 kg |
| payload | 6,000 kg |
| Takeoff mass | Max. 21,500 kg |
| Landing mass | Max. 21,000 kg |
| Tank capacity | 4,440 kg |
| Cruising speed | 575 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 7,200 m |
| Range | 1,380-3,050 km |
| Takeoff route | 1,495 m |
| Engines | two Klimow TW3-117 WMA-SBM1 or two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127A |
| power | 1,838 kW each (approx. 2,500 PS) or 2,022 kW (approx. 2,750 PS) each |
| propeller | 6 blades with a diameter of 3.66 m |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flight International October 28, 2014, p. 33, accessed June 2, 2015
- ↑ a b https://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-140
- ↑ The end of a strategic cooperation in Neues Deutschland on August 11, 2014
- ↑ Tom Zaitsev: Aviakor suspends An-140 program FlightGlobal from August 4, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2018 (en.)
- ↑ Flightglobal of January 10, 2006 (accessed August 11, 2014)
- ^ Accident report AN-140 4K-AZ48 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Flight International from July 13, 2004 (English, accessed August 11, 2014)
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network (accessed August 11, 2014)
- ↑ AV Herald of August 10, 2014 (English, accessed on August 10, 2014)
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An-10 • An-24 • An-28 • An-74 • An-140 • An-148 • An-158 • An-174 • An-180 • An-218 • An-318 |
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An-2 • An-3 • An-4 • An-8 • An-12 • An-14 • An-20 • An-22 • An-26 • An-32 • An-38 • An-50 • arrival 70 • An-72 • An-74 • An-112 • An-124 • An-132 • An-178 • An-204 • An-225 • An-325 |
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