Antonov An-24

Antonov An-24
An-24 at Uzhhorod Airport , Ukraine
Type:	Short-haul passenger and cargo aircraft
Design country:	Soviet Union
Manufacturer:	Antonov
First flight:	October 20, 1959
Commissioning:	1962
Production time:	1962-1979
Number of pieces:	1367

The Antonov An-24 ( NATO code name : Coke ) is a short-haul passenger and cargo aircraft of Soviet origin. Designed as a typical Antonov shoulder- wing aircraft and powered by two turboprop engines , it is primarily used in civil aviation. Over 1300 aircraft of this type were built.

history

The An-24 was created in response to a request from Aeroflot in 1957 for a 32-seat passenger aircraft that could operate on poorly paved small airports under changing weather conditions. It was supposed to replace the Lisunov Li-2 , Ilyushin Il-12 and Il-14 of the Soviet airline. The OKB Antonov was awarded the development contract in December 1957 and designed a high-wing monoplane , originally created by four piston engines to be powered with 700 hp (515 kW). In the end, the decision was made to use two Ivchenko AI-24 turboprop engines . The first flight with the first prototype ( aircraft registration number СССР – 1959) was on October 20, 1959 in Kiev with J. Kurlin and GI Lisenko. The second prototype (СССР – 1959) with a modified bow, enlarged vertical tail unit and longer engine nacelles flew a year later. After the construction of three pre-series aircraft, series production of the aircraft began in early 1962 with two Ivchenko AI-24A and four-blade AW-72 propellers. The An-24 was put into service with Aeroflot as a cargo aircraft in July 1962 and on December 1, 1963 on the Kiev – Kherson route as a 44-seat passenger aircraft with eight windows on each side of the cabin. Around a third of all passenger movements in the Soviet Union were later handled with An-24. Over time, a number of successful aircraft were built around the base model, for example the An-24RW with an additional Tumanski RU-19A-300 jet engine instead of the TG-16 starter generator in the right engine pod, the cargo version An-24T and that An-24P fire-fighting aircraft . The An-24 continued to be produced in the People's Republic of China as the Xian Y-7 .

The military transport variant An-26 , the aerial aircraft An- 30 and the transport aircraft An-32 were derived from the An-24 . The civil successor is the An-140 .

Tumanski RU-19A-300 jet engine in the right engine nacelle of the An-24RW version

Incidents

Between 1962 and May 2020 there were a total of 171 total losses of the An-24. In 92 of them, 2,215 people were killed. Selection:

• On March 18, 1966, an An-24B of the Egyptian United Arab Airlines ( aircraft registration SU-AOA ) coming from Nicosia crashed five kilometers northeast of it while approaching Cairo International Airport . None of the 30 people on board survived the accident.

• On August 18, 1968, an An-24B of the Egyptian United Arab Airlines (registration number SU-AOL ) crashed on an international scheduled flight from Cairo to Damascus in the Mediterranean. None of the 40 people on board survived the crash.

• On April 2, 1969, an An-24B (SP-LTF) of the Polish airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT flew off the flight route into the slope of Mount Polica in the Zawoja district in the Western Carpathians after the crew failed for a reason that was not conclusively clarified Missed destination airport Krakow by approx. 50 kilometers. All 53 people on board the fully occupied Antonov An-24B were killed (see also LOT flight 165 ) .

• On January 30, 1970, the landing gear of an An-24B operated by the Egyptian United Arab Airlines (SU-AOK) collapsed on landing at Luxor Airport . The machine was damaged beyond repair. Everyone on board survived the accident.

• On April 1, 1970, an An-24 of the Soviet Aeroflot (CCCP-47751) collided with a weather balloon near Toguchin , Novosibirsk region (USSR), and crashed. All 45 occupants died (see also Aeroflot flight 1661 ) .

• On January 21, 1973, an Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46276) crashed on a scheduled flight from Krasnodar to Perm from an altitude of 5400 meters. All 39 occupants were killed (see also Aeroflot flight 6263 ) .

• On November 22, 1975, an Antonov An-24B of the Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (LZ-ANA) was de-iced for a flight to Varna during snowfall at Sofia Airport . After the machine rolled to the start, the start was delayed because the snow on the runway was cleared by winter service vehicles . During this time, the effective duration of the de-icing carried out passed. When the runway was cleared again and the machine was given take-off clearance, it did not gain height after take-off and fell behind the runway into the ditch of the Iskar River . Of the 45 occupants of the machine, the first officer and two passengers died who drowned in the river after the impact (see also the flight accident involving the Antonov An-24 LZ-ANA of the Balkan Bulgarian Airlines ) .

• On September 9, 1976, a Jakowlew Jak-40 of Aeroflot (СССР-87772) collided with an Antonov An-24 of the same company (СССР-46518) over the Black Sea near Anapa . All 70 occupants of both machines died.

• On March 8, 1981, an Antonov An-24T made by Antonow (СССР-46280) crashed while approaching the Kursk-Vostochny airfield , the plane caught fire and burned out.

• On August 24, 1981, a Tupolev Tu-16 bomber collided seventy kilometers east of Sawitinsk , Amur Oblast (Siberia) with an Antonov An-24RW of Aeroflot (CCCP-46653) . All 6 occupants of the bomber and 31 of the 32 people on board the Antonov were killed. One passenger survived the crash. The cause was inadequate coordination between military and civil air traffic control (see also Aeroflot flight 811 ) .

• On December 24, 1983 Antonov An-24RW crashed Aeroflot (CCCP-46617) for a stall in the go-around after a failed landing at the airport leshukonskoye from. Of the 49 people on board, only 5 survived the accident.

• On March 23, 1991, an Aeroflot An-24RW (CCCP-46472) coming from Tashkent shot over the runway on landing in Nawoi , Uzbekistan and caught fire. The four-person crew and 34 of the 63 passengers were killed. The machine is approved for 50 passengers.

• On 26 November 1991 probably 24 An-Aeroflot crashed because of an icy tailplane one (CCCP-47823) with 41 people on board the go-attempt landing at Bugulma , Tatarstan , Russia . Nobody survived.

• On December 13, 1995, an Antonov An-24 (YR-AMR) operated by the Romanian Romavia for Banat Air crashed into the ground shortly after taking off from Verona airport due to a stall . The reason was that the machine had not been de-iced despite snowfall. In addition, it was overloaded by at least two tons. All 49 people on board were killed (see also Banat Air Flight 166 ) .

• On February 22, 1996, an Antonov An-24RW belonging to the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority (YR-BMK) collided with treetops while approaching Baia Mare airport and crashed into a house. The aircraft was on a calibration flight for the local approach aids. All 8 occupants and 2 people on the ground were killed in the crash.

• On May 3, 1996, an Antonov An-24RW of the Sudanese Federal Airlines (ST-FAG) failed to make an emergency landing in a suburb of Khartoum ( Sudan ). After several unsuccessful attempts to land at Khartoum airport in a sandstorm, the aircraft collided with a building during the emergency landing. All 53 occupants, 6 crew members and 47 passengers perished.

• On March 18, 1997, an Antonov An-24RW of the Russian Stavropolskaya Akzionernaya Avia (RA-46516) , with which an international charter flight from Stavropol to Trabzon was to be carried out, crashed near Cherkessk after the stern broke off due to severe corrosion. All 50 people on board the plane were killed in the accident (see also Stavropolskaya Akzionernaya Avia flight 1023 ) .

• On August 4, 2010, an Antonov An-24 belonging to the Russian Katekavia (RA-46524) had an accident while approaching Igarka . There were 12 fatalities (see also Katekavia flight 9357 ) .

• On February 13, 2013, an Antonov An-24 of the Ukrainian South Airlines (UR-WRA) crashed during a flight from Odessa to Donetsk due to a stall during a go-around attempt. The captain had already fallen below the prescribed decision height. Five of the 52 inmates died and eight were injured.

• On June 27, 2019, the crew of an An-24 of the Russian led Angara Airlines (RA-47366) in Nizhneangarsk in the Russian autonomous republic of Buryatia after an engine failure an emergency landing by. She came off the runway and collided with the buildings of a water treatment plant. Of the 47 people on board, two did not survive the accident, the commander and the flight engineer .

Technical specifications

Three-sided tear

An-24 cockpit

An-24 on a GDR postage stamp from 1969 . The Inter flight operation from 1966 until the 1970s seven An-24W.

Parameter	Data of the An-24W
crew	3-5
Passengers	50
length	23.53 m
span	29.20 m
height	8.32 m
Wing area	74.98 m²
Wing extension	11.4
Empty mass	13,300 kg
payload	6,750 kg
Takeoff mass	21,000 kg
Top speed	680 km / h at 8000 m
Cruising speed	450 km / h
Service ceiling	8400 m
Range	550-2440 km
Engines	two Iwchenko AI-24A turboprop engines, each with 1,877 kW (2,552 hp)

Web links

Commons : Antonov An-24  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Antonow An-24 at Airliners.de
• Antonov An-24 at Photovault.com
• Antonow An-24 at Luftfahrt-Archiv.de
• Description of the Antonov An-24 (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rudolf Höfling: Antonow (since 1946) . In: Typenkompass . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-613-03518-8 , p. 56-63 .
2. ^ Soviet Civil Aircraft Documentation
3. ↑ Antonov 24 Statistics , Aviation Safety Network , accessed June 8, 2020.
4. ^ Accident report An-24 SU-AOA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 26, 2017.
5. ^ Accident report AN-24 SU-AOL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 27, 2017.
6. ^ Accident report An-24 SP-LTF , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
7. ^ Accident report AN-24 SU-AOK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 28, 2018.
8. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-47751 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
9. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-46276 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
10. ^ Accident report Yak-40 CCCP-87772 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 16, 2020.
11. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-46518 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 16, 2020.
12. ↑ Accident report AN-24 СССР-46280 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
13. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-46653 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 11, 2020.
14. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-46617 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
15. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-46472 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
16. ^ Accident report AN-24 CCCP-47823 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
17. ^ Accident report AN-24 YR-AMR , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.
18. ^ Accident report AN-24 YR-BMK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 8, 2020.
19. ↑ Accident report An-24 ST-FAG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 9, 2020.
20. ^ Accident report An-24 RA-46516 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 8, 2020.
21. ^ Accident report An-24 RA-46524 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
22. ↑ Accident report An-24 UR-WRA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
23. ↑ The Russian Federation's Civil Protection Ministry reported the number of passengers on board the plane that crashed in Buryatia , TASS, June 27, 2019
24. ^ Accident report An-24 RA-47366 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 31, 2019.
25. ↑ In Buryatia, two people died in an emergency landing of an An-24 passenger aircraft , TASS, June 27, 2019
26. ^ Detlef Billig, Manfred Meyer: Airplanes of the GDR. Volume 2. 2002, ISBN 3-613-02241-9 , pp. 102-109.