Night Training Flight Crash at Ulyanovsk-Baratayevka Airport (CCCP-11148)

Incident Overview and Flight Details A local training flight was being conducted at Ulyanovsk-Baratayevka Airport by a crew consisting of 10 pilots under supervision and four instructors. The aircraft was an AN-10. The flight took place at night, and the aircraft was climbing at an altitude of 150 meters after takeoff when the incident occurred. The crew had just raised the undercarriage when engine number four failed. The propeller on the failed engine went into auto-rotation, and the crew attempted to feather it but was unable to do so. The resulting high drag caused the aircraft to bank to the right and lose altitude. The aircraft crashed in a large explosion 1,090 meters past the end of the runway. The aircraft was completely destroyed. Thirteen occupants were killed, and one crew member was seriously injured. The pilot-in-command was on his first flight on the AN-10 and was unfamiliar with the aircraft's behavior. Poor visibility due to the night conditions and the lack of ground visual references were contributing factors. The official investigation determined that the failure of engine number four shortly after rotation was due to undetermined reasons.