| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 16, 1972 |
| Time: | 1230 |
| Location: | Svetlogorsk, Russia |
| Operator: | Military - Russian Navy |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Kaliningrad - Kaliningrad |
| AC Type: | Antonov An-26 |
| Registration: | 05 |
| cn / ln: | 9911302 |
| Aboard: | 9 (passengers:0 crew:9) |
| Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:0 crew:9) |
| Ground: | 25 |
| Summary: | The military plane was returning after a flight over the Baltic Sea for weather research. The crew didn’t set the barometric altimeter the airfield, so the altimeter indicated a height higher than the actual altitude. After crossing the shoreline it entered a patch of thick fog. The crew couldn’t see the ground and descended to a dangerously low altitude. The aircraft crashed onto a kindergarten, killing 23 children and two adults. The altimeter from an Il-14 was mistakenly installed in the AN-24. |
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