The Death of Warsaw Pact Transports

[Brad1711]

Time to start this thread up again. We were up to 200-201 written off in the time period of 2000-AD.com crash.

Newest one: AN-12 vs. 727 in Congo, Brake failure on taxi, Jan 25.

Ouch. That doesn't look like fun. And the nose gear ont he 727--they're not supposed to rotate that far, are they? Think that happened when it got hit?

[Dmmoore]

Ouch. That doesn't look like fun. And the nose gear ont he 727--they're not supposed to rotate that far, are they? Think that happened when it got hit?

Yes. The nose gear will steer 89 degrees either side of center. I used to park a -200 on the blast fence for overnight parking. In theory we were to stop the aircraft and use a tug to push it onto the blast fence. I was working one night when there was only three of us on duty. With two of us manning the cockpit and the other providing ground signals, I taxied the aircraft straight into the blast fence with the right main gear on the parking center line. When the nose was about 10 feet from the fence, I cranked in all 89 degrees of steering toward the right and spun the aircraft 180 degrees. The turn stopped with the aircraft centered over the line with the nose 5 feet short of the spot. I let it roll forward to the spot. The left wing cleared the fence by >20 feet.

Note: Don't try it on a slick ramp!

[Brad1711]

Yes. The nose gear will steer 89 degrees either side of center. I used to park a -200 on the blast fence for overnight parking. In theory we were to stop the aircraft and use a tug to push it onto the blast fence. I was working one night when there was only three of us on duty. With two of us manning the cockpit and the other providing ground signals, I taxied the aircraft straight into the blast fence with the right main gear on the parking center line. When the nose was about 10 feet from the fence, I cranked in all 89 degrees of steering toward the right and spun the aircraft 180 degrees. The turn stopped with the aircraft centered over the line with the nose 5 feet short of the spot. I let it roll forward to the spot. The left wing cleared the fence by >20 feet.

Note: Don't try it on a slick ramp!

Oh okay. Didn't know they turned that far. I'm used to little stuff where we only get 20 degrees either side of center.

[HalcyonDays]

Looks like "Canada Airways"

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/view...av2&picid=4426

By the way, it's Canadian Airways Congo, a cargo airline not registered in Canada but in Congo (not former Zaire, but the other Congo). According to Jacdec, the aircraft is a total loss. The aircraft is owned by Teebah, who had previously operated it for Iraqi, and as you can see it's still in the latter's colors.

[Alessandro]

Originally Posted by Princess Leia
Better add the scorecard. Not updated since the old forum, but I think we're pretty close.

AN-8: 2
AN-12: 46**
AN-24: 2**
AN-26: 26** (including the may 2009 cigarette shipping AN-26).
AN-28: 11**
AN-32: 19**
AN/Iran-140:3 (Itīs a design after USSR, but still included)**.
AN72/74: 4
IL-18: 8
IL-38: 2
IL-62: 2
IL-76: 27 (3 probable write-offs, not sure)**
IL-86: 2
Let 410: 40* (one more rumored crash in DRC not included)
MA-60:1**
TU-134: 6
TU-154: 9
Yak-40: 6
Yak-42: 1
*Updated by Princess
**Updated by Alessandro

Total comes to 217** aircraft Last update in May 2009.
[Quote Spacepope/Princess Leia]
This scorecard is for crashes after 1992, when USSR/Comecon dissappeared involving their aircraft designs.
Since last update Il-76 and AN-12 been suffering from a few crashes, things has calmed down for the Let-410, not a write-off in over a year. Is most of them grounded or are they so few left? Also same with the Tu-134, Tu-154, YAK-40 and YAK-42. I included the Chinese MA-60 since itīs a licensed version of Antonov.

[Spad13]

Yes. The nose gear will steer 89 degrees either side of center. I used to park a -200 on the blast fence for overnight parking. In theory we were to stop the aircraft and use a tug to push it onto the blast fence. I was working one night when there was only three of us on duty. With two of us manning the cockpit and the other providing ground signals, I taxied the aircraft straight into the blast fence with the right main gear on the parking center line. When the nose was about 10 feet from the fence, I cranked in all 89 degrees of steering toward the right and spun the aircraft 180 degrees. The turn stopped with the aircraft centered over the line with the nose 5 feet short of the spot. I let it roll forward to the spot. The left wing cleared the fence by >20 feet.

Don, you're my hero!

[Alessandro]

Originally Posted by Princess Leia
Better add the scorecard. Not updated since the old forum, but I think we're pretty close.

AN-8: 2
AN-12: 47**
AN-24: 2**
AN-26: 26** (including the may 2009 cigarette shipping AN-26).
AN-28: 11**
AN-32: 19**
AN/Iran-140:3 (Itīs a design after USSR, but still included)**.
AN72/74: 4
IL-18: 8
IL-38: 2
IL-62: 2
IL-76: 27 (3 probable write-offs, not sure)**
IL-86: 2
Let 410: 40* (one more rumored crash in DRC not included)
MA-60:1**
TU-134: 6
TU-154: 10**
Yak-40: 6
Yak-42: 1
*Updated by Princess
**Updated by Alessandro

Total comes to 219** aircraft Last update in August 2009.
[Quote Spacepope/Princess Leia]
This scorecard is for crashes after 1992, when USSR/Comecon dissappeared involving their aircraft designs.
Since last update Il-76 and AN-12 been suffering from a few crashes, things has calmed down for the Let-410, not a write-off in over a year. Is most of them grounded or are they so few left? Also same with the Tu-134, YAK-40 and YAK-42. I included the Chinese MA-60 since itīs a licensed version of Antonov.

Iran crash added.
Congo-Brazzaville crash added.

[Alessandro]

Iran crash added.
Congo-Brazzaville crash added.

At the AN-12 crashes.