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ANTONOV An-26
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AN26
| Aircraft | ||||
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| Name | An-26 | |||
| Manufacturer | ANTONOV | |||
| Body | Narrow | |||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | |||
| Position | High wing | |||
| Tail | Regular tail, high set | |||
| WTC | Medium | |||
| APC | B | |||
| Type code | L2T | |||
| Engine | Turboprop | |||
| Engine count | Multi | |||
| Position | (Front) Wing leading mounted | |||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | |||
| Mass group | UNK | |||
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ANTONOV An-26
Description
Military tactical transport aircraft. In service since 1968. More powerful development of An-24 with rear loading ramp and redesigned tail for military use. Chinese versions Y-7 and Y-7H. Civil version An-26S. In production from 1968 to 1985. Over 550 An-26s are in world wide civil service.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 29.9 m98.097 ft |
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| Length | 23.8 m78.084 ft |
| Height | 8.6 m28.215 ft |
| Powerplant | 2 x 2.820 SHP Ivchenko AI 24VT turboprops with 4 blade propellers and 1 x 8.83 kN RU 19-300 aux turbojet in starboard nacelle. |
| Engine model | Ivchenko AI-24 |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | 200 kts | IAS | 200 kts | IAS | 200 kts | MACH | TAS | 214 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | 1240 m | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | 800 ft/min | ROC | 400 ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | 1740 m | |
| MTOW | kg | Ceiling | FL275 | ROD | ft/min | APC | B | ||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 17001,700 nm 3,148,400 m 3,148.4 km 10,329,396.333 ft NM |
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Accidents & Serious Incidents involving AN26
- AN26, Kassel Germany, 2007 (On 4 October 2007, an Antonov An-26B cargo aircraft being operated for an unidentified Hungarian-registered carrier by a Ukrainian crew on an empty positioning flight from Stuttgart to Kassel overran the destination runway during a daylight landing in normal ground visibility. None of the six crew on board were injured. There was no damage to the aircraft but some damage to ground installations.)