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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.)
- AN26, vicinity Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh, 2016 (On 29 March 2016, an Antonov AN-26B which had just taken off from Cox’s Bazar reported failure of the left engine and requested an immediate return. After twice attempting to position for a landing, first in the reciprocal runway direction then in the takeoff direction with both attempts being discontinued, control was subsequently lost during further manoeuvring and the aircraft crashed. The Investigation found that the engine malfunction occurred before the aircraft became airborne so that the takeoff could have been rejected and also that loss of control was attributable to insufficient airspeed during a low height left turn.)