# Accident 20120202001449A: Antonov AN-124-100, Anchorage, AK, February 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2012, 14:57 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: VD9F
- Location: 61.1741° N, 149.9981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (ANC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1741&lon=-149.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: RA8204 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ANTONOV AN-124-100
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 13,556 total, 2,695 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120202001449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FULL REGISTRATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IS RA 82046.FLIGHT 4410 WAS DESCENDING FOR TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTENATIONAL AIRPORT(PANC) RUNWAY 14, VIA THE "ELLAM TWO" ARRIVAL.AT APPROXIMATELY 13,000' THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WHICH LASTED 3-10 SECONDS. THE AIRCRAFT "G" METER RECORDED THE EVENT AT -0.6 TO +2.0.  THERE WAS SOME LIGHT TURBULENCE REPORTED IN THE AREA BY PRIOR AIRCRAFT.IN THE AFT TECHNICAL CABIN ONE MAINTENANCE  CREW MEMBER WAS RETURNING TO HIS SEAT FROM THE LAVATORY DURING THE TURBULENCE AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING A FALL DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TURBULENCE, WHICH BROKE HIS HIP.THE SECOND MAINTENANCE CREW MAN WAS IN HIS SEAT AND SEAT BELTED IN, THE CREWMAN SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB FROM BEING JOSTLED INTO THE ARMREST.  THE SECOND CREWMAN WAS TREATED BY THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO DUTY.THE AFT CABIN MAINTENANCE CREW DID NOT NOTIFY THE CAPTAIN OF THE FLIGHT OF ANY INJURIES PRIOR TO LANDING AT ANC.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CAPTAIN.THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY THE ONBOARD MAINTENANCE CREW IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.  NO AIRCRAFT DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED FROM THE TURBULENCE.THERE WAS SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CARGO WHICH CONSISTED OF 5 UH-60 U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS.  THE DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTERS WAS DUE TO THE LOOSELY LOADED FREIGHT INSIDE OF THE HELICOPTERS WHICH WAS NOT SECURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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