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ANTONOV An-12
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AN12
| Aircraft | ||||
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| Name | An-12 | |||
| Manufacturer | ANTONOV | |||
| Body | Narrow | |||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | |||
| Position | High wing | |||
| Tail | Regular tail, mid set | |||
| WTC | Medium | |||
| APC | C | |||
| Type code | L4T | |||
| Engine | Turboprop | |||
| Engine count | Multi | |||
| Position | (Front) Wing leading mounted | |||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | |||
| Mass group | 4 | |||
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ANTONOV An-12
Description
Medium sized turboprop freighter. In service since 1959. Turboprop military freighter development based on the twin turboprop An-8 and An-10. Exists in many versions. Russian equivalent to C-130 Hercules. Cockpit pressurized only. Chinese Version: Y-8 series.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 38 m124.672 ft |
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| Length | 33.10 m108.596 ft |
| Height | 10.53 m34.547 ft |
| Powerplant | An12: 4 x Ivchenko AI-20k (4.000 SHP) turboprop with 4 blade propellers. Y-8: 4 x Zhuzhou WJ6 (4.250 SHP) turboprop with 4 blade propellers. |
| Engine model | Ivchenko AI-20, Zhuzhou WJ-6 |
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) | 130 kts | IAS | 160 kts | IAS | 220 kts | IAS | 220 kts | MACH | TAS | 361 kts | MACH | IAS | 300 kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | 122 kts | ||
| Distance | 700 m | ROC | 1500 ft/min | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | 800 ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | ROD | ft/min | ROD | 1500 ft/min | MCS | 120 kts | Distance | 500 m | |
| MTOW | 6100061,000 kg 61 tonnes kg |
Ceiling | FL335 | ROD | ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 19421,942 nm 3,596,584 m 3,596.584 km 11,799,816.282 ft NM |
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Accidents & Serious Incidents involving AN12
None on SKYbrary