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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 <br /> |
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Length | 33.10 m108.596 ft <br /> |
Height | 10.53 m34.547 ft <br /> |
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 <br />61 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL335 | ROD | ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
WTC | M | Range | 19421,942 nm <br />3,596,584 m <br />3,596.584 km <br />11,799,816.282 ft <br /> NM |
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving AN12
None on SKYbrary