Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP

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Tashkent - Almaty

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On final approach to Almaty Airport, the crew decided to initiate a go-around for unknown reasons when the aircraft lost height and crashed. All eight occupants were killed. There were low clouds and rain falls at the time of the accident.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 near Spafaryev Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1990

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Antonov AN-26

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52 blue

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The aircraft departed Magadan-56 Airport on a mission for the KGB and Border Guards. It crashed in unknown circumstances near the Spafaryev Island. All seven crew members were killed.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-76MD in Kabul: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1990 at 1130 LT

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CCCP-78781

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Tashkent - Kokand - Kabul

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00834 89670

YOM:

1988

Flight number:

3501

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Kabul

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Afghanistan

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Asia

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Aircraft flight hours:

1228

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925

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The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Tashkent to Kabul with an intermediate stop in Kokand, Uzbekistan, carrying a load of fuel drums. While descending to Kabul Airport, the crew was instructed by ATC to maintain FL190 as an Afghan Antonov AN-32 was passing just below at FL180. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion 7,6 km east of Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport. All nine occupants were killed.

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The accident was the consequence of the combination of the following factors:
- Crew failure to maintain flight speed modes recommended by IL-76 for various airplane configurations, which reduced the available margin of angle of attack to critical modes;
- Insufficient control of crew members over the determining flight parameters, which led to a violation of the established restrictions on the permissible angle of attack and the minimum flight speed;
- Lack of piloting skills at high angles of attack, due to the imperfection of the training system for crews in special flight situations;
- The pilots were unable to recognize the exit to critical angles of attack and implement the IL-76 recommendations to prevent stall;
- The need for maneuvering according to the descent scheme in combat conditions at close to flight restriction conditions and the presence of three aircraft flying in clouds at short intervals without appropriate radar control created a difficult situation for the crew, which was aggravated after the controller informed about the need to temporarily stop the descent in connection with the take-off of the An-32 aircraft, which led to a change in the prevailing stereotype of crew actions.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-76M at Panevežys-Pajuostis AFB: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1990

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CCCP-86021

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Panevėžys - Panevėžys

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0834 13405

YOM:

1978

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Panevėžys-Pajuostis AFB

Apskritis of Panevėžys

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Lithuania

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Europe

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The crew was completing a local training flight at Panevėžys-Pajuostis AFB consisting of touch-and-go. After 14 minutes into the mission, the crew completed a touch-and-go then initiated a climb when, at an altitude of 230 feet, the aircraft entered clouds when control was lost. It went in a nose down attitude, descended with a rate of 7,800 feet per minute and crashed at a speed of 275 knots in a wooded area located 3,7 km from the airbase. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all eight crew members were killed. All four engine were turning at full power at impact.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 near Petropavlovsk: 37 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1989

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Antonov AN-26

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Mountains

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Kamchatka Krai

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Russia

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Asia

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The approach to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-Khalaktyrka Airport was initiated in poor weather conditions. In limited visibility due to rain falls, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when, at a height of 1,500 meters, the aircraft struck the slope of a snow covered mountain (2,310 meters high) located 35 km from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 37 occupants were killed.

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The accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew decided to complete the approach under VFR mode in IMC conditions.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-76MD off Nasosny AFB: 57 killed

Date & Time: Oct 18, 1989

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CCCP-76569

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Nasosny AFB - Zhovtneve AFB

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00334 48421

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1983

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Five minutes after takeoff from Nasosny AFB, the engine n°1 suffered an uncontained failure. The crew elected to return when the engine caught fire and detached few minutes later. The left wing caught fire as well and on short final, it detached. Out of control, the aircraft crashed in the Caspian Sea about 5,250 meters short of runway 18 threshold and 500 meters offshore. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 57 occupants were killed. The passengers were paratroopers returning to their base in Zhovtneve (near Bolgrad, Ukraine) after being dispatched in Baku to maintain order following a popular uprising.

Probable cause:

Failure and fire of the engine n°1 following a intershaft bearing failure.

Ground collision with an Antonov AN-12BP in Kirovabad: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1989

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Antonov AN-12

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CCCP-11229

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Parking

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4 3 420 06

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1964

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While parked at Kirovograd Airport, the aircraft was prepared by the crew for a military/cargo mission. By night, the crew of a Soviet Air Force Sukhoi SU-24 mistakenly initiated a takeoff maneuver from the taxiway when he collided with the parked AN-12. An explosion occurred and both aircraft were destroyed. Four crew members on board the AN-12 were killed as well as one pilot of the Sukhoi and two soldiers on the ground.

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Ground collision with a Sukhoi Su-24 after its crew mistakenly took off from the taxiway.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-76M near Novgorod: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1989

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CCCP-86718

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Krechevitsky AFB - Krechevitsky AFB

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0734 09259

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1977

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The crew departed Krechevitsky AFB on a local training flight. After several materials have been dropped at low height, the crew elected to gain altitude when he encountered technical problems with the electrical system. The aircraft nosed up to an angle of 26° then climbed from 940 meters to 1,300 metres in few seconds. Suddenly, it adopted a nose down attitude of 55°, entered a dive and crashed at a speed of 570 km/h. The wreckage was found between the villages of Rogavka and Kerest, about 32 km northwest of the airbase. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all seven crew members were killed.

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It is believed that the electrical system failed in flight, maybe after the aircraft has been struck by lightning. At the time of the accident, visibility was limited due to poor weather conditions. After the electrical system failed, the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation and lost control of the airplane.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134AK in Ulan-Ude

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1989

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Tupolev TU-134

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CCCP-65670

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