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While on a crop spraying mission, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field located about 20 km from Saransk-Lyambir Airport. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was reported that the Certificate of Airworthiness and the Certificate of Registration were out of date.

Probable cause:

Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Saransk

Date & Time: Dec 29, 1995 at 0025 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

Saransk Flight Unit

Registration:

RA-46401

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Tolyatti - Saransk

MSN:

77303903

YOM:

1967

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The crew was completing a night cargo flight from Tolyatti to Saransk. On final approach, while completing a last turn to join the approach path, the left wing tip struck the ground. Out of control, the aircraft crashed few km from the runway threshold. All five crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Saransk

Date & Time: May 13, 1995

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

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Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Skydiving / Paratroopers

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Saransk - Saransk

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The single engine aircraft was completing a local skydiving flight at Saransk-Lyambir Airport. After all skydivers jumped out, the crew returned to the airport. In unclear circumstances, the aircraft landed hard, bounced and came to rest upside down. Both pilots escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B in Saransk

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1986 at 2323 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

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Registration:

CCCP-26095

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Nizhnevartovsk – Sverdlovsk – Saransk – Gomel

MSN:

27312302

YOM:

1972

Flight number:

SU14454

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Aircraft flight hours:

3088

Aircraft flight cycles:

1301

Circumstances:

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Nizhnevartovsk to Gomel with intermediate stops in Sverdlovsk and Saransk, carrying six crew members and a load of 2,100 kilos of various goods. Less than one minute after takeoff from Saransk Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 150 meters, the aircraft entered a left turn then lost height and crashed at a speed of 390 km/h (rate of descent of 4,3 meters per second) two km past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the pilot-in-command misinterpreted red lights on the localizer and inner marker beacon for the anti-collision lights of an approaching aircraft and initiated a left turn to avoid collision when control was lost. No aircraft was approaching Saransk Airport at the time of the accident. It was also determined that the mass and balance was incorrect as the total weight of the cargo was 3,500 kilos instead of 2,100 kilos.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Krasnoslobodsk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1985

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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Registration:

CCCP-09602

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Krasnoslobodsk - Krasnoslobodsk

MSN:

1G74-23

YOM:

1966

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Following spraying operations, the intoxicated crew allowed a farmer to embark for a local flight. After takeoff, while flying at low height, the crew initiated hazardous maneuvers when control was lost. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed. Both pilots were killed while the passenger was injured.

Probable cause:

Loss of control at low altitude after the crew initiated hazardous maneuvers while being intoxicated.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Chamzinka: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1965 at 1642 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-55768

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Chamzinka - Chamzinka

MSN:

1G50-21

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1964

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Aircraft flight hours:

763

Circumstances:

During crop-spraying operations for the "Relyevski" sovkhoz (state farm) at Chamzinka (Mordoviya) when the intoxicated pilot made an illegal pleasure flight with members of the local police forces. He performed unauthorized manoeuvre at low height so that the left wing collided with a pole of a telephone line near Chamzinka. Aircraft crashed upside down. The pilot and four passengers were killed. The only survivor was seriously injured.

Probable cause:

The pilot was intoxicated at the time of the accident.