GVF PS-84

The crew was performing a cargo flight from Moscow-Chkalovski to Belomorsk with an intermediate stop in Vologda. About 35 minutes after takeoff, while cruising at an altitude of 200-250 meters, the right engine lost power and stopped. Shortly later, the left engine also failed. The Captain attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in flames in a wooded area. Four crew members and one passenger were killed while three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

The crew left Sochi-Adler at the end of the afternoon on a supply mission to the soldiers based in Crimea. While approaching Crimea, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and all three targets were inaccessible. In such conditions, the captain decided to return to Sochi were the weather conditions worsened so it was not possible to land. The crew diverted to Sukhumi where the landing was refused so to the captain eventually took the decision to return to Adler Airport. On approach by night, at a height of 500 meters, the airplane hit the slope of a mountain located 16 km north of the airport, near Matsesta. All six crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a test flight after one of the engine was changed. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, both engines flamed out simultaneously. The captain decided to return for an emergency landing but the aircraft lost height, hit the roofs of two wooded houses and crashed few km from the airport. A crew member was killed while four other occupants were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Shortly after takeoff from Moscow-Khodynka Airport, while in initial climb, the left engine developed problems. The captain decided to return for an emergency landing but failed to follow the published approach procedures and elected to land on the nearest runway. With a tailwind component, he completed a straight-in approach but came too high so performed a sharp turn to the left, causing the left wing to hit the ground. Out of control, the aircraft crashed and came to rest near the runway. The copilot and the flight engineer were killed while four other people were injured, three of them seriously. All other occupants escaped unhurt.

Shot down by a German fighter and crash landed 15 km from Kursk. A paramedic was killed.

The airplane departed Sochi-Adler Airport on a special mission to Crimea, carrying 11 soldiers and a crew of four engaged in a sabotage operation. In the late evening, while cruising north of Feodosia, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter. Six passengers parachuted to safety. Shortly later, the airplane crash landed in Vladyslavivka and was damaged beyond repair. All nine remaining occupants escaped, only the radio navigator was injured.

Engaged in a transport flight on behalf of the 1st Airborne Division, the airplane was carrying seven crew members. While cruising northeast of Kurk, it was attacked by two German fighters and caught fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing. The airplane belly landed in a field located in Ushakovo and came to rest, bursting into flames. Four crew members were injured, two seriously.

On a flight from Yakutsk to Olyokminsk, while cruising at a height of some 150 metres, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snowfalls. Shortly later, both engines lost power and the aircraft lost height, hit trees and crashed in a wooded area located near the village of Berdigestyakh. Three crew members were killed, another crew member and one passenger were injured while six other passengers were unhurt. One of them walked away to find help. Eleven days later, rescuers arrived on scene to evacuate the seven other survivors.

Because weather conditions deteriorated over Armenia, all flights were cancelled and airplane and crew were grounded. The captain refused to stay in Yerevan, disobeyed this ordered and took off at 1230LT with four other crew members and one passenger on board on a flight to Tbilisi. About 20 minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 2,300 metres, weather conditions worsened. In poor visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Ketan-Dag located some 45 km northeast of Yerevan. Four crew members were seriously injured. The mechanic and the passenger were killed.

The airplane departed Leningrad on a cargo flight to Moscow with an intermediate stop in Khvoynaya. On board were three passengers, seven crew members and a load of 1,920 kilos of various goods on behalf of the Elektroprom Company. Following an uneventful flight from Khvoynaya and while approaching the Moscow area, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with fog and snow falls. As the pilot was unable to localize the Airport of Vnukovo, he decided to divert to Tushino but was unable to land there so he completed several circuits above the northwest area of Moscow. Eventually, while flying at low height in bad visibility, the airplane hit a barn and crashed in a field located south of Tushino Airfield, at the border of the sovkhoz owned by the '16th Party Congress'. Three crew members and two passengers were killed while five other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.