Ilyushin II-4 (DB-3)

En route from Irkutsk to Krasnoyarsk, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain and thunderstorm. Approaching the village of Petropavlovka, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a marshy area. All three crew members were killed. The airplane was part of a group of six II-4 transferred to Krasnoyarsk. The wreckage was found in 2012.
Crew:
Lt Konstantin Dievich Sobolev, pilot,
Mikhail Georgievich Erokhin, flight engineer,
Valentin Mikhailovich Kizenkov, radio operator.

En route from Irkutsk to Krasnoyarsk, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain and thunderstorm. Approaching the village of Petropavlovka, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a marshy area. All four crew members were killed. The airplane was part of a group of six II-4 transferred to Krasnoyarsk. The wreckage was found in 2012.
Crew:
S/Lt Pavel Mikhailovich Konovalov, pilot,
S/Lt Valentin Petrovich Bakulin, navigator,
Grigory Andreevich Chigray, flight engineer,
Grigory Petrovich Reva, radio operator.

Shortly after a night takeoff from Borki Airfield, the airplane failed to gain height, stalled and crashed. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Andrey Timofeevich Dobroselsky, pilot,
S/Lt Vasiliy Efimovich Droffa,
S/Lt Grigoriy Yakovlevich Chervonooky,
Sgt/M Fedor Fedorovich Shevchenko,
Sgt Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov.
Passengers:
Maj Trofim Petrovich Kutsev,
Cpt Matvey Andreevich Efimov,
Cpt Hyanyafi Radzhapovich Khametov,
2nd Lt Boris Vasilevich Borisov,
2nd Lt Viktor Pavlovich Sigolaev.

The airplane departed Krasnoyarsk Airport at 0755LT on a flight to Novosibirsk with two crew members on board. It flew for about one hour and 10 minutes at an altitude of 400 metres and after all clouds disappeared, the pilot climbed to an altitude of 2,000 metres. At 1725LT, the airplane started to roll. The pilot ordered the mechanic to bail out and did the same shortly later. Out of control, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed some 10 km southeast of Anzhero-Sudzhensk. The pilot parachuted to safety but for unknown reasons, the mechanic remained on board and was killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Jiayuguan. All three crew members were killed.

The airplane departed Chita on a delivery flight to Krasnoyarsk, part of a group of seven similar airplanes. On final approach, the pilot-in-command realized the airplane passed over the runway threshold by 50-70 metres and initiated a go around procedure. The airplane continued for about 150 metres at a height of 5 metres then climbed steeply to a height of 70-80 metres when it stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed.

The airplane was transferred from Chita to Krasnoyarsk with several others. Approaching Ulan-Ude, weather conditions worsened. The pilot continued into clouds but lost his sens of orientation. Shortly later, he lost control of the airplane that descended into the ground and crashed north of Nizhnie Tal'tsy. Both crew members were killed.

The airplane was transferred from Chita to Krasnoyarsk with several others. Approaching Irkutsk, weather conditions deteriorated. The pilot continued into clouds when he lost control of the airplane that descended into the ground and crashed 8 km southeast of Irkutsk. A crew was killed and a second was injured.

The left engine lost pressure and power in flight, followed 18 minutes later by the right engine. The pilot reduced his altitude and made an emergency landing in a swampy area. Both crew members escaped uninjured while the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Shortly after takeoff from Voronezh Airport, while climbing to a height of 70-75 metres, the airplane entered a high nose attitude, stalled and rolled to the right. Out of control, it descended to the ground and crashed near the runway end. Both crew members were killed.