Tupolev ANT-7 (PS-7)

The airplane departed Kutaisi Airport on a flight to the airbase of Elizavetinskaya with an intermediate stop at Sochi-Adler Airport. On board were four passengers, three crew members and a load of ammunition. Before the flight, all crew members consumed alcohol and were intoxicated upon departure from Kutaisi Airfield. Also, two passengers were on board without permission, among them the pilot's wife. During the flight, the pilot made some hazardous maneuvers at a too low altitude. The intense heat and the presence of atmospheric turbulence accentuated his degree of intoxication. After he realized it would not be possible to reach Sochi-Adler Airport, he decided to land at Sukhumi-Bubashara Airfield. On final approach, at a height of about 200 metres, he initiated a turn to the left when he lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed on a beach located one km south of the airfield. Two crew members and three passengers were killed while two others occupants were injured. The airplane was destroyed.

The airplane departed Myachkovo Airport on a cargo flight to Tbilisi with intermediate stops in Borisoglebsk, Astrakhan and Baku. On board were four crew members, one passenger and a load consisting of 365 kilos of mail and various goods. The crew departed Borisoglebsk at 0834LT on the leg to Astrakhan. At 0920LT, while in normal cruise, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the frozen river Medveditsa, near the village of Mironichev. All four occupants were killed.

The crew received the instruction to takeoff from the north at Aldan Airport. At the time of the accident, there was a light wind component from the south and weather conditions were considered as good. For unknown reasons, the captain initiated the takeoff procedure from the south. The runway was 1,200 metres long and consisted of compacted snow. During the takeoff roll, the airplane deviated from the runway path and at a speed of 115 km/h, overran and went through a 50-60 cm high snow covered field before taking off. It continued to climb and passed just over a hill of 150 metres located some 2 km from the runway end when it collided with trees and crashed 2,5 km from the airport. The captain was killed and four other occupants were injured.

While approaching Saratov, the crew encountered foggy conditions. In poor visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain and crashed. The airplane was destroyed and both crew members escaped unhurt.

The airplane was engaged in a cargo flight from Moscow to Zhanybek, Kazakhstan, carrying three passengers, three crew members and a load consisting of 600 kg of cables. After a run of 100 metres at Moscow-Myatchkovo Airport, the airplane took off and climbed to a height of about 30-40 metres when it stalled, turned to the left and crashed 675 metres from the departure point, bursting into flames. Five occupants were killed while the pilot was seriously injured. He died in the evening from injuries sustained. The airplane was totally destroyed by fire.

On June 28, the crew departed Khabarovsk on a flight to Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky. After a flight of 17 hours, the airplane landed in Ust-Khayriuzovo. No fuel was available there and the crew waited 31 days to obtain fuel. On August 15, the airplane took off from Ust-Khayriuzovo at 1202LT bound for Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky. About two hours into the flight, the engine started to misfire. The flight engineer modified the fuel selector without success. After the engine stopped, the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed on a hill located 53 km west of Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky. The copilot was killed, the radio operator broke a leg and both other crew members escaped unhurt.

The airplane crashed somewhere in Russia while flying in bad weather conditions. It burned and was destroyed by a post crash fire.

The airplane was carrying technicians on a flight from Nikolayevka to Maryevka. It crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Ukraine, killing all 15 occupants.

En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In clouds, the pilot elected to return to the departure airport and initiated a turn to the left when the left wing hit the ground. The airplane cartwheeled and crashed. All four occupants were injured and transferred in Moscow for treatment.

The airplane departed Tyumen Airport at 0805LT on a special flight to Sverdlovsk, carrying three crew members and seven passengers on their way to a political party committee meeting. A little more than an hour into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 100 metres in good weather conditions, the left engine failed. The pilot lost control of the airplane that rolled to the left then entered a dive and crashed 1,5 km from the village of Chernokorova, bursting into flames. The airplane was totally destroyed and all 10 occupants were killed.