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The single engine airplane was approaching Makepeace Lake when it crashed in unknown circumstances near the north shore and was destroyed. The pilot was injured while all four passengers, natives from Saint Theresa Point First Nation were killed.

Crash of a Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S in Thembalethu

Date & Time: Aug 23, 2025 at 1110 LT

Type of aircraft:

Rockwell Shrike Commander 500

Operator:

Registration:

ZS-IZN

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MSN:

500-3132

YOM:

1972

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For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane landed in an open field, collided with a barn fence and came to rest. Both crew members were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Partenavia P.68C in Cerro San Simón

Date & Time: Aug 19, 2025 at 1145 LT

Type of aircraft:

Partenavia P.68

Operator:

Registration:

CP-1930

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

332

YOM:

1984

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While approaching an airstrip in Cerro San Simón, the twin engine airplane impacted the ground and crashed in a field. All five occupants were injured, two seriously. The airplane was destroyed. The flight was operated on behalf of a local mine company.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Kisangani: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 2025

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

9S-GZP

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Lubutu – Kisangani

MSN:

1G221-44

YOM:

1986

Location:

Kisangani

Orientale

Country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Region:

Africa

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Approaching Kisangani, the single engine airplane descended into trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located 34 km of Kisangani, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured and six other occupants were killed. The airplane was ferried to Kisangani to be subject to a technical inspection by the Authority to officially authorize the operation of the aircraft in accordance with the regulations in force. According to Authorities, the control tower at Kisangani Airport was unaware of this flight.

Crash of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan near Puero Ayacucho: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 2025

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

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Registration:

AMB-4292

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Puerto Ayacucho – Parima B

MSN:

208B-1172

YOM:

2006

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The single engine airplane departed Puerto Ayacucho Airport on a flight to Parima B, carrying eight citizens belonging to the Yanomami indigenous community and two pilots. Few minutes after takeoff, the crew encountered engine problems. The airplane lost height and crashed in a dense wooded area located 14 km east of Puerto Ayacucho Airport. Seven people were killed and three were rescued, among them the copilot.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV near Tynda: 48 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 2025 at 1256 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

Registration:

RA-47315

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Khabarovsk – Blagoveshchensk – Tynda

MSN:

6 73 105 02

YOM:

1976

Flight number:

AGU2311

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Captain / Total flying hours:

11240

Captain / Total hours on type:

5942.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2974

Copilot / Total hours on type:

1939

Aircraft flight hours:

58014

Aircraft flight cycles:

38529

Circumstances:

The airplane departed Khabarovsk on a schedule service to Tynda (flight 2G/AGU2311) with an intermediate stop in Blagoveshchensk, carrying 42 passengers (including five children) and six crew members. It departed Ignatyevo Airport at 1121LT on the second leg to Tynda. After the crew started the descent to the destination airport, he was cleared for a NDB approach via LMM and a landing on runway 06. Weather at destination was marginal with the base of scattered clouds at 210 metres. After the altimeters were set, the crew continued the approach when the radio altimeter alarm sounded. Three seconds later, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area located 14 southwest of the airport, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and all 48 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The accident resulted from a discrepancy between the altitude reference level based on the QNH pressure actually set on the barometric altimeters and the reference level used by the crew for assigned flight altitudes (based on QFE). This led to the aircraft flying approximately 600 meters below the assigned altitude, colliding with treetops and the ground.
The accident was the result of a combination of the following factors:
- The crew’s actual lack of preparedness to operate to aerodromes that had transitioned to QNH, which led to errors in the use of aerodrome pressure values (QNH/QFE) at Tynda aerodrome.
- The controller transmitting the QNH value, expressed in millimeters of mercury, without a request from the crew.
- The crew’s failure to monitor the consistency between the barometric pressure settings used and the assigned altitude values.
- The inability of ATC to monitor the aircraft’s flight altitude instrumentally due to inoperative secondary radar equipment at Tynda aerodrome.
- The crew’s deactivation of the aural Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) alert.

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Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T in Chita

Date & Time: Jul 6, 2025 at 0903 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

RF-00487

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Skydiving / Paratroopers

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Chita - Chita

MSN:

1G236-31

YOM:

1989

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The single engine airplane departed Chita-Kashtak Airport on a local skydiving flight, carrying 10 skydivers and one pilot. About 10 minutes after takeoff, the pilot encountered engine problems. He attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a wooded area located 3 km northeast of the airfield. All 11 occupants were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Cessna 208 Caravan in Minembwe

Date & Time: Jun 30, 2025

Type of aircraft:

Cessna 208A Caravan

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Humanitarian

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kigali - Minembwe

Location:

Minembwe

Sud-Kivu

Country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Region:

Africa

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The single engine airplane was approaching Minembwe when it was shot down by FARDC soldiers and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. Both pilots were injured as well as two people on the ground, a woman and her child. The airplane was apparently performing a humanitarian flight, carrying medics from Kigali. DRC Government reported that the airplane entered the Congolese airspace without permission and that the airplane failed to have any registration marks on the fuselage. The exact circumstances of the mishap remains unclear.

Probable cause:

Shot down by FARDC soldiers.

Crash of a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air in Kanyemba

Date & Time: Jun 18, 2025

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft 200 Super King Air

Operator:

Registration:

ZS-TAE

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

BB-704

YOM:

1980

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The twin engine airplane departed Harare-Robert Gabriel Mugabe Airport on a charter flight to a safari camp, carrying eight tourists and two pilots. En route, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing in Kanyemba, north Zimbabwe, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia. Upon landing on rough terrain, the airplane lost its undercarriage and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All 10 occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Khandyga-Teply Klyuch

Date & Time: Jun 10, 2025 at 1148 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

RegionAvia

Registration:

RA-81532

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Khandyga - Khandyga

MSN:

1G208-36

YOM:

1984

Location:

Khandyga-Teply Klyuch

Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

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The single engine airplane departed Khandyga-Teply Klyuch Airport on a survey operation against forest fire. On board were two pilots and one observer. For unknown reason, the airplane crash landed in a wooded area, collided with trees and came to rest. The wreckage was found in the afternoon, some 20 km northwest of Teply Klyuch Airport. All three occupants were rescued and airlifted.

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