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Crash of an Ilyushin II-18D in Krasnoyarsk

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1968
Type of aircraft:
Ilyushin II-18
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-75436
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Novosibirsk – Yakutsk – Magadan
MSN:
186 0095 05
YOM:
1966
Location:
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On the leg from Novosibirsk to Yakutsk, the hydraulic pressure on engine number 2 dropped. The captain decided to divert to Krasnoyarsk Airport for an emergency landing. The approach was completed in snow falls and during the last segment, the four engine airplane was too low and struck the ground 200 meters short of runway threshold then crashed and burned. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The cause of the loss of hydraulic pressure on engine number 2 remains unknown. However, the decision of the crew to divert to Krasnoyarsk Airport was wrong as the weather was considered as marginal. It would be preferable to divert to Kemerovo or Bratsk Airport where the weather conditions were considered as good.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Mary

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1968
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-24
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-46552
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mary – Ashgabat
MSN:
87304506
YOM:
1968
Location:
Mary
Mary Province (Mary welaýaty)
Country:
Turkmenistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Mary Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 4,200 meters, the crew informed ATC about an engine failure and was cleared to return for a safe landing. While descending to Mary, the crew realize he could not reach the airport so he attempted a belly landing in an open field. The aircraft slid for several yards and came to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was written off.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP near Seymchan: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1968 at 1250 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-91743
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Zyrianka - Seymchan
MSN:
1G37-20
YOM:
29
Location:
Seymchan
Magadan oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Aircraft flight hours:
4598
Circumstances:
On a flight from Zyryanka to Seymchan in support of the 121st geodetic expedition, the crew encountered below-minima weather conditions due to low clouds. The crew failed to return and deviated from the prescribed flight path by 25 km and descended in clouds over mountainous terrain. In such conditions, the aircraft crashed at a height of some 1,200 metres into the steep slope of Mount Khapchagai (1,554 metres high) located 61 km northwest of Seymchan. One of the 2 pilots and 4 of the 6 passengers were killed and all survivors were seriously injured. The wreckage and the survivors were found a day later, on 23SEP68.
Probable cause:
Failure of the crew who decided to continue the flight into below-minima weather conditions and failed to return to its departure point.

Crash of an Antonov AN-10A in Mirnyy

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1968
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-10
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-11172
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Irkutsk – Mirny
MSN:
9 4 016 02
YOM:
1959
Location:
Mirny
Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Mirny Airport, the crew lowered the undercarriage when the left main gear detached and fell away. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a wasteland. After touchdown, the aircraft banked left, causing the left wing tip to struck the ground and to be torn off, as well as a part of the engine number one. The aircraft slid for several yards before coming to rest. While all occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was written off.
Probable cause:
It was determined that a day prior to the accident, another crew who performed a flight from Yakutsk to Irkutsk failed to report a hard landing at Irkutsk Airport. Investigations revealed that the structure of the left main gear was damaged following this hard landing.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Psebai: 14 killed

Date & Time: Aug 3, 1968 at 1655 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-01118
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Krasnodar - Psebai
MSN:
1 73 473 17
YOM:
1957
Flight number:
SU961
Location:
Psebai
Krasnodar Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Aircraft flight hours:
11740
Aircraft flight cycles:
18999
Circumstances:
While approaching Psebai on a flight from Krasnodar, the crew encountered below-minima weather conditions (low visibility due to rain falls) and decided to return but it was too late. At a height of 1,050 metres, the airplane struck tree tops and crashed on the wooded slope of the Skalisty khrebet mountain range (1,314 metres high) located 7.5 km northeast of Psebai. The wreckage was found on August 31 only. All 14 occupants have been killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the accident occurred in below-minima weather conditions and that the decision to return was taken too late. Also, it was reported that weather information transmitted to the crew were too much optimistic and failed to reflect the truth.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Sufi-Kurgan: 14 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1968 at 1217 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-32209
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Dzhargital – Lyahsh – Daraut-Kurgan – Osh
MSN:
1G95-21
YOM:
1968
Location:
Sufi-Kurgan
Osh Province
Country:
Kyrgyzstan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Aircraft flight hours:
170
Aircraft flight cycles:
201
Circumstances:
On the leg from Daraut-Kurgan to Osh of a flight from Dzhargital to Osh, the crew encountered below-minima weather conditions (thunderstorm and rain). He failed to return, lost orientation and deviated from the prescribed flight path to the west by 10 km. The single engine aircraft crashed at a height of 4,000 metres into the steep slope of a mountain (4,170 metres) located some 15 km southwest of Sufi-Kurgan. The wreckage was found two days later and all 14 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The crew decided to continue in adverse weather conditions and failed to return. Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2M in Breusovka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1968 at 1642 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-02332
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Breusovka – Olkhovatka
MSN:
7 014 20
YOM:
1967
Location:
Breusovka
Poltava oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
699
Aircraft flight cycles:
2793
Circumstances:
The pilot made an unauthorized leg from Breusovka (Kozelshchina district of the Poltava region) to Olkhovatka during crop-spraying operations from Olkhovatka with 2 unauthorized passengers on board. The aircraft suffered engine problems shortly after takeoff as the fuel was contaminated with water. The heavily intoxicated pilot (3.8 ‰) attempted an emergency landing in a field when the aircraft came down hard and broke up. The pilot and a passenger were killed while a second passenger was seriously injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure due to contaminated fuel. Intoxicated pilot.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2M in Semikarakorsk: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1968 at 0550 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-05989
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Semikarakorsk - Semikarakorsk
MSN:
6 010 11
YOM:
1967
Location:
Semikarakorsk
Rostov oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
759
Aircraft flight cycles:
3126
Circumstances:
The aircraft was engaged in a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Novo-Zolotovski" in the Semikarakorsk district of the Rostov region with one pilot and a local guide on board. While at a height of 20-25 metres, the pilot probably got distracted by the passenger and lost control of the airplane that descended and struck the ground, caught fire and burnt out. While the passenger was killed, the pilot was injured.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1968 at 0630 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-45209
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Slobodovka - Slobodovka
MSN:
1G40-38
YOM:
1964
Location:
Slobodovka
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total hours on type:
87.00
Aircraft flight hours:
3211
Aircraft flight cycles:
12438
Circumstances:
While completing a crop-spraying flight from the airstrip of the sovkhoz (state farm) "Udarna Pratsya" in the Shevchenkovo district of the Kharkov region, the inexperienced captain made a sharp turn to the left at low height when control was lost. The airplane crashed in a field located 2 km northwest of Slobodovka. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the pilot-in-command was inexperienced on this type of aircraft with only 87 flying hours. The accident was the result of errors on part of the pilot-in-command. Poor flight preparation and an insufficient period of rest time were considered as contributing factors.

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

Date & Time: May 19, 1968 at 1910 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-45228
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tenginskaya - Tenginskaya
MSN:
1G44-17
YOM:
1964
Location:
Tenginskaya
Krasnodar Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
2930
Aircraft flight cycles:
13602
Circumstances:
During a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) "Pobeda" in the Ust'-Labinsk district of the Krasnodar region, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames in an open field located near Tenginskaya. Both crew members were killed and the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Probable cause:
The accident was the consequence of pilot error. It was determined that the last turn was made at a height of 50 meters and sharp to the left in 30° angle and low speed.
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