Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Poliny Osipenko – Briakan – Komsomolsk-on-Amur – Khabarovsk

MSN:

1 68 473 13

YOM:

1956

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

7863

Circumstances:

Few minutes after takeoff from Briakan, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew, instead of returning to Briakan, decided to continue. In low clouds, the airplane deviated from the prescribed flight path by 17 km to the right when, at a height of 600 meters, the airplane stuck tree tops and crashed on the slope of a mountain (1,220 metres) located near Gorny, some 65 km northwest of Khurba Airport. SAR arrived on scene one day later. A pilot was killed while all 11 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

Poor flight preparation on part of the flying crew who departed Briakan without efficient information regarding weather forecast. Also, the crew failed to return to his departure point when weather conditions worsened.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Chamzinka: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1965 at 1642 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-55768

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Chamzinka - Chamzinka

MSN:

1G50-21

YOM:

1964

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

763

Circumstances:

During crop-spraying operations for the "Relyevski" sovkhoz (state farm) at Chamzinka (Mordoviya) when the intoxicated pilot made an illegal pleasure flight with members of the local police forces. He performed unauthorized manoeuvre at low height so that the left wing collided with a pole of a telephone line near Chamzinka. Aircraft crashed upside down. The pilot and four passengers were killed. The only survivor was seriously injured.

Probable cause:

The pilot was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 near Troitskoye: 12 killed

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1965 at 2103 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-55568

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Landing (descent or approach)

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Manoma – Troitskoye

MSN:

1 48 473 13

YOM:

1954

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

8484

Circumstances:

On a flight from Manoma to Troitskoye (Nanai district of the Khabarovsk region), the intoxicated crew departed the airport in the wrong direction and lost orientation. While cruising at an altitude of 350 meters in poor weather conditions, the single engine airplane struck trees and crashed in a wooded hillside located 65 km ENE of Troitskoye, caught fire and burnt out. Both pilots and all 10 passengers were killed. The wreckage was found on 11 of May 1965.

Probable cause:

Navigation error on part of the crew who was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24 in Khanty-Mansiysk: 43 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1965 at 1313 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-46764

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Site:

Schedule:

Tyumen - Khanty-Mansiysk

MSN:

47301301

YOM:

1964

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

580

Aircraft flight cycles:

573

Circumstances:

On final approach to Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck a snow covered field. It bounced then crashed in flames short of runway threshold. Four crew members were seriously injured while 43 other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Possible wrong approach configuration and errors in the piloting techniques, expressed in an inaccurate determination of the airplane's altitude during the final stage of the approach.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-124V in Kuybyshev: 30 killed

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1965 at 1135 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-124

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-45028

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Site:

Schedule:

Kuybyshev – Rostov-on-Don – Sochi

MSN:

2 35 08 03

YOM:

1962

Flight number:

SU513

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

1612

Aircraft flight cycles:

1151

Circumstances:

Less than one minute after its takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, while climbing to a height of 40-50 meters, the airplane stalled then banked left and crashed in a snow covered field located 2,300 meters past the runway end. All nine crew members and 16 passengers were killed while 14 others were seriously injured. Few hours after the crash, five of the survivors died from their injuries. At the time of the accident, the pilot-in-command was under training with an instructor (right seat).

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty. Nevertheless, it is believed the loss of control was caused by the dysfunction of the attitude indicator that was probably not fully operational as the accident occurred less than two minutes after the engines have been started. The assumption that water went through the ADI, causing it to fail.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Aradan: 31 killed

Date & Time: Mar 7, 1965 at 0745 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lisunov LI-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-54971

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Abakan - Kyzyl

MSN:

2 34 428 10

YOM:

1952

Flight number:

SU542

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

17098

Circumstances:

While in cruising altitude over a mountainous area, the airplane just past over a pass when it encountered severe turbulences and downdrafts. Elements of the left wing tip and the tail were sheared off and the airplane went out of control, plunged into the earth and crashed in a wooded area located on the slope of mountain at an altitude of 1,760 meters. The wreckage was found few hours later 80 meters below the summit and all 31 occupants were killed. Up to date, this was the worst accident involving a LI-2.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the airplane encountered severe downdrafts and turbulences that exceeded the wing and tail certification, causing the aircraft to become uncontrollable.

Crash of an Avia 14P near Yevlakh: 23 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1965 at 1022 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avia 14

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-52003

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Baku – Nukha – Zaqatala – Byelokany

MSN:

019 602 112

YOM:

1957

Flight number:

A-3

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

12949

Circumstances:

The crew was cleared to divert to Yevlakh Airport where it landed at 0916LT. At 1008LT, the twin engine aircraft departed Yevlakh Airport and few minutes after takeoff, weather conditions deteriorated with a cloud layer down to 500 meters. The crew was cleared to maintain an minimum altitude of 1,100 meters but for unknown reasons, he descended to 700 meters in marginal weather conditions. Fourteen minutes after its departure, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain (821 meters high) located 2 km northwest of the village of Shirinbulak. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 23 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined the aircraft was off course by five km to the right at the time of the accident, probably due to a navigation error on part of the flying crew who continued the flight under VFR mode in IMC conditions.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Saratov: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1965 at 1317 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-07914

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Saratov - Krasny Kut

MSN:

1 74 473 19

YOM:

1957

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

3233

Aircraft flight cycles:

7617

Circumstances:

Shortly after take off from Goretskoye Airport in poor visibility, while at a height of 100-120 meters, the pilot made a first turn to the right then turned to the left five seconds later. Suddenly, the single engine airplane lost height, plunged into the earth and crashed in flames in a snow covered field located 2,100 metres from the airfield. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and all eight occupants, one instructor and 7 cadets, were killed. Probably the pilot had taken off with caged gyro horizon and he lost spatial orientation in whiteout conditions.

Probable cause:

Probable spatial disorientation on part of the pilot-in-command following while taking off in whiteout conditions with a caged gyro.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Varkhi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1965 at 1410 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-45218

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors: