Country
Russia
Operator Image

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

Date & Time: May 29, 1982 at 0703 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-02550
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Krasnogvardeyets - Krasnogvardeyets
MSN:
1G121-34
YOM:
1970
Location:
Krasnogvardeyets
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:
7513
Aircraft flight cycles:
24822
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local crop spraying mission in Krasnogvardeyets. The aircraft took off at 0658LT and the crew continued at a relative low height (50 meters), below the minimum safety altitude for the area. While making a right turn (30° bank), the crew saw a power line and elected to make an evasive maneuver when the aircraft descended and collided with the concrete block of the the power tower. The copilot was killed and the captain was seriously injured but died few hours later.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew was flying at a too low altitude at the time of the accident and that he was distracted. His decision to avoid collision was taken too late. There was no alcohol in the pilots blood.

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

Date & Time: May 21, 1982 at 1725 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-35151
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Belyy - Belyy
MSN:
1G112-33
YOM:
1969
Location:
Belyy
Krasnodar Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
9969
Aircraft flight cycles:
58665
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local spraying mission on rice paddy field. One minute after takeoff, while flying at a height of about 50 meters, the airplane entered a left turn then banked left to an angle of 30°, descended and crashed in a field at a speed of 130 km/h. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in flight due to an engine failure caused by a fuel starvation. Investigation were unable to determine the cause of the fuel starvation.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Sputendorf

Date & Time: May 11, 1982
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-07399
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1G150-34
YOM:
1973
Location:
Sputendorf
Brandenburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a spraying mission in Sputendorf when the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed in a field. Both occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 near Tashtagol: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1982 at 2042 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-02183
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Kemerovo – Novokuznetsk – Tashtagol
MSN:
1122 473 02
YOM:
1959
Flight number:
SU6758
Location:
Tashtagol
Kemerovo oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Aircraft flight hours:
16746
Aircraft flight cycles:
20227
Circumstances:
On the leg from Novokuznetsk to Tashtagol of a flight from Kemerovo to Tashtagol, the crew encountered below minima weather conditions with low clouds and rain/snow falls. The crew decided to continue and deviated from the prescribed flight path to the left by 8 km when the airplane crashed at a height of 1,050 metres into the wooded slope of the cloud covered Mt Pustag (1,570 metres high) located some 25 km north of Tashtagol. All three crew members including a check pilot and both passengers were killed.
Probable cause:
The crew decided to continue the flight in below weather conditions and failed to return.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Pavlodar

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1982
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-33209
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pavlodar - Pavlodar
MSN:
1G58-14
YOM:
1965
Location:
Pavlodar
Pavlodar
Country:
Kazakhstan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local spraying mission in Pavlodar. After takeoff, the captain passed the controls to the copilot and fell asleep. The copilot completed the entire mission on his own and, after finishing the process, transferred control of the aircraft to the commander. In unclear circumstances, the single engine airplane went out of control, lost height and crashed in a field. Both occupants were injured. In order to hide the true cause of the accident, the crew went into criminal conspiracy and set fire to the plane to explain the cause of the accident as an engine failure.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12V in Novyy Urengoy

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1982
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-12
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-11107
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Novy Urengoy - Tarko-Sale - Surgut
MSN:
01 347 809
YOM:
1971
Location:
Novyy Urengoy
Republic of Yamalia
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
20359
Aircraft flight cycles:
6710
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll at Novy Urengoy-Yagelnoye Airport, the airplane deviated from the centerline to the right then veered off runway. It struck an earth bank, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in flames. All seven crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew failed to follow the pre-takeoff checklist and forgot to position the nosewheel to the neutral position.

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

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1982
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-62489
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
1G42-37
YOM:
1964
Location:
Russia
All Russia
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Suffered an accident in unknown circumstances somewhere in Yakutia. Went through the ice and partially sank. There were no casualties.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Izberbach: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1982 at 1311 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-44952
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Makhatchkala – Derbent
MSN:
1G25-25
YOM:
1962
Flight number:
SU1525
Location:
Izberbach
Republic of Dagestan
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
14364
Aircraft flight cycles:
22387
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Makhatchkala at 1259LT on a cargo flight to Derbent with two pilots on board. While cruising along the west coast of the Caspian Sea at an altitude of about 400 meters, the crew encountered limited visibility due to low clouds when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Shcherabash (521 meters high) located near Izberbach. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 390 meters and both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the accident resulted from the crew's decision to follow an unauthorized route through reduced visibility due to the presence of low clouds.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Krasnogvardeyskiy: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1982
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-26172
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
1 54 473 04
YOM:
1955
Location:
Krasnogvardeyskiy
Sverdlovsk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Krasnogvardeyskiy in strong winds, the single engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It struck a high power transmission tower and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The pilot was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Troitskoye

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1982
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-01569
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Khabarovsk – Troitskoye – Herpuchi
MSN:
1G81-13
YOM:
1967
Location:
Troitskoye
Khabarovsk Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Troitskoye, the single engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It struck trees located at the end of the runway, stalled and crashed. All three occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the aircraft passed the overnight outside and was not protected against icing conditions. For unknown reasons, the crew failed to deice the airplane prior to takeoff and the airplane was unable to gain sufficient height as all wings and fuselage were contaminated with frost.
Subscribe to Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines