Samara oblast

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Maryevka while completing a crop spraying mission. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134A in Samara: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 17, 2007 at 1140 LT

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Tupolev TU-134

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RA-65021

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Surgut - Samara - Belgorod

MSN:

48390

YOM:

1976

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UT471

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35154

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22611

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The aircraft departed Surgut on a flight to Belgorod with an intermediate stop in Samara, carrying 50 passengers and 7 crew members. While descending to Samara-Kurumoch Airport, weather conditions worsened and the visibility was below minimums. After the approach checklist was completed, the crew lowered the landing gear, selected flaps down at 30° and continued the approach. In poor visibility, the aircraft descended below the MDA until it struck the ground at a speed of 320 km/h and crashed 304 metres from the runway threshold and 95 metres to the left of its extended centerline. The aircraft came to rest upside down and partially burned. Six passengers were killed, 21 other occupants were injured and 30 people escaped uninjured. At the time of the accident, the visibility was estimated to be 150 metres with an RVR of 200 metres for runway 23 and a vertical visibility of 300 feet in freezing fog.

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The decision of the crew to continue the descent below MDA in below minimums weather conditions until the aircraft impacted ground and crashed. The following contributing factors were identified:
- Organizational, technical and procedural deficiencies in the work and interactions between the met office and ATC services as well as from the crew,
- Deficiencies in the standards and technical documentation of the Samara Airport that made it impossible for ATC to inform the crew on a timely manner about the readings from the KRAMS-4 weather station that indicated a deterioration of the weather conditions below airport minimums,
- At decision height, in the absence of reliable visual contact with the approach lights and airport environment, the flight crew failed to initiate a go-around procedure,
- ATC failure to use the full capability of the radar equipment because of contradictions in the relevant standards and procedures documents,
- Poor crew coordination and their delay in executing a missed approach procedure,
- Lack of unified federal regulations covering flight operations, ATC, met and other services, taking into account both domestic and international experience in flight safety.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 off Lunacharski

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1998

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Aeroklub Togliatti

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RA-06196

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Skydiving / Paratroopers

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Togliatti - Togliatti

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1G43-15

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1978

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The single engine airplane departed Togliatti on a local skydiving mission, carrying 10 skydivers and two pilots. While flying over the region of Lunacharski, all skydivers jumped out but two of them fell in the Volga River and drowned. The crew elected to take part to the SAR operations and wanted to show the location to the rescuers but descended too low over water. The aircraft stuck the water surface and crashed. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

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The crew misjudged the distance with the water surface and descended too low.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Staryy Amanak

Date & Time: May 15, 1987

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CCCP-31491

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1G198-56

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1982

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En route, the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a pasture.

Probable cause:

The crew failed to follow the fuel consumption.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134A in Kuybyshev: 70 killed

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1986 at 1550 LT

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Tupolev TU-134

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CCCP-65766

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Sverdlovsk – Kuybyshev – Grozny

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62327

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1979

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SU6502

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16154

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9689

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Following an uneventful flight from Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport, the crew started the approach to Kuybyshev-Kurumoch Airport. For training purposes, the captain decided to attempt a 'blind' approach and closed the window blinds on his side, which was prohibited in such conditions. At decision height, he decided to continue and failed to realize the configuration was wrong. The aircraft passed over the runway 15 threshold and one second prior to impact, the flight engineer opened the window blinds but this was too late. At a speed of 280 km/h and with a rate of descent of 5 meters per second, the aircraft struck the runway surface with a positive acceleration of 4,8 g. This caused the left wing to be partially torn off. Out of control, the aircraft continued for about 214 meters then came to rest upside down, bursting into flames. 64 occupants were killed while 30 others were injured, some seriously. Within few hours, six of the survivors died from their injuries.

Probable cause:

Decision of the captain to attempt a 'blind' approach in violation of the published procedures. He also decided to continue the approach after he passed the decision height and failed to initiate a go-around maneuver. There was no reaction or any correction from the rest of the flying crew.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Kuybyshev

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1985

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CCCP-06255

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1971

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The crew was performing a crop-spraying flight in the Krasny Yar district of the Kuibyshev region when the engine lost power in flight due to problems with a valve couple with cylinder n°7. The crew attempted a forced landing when the aircraft collided with trees and was destroyed. Both pilots escaped injured.

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Engine power loss following problems with a valve of cylinder n°7.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Kuybyshev

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1978

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CCCP-92974

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1G171-31

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1976

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While flying at low height, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames in an open field. Both occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

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Loss of control after the crew got distracted.

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

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1965 at 1135 LT

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Tupolev TU-124

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CCCP-45028

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Takeoff (climb)

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Kuybyshev – Rostov-on-Don – Sochi

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2 35 08 03

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1962

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SU513

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1612

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1151

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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).

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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 in Kuybyshev: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1958 at 0114 LT

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Lisunov LI-2

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CCCP-84733

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Kuybyshev - Kuybyshev

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184 323 09

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The crew was performing a night training mission at Kuybyshev Airport. Following several circuits in the area, the crew started a new approach. After passing the inner marker, the crew continued the approach at a very low altitude (about one meter above the ground) when the airplane struck with its undercarriage the fence of a private property. It then struck two houses before crashing in a garden. Three crew members were killed while two others were seriously injured. One of the survivor died from his injuries two hours later. The aircraft was destroyed and no one on the ground was injured.

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It was not possible to determine the reason why the crew continued the approach at a so low altitude but the assumption that both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion was not ruled out. At the time of the accident, the engines were supplied by the rear right fuel tank that was almost empty.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Tashla: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1943 at 2110 LT

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Lisunov LI-2

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CCCP-L4029

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Cargo

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