We track reported incidents for Aeroflot. This page lists 1490 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 1 August 2020
Date: 1 August 2020
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: On 1 August 2020, a fuel truck hit the nose of a parked Airbus A321 -211 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, crushing the driver's cabin and seriously damaging the nose of the aircraft.
Date: 5 May 2019
Flight: 1492
Aircraft: Sukhoi Superjet 100
Location: Sheremetyevo
Summary: On 5 May 2019, Sukhoi Superjet 100 RA-89098 operating a Moscow-Murmansk service as Flight 1492 suffered an in-flight emergency and subsequently caught fire during an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport , where it burned out. 41 of the 78 people on board wer...
Date: 3 January 2017
Flight: 1008
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Khrabrovo Airport
Summary: On 3 January 2017, Airbus A321 VP-BES overran the runway on landing at Khrabrovo Airport, causing the nosegear to collapse; the aircraft, operating a Moscow–Kaliningrad service as Flight 1008, suffered minor damage.
Date: 3 June 2014
Flight: RA-96010
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-96
Location: Sheremetyevo
Summary: On 3 June 2014, Ilyushin Il-96 RA-96010 was damaged beyond economical repair in a fire while parked at Sheremetyevo International Airport , Moscow .
Date: 3 June 2009
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 737-500
Location: Simferopol en route from Moscow
Summary: On 3 June 2009, Boeing 737-500 (VP-BXM) suffered severe damage by a hailstorm while on approach to Simferopol en route from Moscow. The aircraft was written off and stored at Simferopol (with engines removed) where it was last seen in August 2011.
Date: 14 September 2008
Flight: 821
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Perm Airport
Summary: On 14 September 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821 operated by Aeroflot-Nord in a service agreement with Aeroflot as its subsidiary, crashed on approach to Perm Airport , Russia due to pilot error. All 88 people on board; including 6 crew members and 82 passengers, were killed in the c...
Date: 30 June 2008
Flight: 846
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154 M
Location: Pulkovo Airport where it was broken up
Summary: On 30 June 2008, Tupolev Tu-154 M (RA-85667) suffered an uncontained engine failure on takeoff from Pulkovo Airport en route to Moscow as Flight 846; all 112 passengers and crew survived, but the aircraft was written off and was parked at Pulkovo Airport where it was broken up...
Date: 21 September 2001
Flight: 521
Aircraft: IL-86
Location: Dubai Airport
Summary: On 21 September 2001, an IL-86 owned and operated by Aeroflot Russian International Airways (RA-86074) landed gear-up at Dubai Airport due to pilot error; all 322 passengers and crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. The aircraft was operating an international schedu...
Date: 11 November 1998
Flight: RA-86564
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Anchorage
Summary: An Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 damaged both the starboard wing and the tail of the aircraft as it was standing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport .
Date: 1998
Flight: RA-86080
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 8 October 1996
Flight: RA-82069
Aircraft: An-124-100
Location: San Francesco al Campo
Summary: Struck trees and houses following a go-around, with the flaps at take-off position. The aircraft was leased by Aeroflot and was being ferried empty to Torino from Moscow as Aeroflot Flight 9981 .
Date: 30 November 1994
Flight: CCCP-65858
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Grozny
Summary: Destroyed at Grozny Airport during a Russian raid amid the First Chechen War along with four other Tu-134s.
Date: 14 July 1994
Flight: RA-67470
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Blagoveshchensk
Summary: One of the main landing gears ran into a ditch while taxiing at Blagoveshchensk Airport .
Date: 25 June 1994
Flight: CCCP-70263
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff.
Date: 7 May 1994
Flight: RA-65976
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Landed at Talagi Airport with the main starboard landing gear retracted, veering to the right and coming to rest off the runway.
Date: 23 March 1994
Flight: F-OGQS
Aircraft: A310-300
Location: Mezhdurechensk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Moscow– Hong Kong passenger service as Flight 593 , when it crashed en route near Mezhdurechensk, after the auto-pilot partially shut off when the captain's son was allowed to sit in the pilot seat and handle the controls.
Date: 8 March 1994
Flight: RA-86119
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Delhi
Summary: Destroyed by fire as Flight 588 when it was hit by a crashing Boeing 737-200 that was being flown for training purposes at Indira Gandhi International Airport .
Date: 8 February 1994
Flight: CCCP-11340
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Overran the runway on landing in fog at Anadyr Airport .
Date: 25 December 1993
Flight: RA-85296
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Grozny
Summary: Nosegear collapsed upon landing at Grozny Airport in bad weather. The aircraft had been leased to Vnukovo Airlines from Aeroflot.
Date: 22 December 1993
Flight: CCCP-01410
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Off Uray
Summary: Forced landed 190 kilometres (120 mi) away from Uray.
Date: 26 September 1993
Flight: CCCP-68150
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novoalekseevskaya
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 30 January 1993
Flight: CCCP-40479
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Peledui
Summary: Crashed in snow and flipped over.
Date: 5 December 1992
Flight: CCCP-85105
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Veered off the runway upon landing at Yerevan Airport .
Date: 7 November 1992
Flight: RA-86703
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Moscow
Summary: During maintenance at Domodedovo Airport , a fire started in a right wing fuel tank while a valve was being replaced. The fire, caused by an electric lamp, could not be extinguished and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 19 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-28785
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Ust-Nem
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. During takeoff the left engine failed, probably due to snow ingestion. The propeller was feathered, but the aircraft began banking to the left, towards the failed engine. The flaps were retracted, yet too soon, causing a nose-up attitude. The air...
Date: 14 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-07840
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kostanay
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 13 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-85528
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Overran the runway at Vladivostok Airport as it failed to get airborne.
Date: 21 September 1992
Flight: CCCP-32596
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kalga Airstrip
Summary: Crashed 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from the Kalga Airstrip.
Date: 29 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-65810
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Kharkiv
Summary: Overran the runway at Kharkiv Airport following a long landing.
Date: 27 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-65058
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: The aircraft was completing a scheduled Donetsk –Ivanovo passenger service as Flight 2808 , when it hit trees on approach to Ivanovo Airport in rain and mist and crashed.
Date: 23 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-85670
Aircraft: Tu-154M
Location: Zurich
Summary: The aircraft was completing a non-scheduled international Milan –Zurich passenger service as Flight 2267 . The approach to Zurich Airport was abandoned due to inclement weather, and one of the wings struck an antenna. The crew managed to land the airplane safely.
Date: 8 July 1992
Flight: CCCP-07816
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ukrainsky
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 21 June 1992
Flight: CCCP-32544
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Poltavskiy
Summary: Unknown
Date: 19 June 1992
Flight: CCCP-85282
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Bratsk Airport
Summary: CCCP-85234 was operating a Vladivostok-Samara service as Flight 5308 and had landed at Bratsk to refuel, but was grounded by maintenance issues and everyone left the aircraft. That night, CCCP-85282, operating a Ekaterinburg-Vladivostok service as Flight 2889 , also stopped at...
Date: 7 June 1992
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route from Grozny to Moscow. The hijacker, who demanded to be taken to Turkey , was killed by security forces at Vnukovo Airport .
Date: 9 February 1992
Flight: CCCP-46816
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Atyrau
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Guryev Airport, an engine failed at 900 metres (3,000 ft) and the aircraft turned around, but to perform a missed approach. Airspeed was lost in icing conditions and the aircraft went into a 6 metres per second (20 ft/s) descent, landed, an...
Date: 24 January 1992
Flight: CCCP-65053
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Batumi
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Chorokh Airport .
Date: 3 January 1992
Flight: CCCP-28706
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Lyakhsh
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing.
Date: 30 December 1991
Flight: CCCP-87521
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Velsk Airport
Summary: After lifting off the runway, the right wing hit the ground. The aircraft struck a tree and then crashed in an embankment and caught fire. The aircraft was overloaded and the takeoff was attempted in poor weather with blowing snow and cross winds.
Date: 8 December 1991
Flight: CCCP-33137
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Landed on rough terrain.
Date: 26 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-47823
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Bugulma
Summary: Crashed 800 metres (2,600 ft) out of Bugulma Airport , on approach, following an aborted go-around , likely because of icing on the stabilizer .
Date: 23 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-81545
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: KS-7 Airstrip
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kungrad–Komsomolsk-na-Ustyurte–Karakalpakiya service. On board the leg to KS-7 Airstrip were two unauthorized passengers. En route the crew encountered low visibility and poor weather. The crew deviated from the approach pattern and struck a 52-met...
Date: 22 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-40596
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yartsevo
Summary: Force-landed due to engine failure caused by carburetor icing while flying at 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). The aircraft was operating a Podkamennaya Tunguska–Yenseisk passenger service.
Date: 21 November 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Khodzavend
Summary: Crashed en route under unspecified circumstances.
Date: 8 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-79948
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Destroyed by fire while undergoing engine repairs.
Date: 7 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-87526
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: While descending for Makhachkala, visibility worsened. The crew were not aware of the aircraft's position and descended over mountainous terrain. The aircraft crashed into Kukurtbash Mountain at 550 metres (1,800 ft), 23 kilometres (14 mi; 12 nmi) away from Makh...
Date: 23 October 1991
Flight: CCCP-28924
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Shelopugino
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 3 October 1991
Flight: CCCP-11120
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Cazombo Airport
Summary: While landing, the wings struck some bushes as the runway was too short and too narrow. The crew found out the airfield was mined; they decided to take off again, but while turning for takeoff the right-side landing gear broke after it got stuck in a pothole, causing the prope...
Date: 27 September 1991
Flight: CCCP-67538
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Magadan
Summary: Premature retraction of the landing gear, during the takeoff run at Magadan Airport .
Date: 27 August 1991
Flight: CCCP-67099
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Guriev
Summary: Forced landing, 42 kilometres (26 mi) out of Guriev (now Atyrau) after running out of fuel. The fuel filler ports had been left open following refueling at Guriev.
Date: 21 August 1991
Flight: CCCP-67091
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Poliny Osipenko
Summary: Sank back on takeoff while the landing gear was being retracted.
Date: 25 June 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Rakovka
Summary: Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 24 June 1991
Flight: CCCP-31423
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Radolnoye
Summary: Destroyed by fire after crashing in the Ural region , within the Kazakh SSR territory.
Date: 23 May 1991
Flight: CCCP-85097
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Hard landing short of the runway at Pulkovo Airport. The main starboard undercarriage collapsed, causing the break up of the airframe. Two people were killed on the ground. The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi-St. Petersburg service as Flight 8556 .
Date: 23 March 1991
Flight: CCCP-46472
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Navoiy
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Navoi Airport , hitting a heap of iron and concrete, breaking up and catching fire.
Date: 4 March 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Leningrad
Summary: While en route from Kotlas to Leningrad, the aircraft was hijacked by a male hijacker who demanded to be taken to Sweden . At Pulkovo Airport , the hijacker released the hostages, but refused to surrender. The grenade he carried with him exploded; he later died from the injuri...
Date: 14 December 1990
Flight: CCCP-47164
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Shakhtersk Airport
Summary: Undershot the runway and landed hard.
Date: 30 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-87394
Aircraft: Yak-40K
Location: Dikson Airport
Summary: The aircraft came in too high in bad weather. Touching down at high speed, the aircraft overran the runway and ended up in a gully. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Dikson passenger service.
Date: 21 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-86613
Aircraft: Il-62
Location: Magan Airport
Summary: While en route to Yakutsk the crew were informed that visibility was poor at Yakutsk Airport. The crew considered diverting to Khabarovsk, but visibility improved at Yakutsk. While descending to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), ATC reported that visibility at Yakutsk had dropped...
Date: 17 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-85664
Aircraft: Tu-154M
Location: Velichovky
Summary: The aircraft was flying a Euroairport – Sheremetyevo cargo service, when a fire broke out at 10,600 metres (34,800 ft), prompting the flightcrew to make an emergency landing .
Date: 2 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-26038
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Nyurba
Summary: Crashed upon landing.
Date: 20 October 1990
Flight: CCCP-85268
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: The aircraft failed to get airborne on takeoff from Kutaisi Airport due to overloading, overrunning the runway.
Date: 12 October 1990
Flight: CCCP-67331
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Odessa
Summary: Hard landing at Odesa Airport .
Date: 14 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-42351
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The pilot intentionally deviated from the approach pattern. As a result, the aircraft broke up after it struck trees on approach to Koltsovo Airport , inbound from Volgograd on a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 8175 .
Date: 12 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-41803
Aircraft: Il-14LIK-1
Location: Rushan
Summary: Belly-landed on a glacier , 353 kilometres (219 mi) off Mirny Ice Station .
Date: 9 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-87451
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Pavlodar
Summary: CCCP-87914 ran off the runway upon landing at Pavlodar Airport , and collided with CCCP-87451, breaking it up.
Date: 18 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-28761
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Rushan
Summary: Hard landing short of the runway.
Date: 12 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-62407
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed in a forest.
Date: 1 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-87453
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Aghdam
Summary: Struck a mountain at 2,520 metres (8,270 ft) in cloudy conditions, 22 kilometres (14 mi; 12 nmi) west of Stepanakert , during approach to Stepanakert Airport inbound from Yerevan as Flight E-35D .
Date: 19 July 1990
Flight: CCCP-40861
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain.
Date: 1 July 1990
Flight: CCCP-86456
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Overran the runway upon landing at Yakutsk Airport . After touching down, the pilots accidentally set engines one and four to takeoff thrust rather than reverse thrust and the aircraft picked up speed as a result. The pilots did not realize their mistake and attempted emergenc...
Date: 26 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-19730
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shurma
Summary: The aircraft was returning from crop-spraying at Malmyzh when the pilots, who were drunk, performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft was "hopping" over trees when it lost airspeed, banked, crashed in a forest and caught fire.
Date: 12 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-86905
Aircraft: Il-76MD
Location: Kabul
Summary: Forced landing at Kabul Airport , after it was struck by a missile at 25,500 feet (7,800 m).
Date: 2 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-46551
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kenkiyak
Summary: A hard landing caused the nosegear to break up. The aircraft overran the runway and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 13 April 1990
Flight: CCCP-04355
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Uelen
Summary: During takeoff, the aircraft pitched up, lost airspeed, stalled and crashed on the snow-covered, frozen Uelen Lagoon. The aircraft was overloaded, causing the center of gravity to move beyond limits. The aircraft was operating a Uelen–Provideniya cargo service in support of th...
Date: 27 March 1990
Flight: CCCP-78781
Aircraft: Il-76MD
Location: Kabul
Summary: The aircraft, on loan from the Soviet Air Force, was operating a Kokand-Kabul cargo service. At 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), while on approach to Kabul, air traffic control ordered the pilot to discontinue the approach. The flaps and landing gear were retracted, yet the appr...
Date: 16 March 1990
Flight: CCCP-28702
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: During the approach, the aircraft landed hard due to pilot error, damaging the landing gear. The crew performed a go-around and landed on the damaged landing gear. The aircraft, operating a training flight out of Chita, was written off.
Date: 20 February 1990
Flight: CCCP-56472
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Šiauliai
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 13 January 1990
Flight: CCCP-65951
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Pervouralsk
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Tyumen – Ufa passenger service as Flight 6246 at 10,600 metres (34,800 ft) when smoke in the rear cargo hold prompted a fire warning in both engines, probably due to a short circuit of the electrical wiring. The flightcrew ma...
Date: 1990
Flight: CCCP-07308
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Mid-air collision .
Date: 24 November 1989
Flight: CCCP-44953
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Dzhambul
Summary: After takeoff the aircraft encountered icing conditions and fog, which the crew did not know about. Icing caused a loss of engine power. The crew then decided to return to the airport but airspeed decreased further until the aircraft stalled and crashed. The aircraft was opera...
Date: 21 November 1989
Flight: CCCP-46335
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Tyumen
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Perm –Tyumen passenger service as Flight 37577 , when it collided with trees on approach to Tyumen Airport and crashed.
Date: 20 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-76466
Aircraft: Il-76TD
Location: Leninakan
Summary: Crashed into the terrain on approach to Leninakan Airport, following an erroneous instrument setting on the aircraft, barometric altimeter . It was operating a training/cargo service between Ulyanovsk and Leninakan.
Date: 4 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-46525
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Stepnogorsk
Summary: Overran the runway on landing and hit a concrete mast.
Date: 2 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-33078
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yar-Sale
Summary: En route over the Yamal Peninsula the engine failed. A forced landing was performed in tundra, damaging the landing gear, propeller, and lower wings.
Date: 15 September 1989
Flight: CCCP-87391
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Dzhalal-Abad
Summary: Bounced several times upon landing.
Date: 2 September 1989
Flight: CCCP-87509
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bishkek
Summary: Belly landed at Bishkek Airport .
Date: 28 August 1989
Flight: CCCP-67104
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Labinsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, at 100–200 m (330–660 ft), the left engine failed. The crew decided to return to Labinsk but while turning back the aircraft began to roll to the left and started losing altitude. A wheels-up emergency landing was made in an alfalfa field near...
Date: 14 August 1989
Flight: CCCP-88252
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Neryungri
Summary: Landed in crosswind conditions on a wet runway at Neryungri Airport , inbound from Chita as Flight 432 .
Date: 19 July 1989
Flight: CCCP-26685
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Talovrow Island
Summary: The aircraft was on a survey flight along the shore of the East Siberian Sea , from Cape Schmidt to Pevek Airport , when one of its wings hit coastal cliffs, causing it to crash.
Date: 6 July 1989
Flight: CCCP-61788
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Cape Schmidt
Summary: Ditched in shallow waters following loss of power in one of the engines shortly after takeoff from Mys Shmidta Airport . Due to operate an ice reconnaissance flight.
Date: 11 May 1989
Flight: CCCP-54891
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dolbizno
Summary: The aircraft was crop-spraying for the "Rossiya" collective farm with two passengers on board. Control was lost in a steep turn at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and the aircraft crashed and burned out. The crew was apparently drunk.
Date: 1 May 1989
Flight: CCCP-70225
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sechenovo
Summary: Crashed while it was taking part in a Labour Day demonstration.
Date: 22 April 1989
Flight: CCCP-70080
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tatarski
Summary: While on a positioning flight to a state farm, the pilot attempted to perform a pancake landing as he thought the ground was waterlogged. The aircraft lost speed, stalled over the left wing and crashed.
Date: 26 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-52066
Aircraft: Avia 14PT
Location: Mirny Ice Station
Summary: Burned out during refueling. The aircraft had not been properly grounded on the ice to prevent static discharge, and it was this discharge that ignited the fuel.
Date: 13 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-12997
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Both starboard engines jammed at full power shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport . The crew decided to return to the airport of departure; following touchdown, the aircraft burst into flames after bouncing and groundlooping.
Date: 13 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-85067
Aircraft: Tu-154S
Location: Monrovia
Summary: Failed to get airborne on takeoff from Roberts International Airport , overrunning the runway and ending up in a ditch. The aircraft was overloaded and cargo not properly secured shifted on takeoff, putting its center of gravity beyond the forward limits. Due to operate a Monr...
Date: 1989
Flight: CCCP-70087
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tver-Smeevo
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 13 December 1988
Flight: CCCP-06266
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Naryan-Mar
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was beyond limits.
Date: 7 December 1988
Flight: CCCP-67127
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Kodinsk
Summary: Crashed when it struck the ground on approach to Kodinsk, inbound from Krasnoyarsk on a domestic scheduled passenger service.
Date: 31 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-32325
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Belaya Gora
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 14 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-32612
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Emergency landing on rough terrain.
Date: 4 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-11418
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Batagay
Summary: Crashed into a mountain on approach to Batagay Airport , 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the city. The aircraft was operating a cargo service inbound from Tiksi as Flight 40066 .
Date: 24 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-85479
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Aleppo
Summary: Had an undisclosed landing gear collapse when it hard-landed at Aleppo Airport , overrunning the runway. The center of gravity of the aircraft was off the limits. It was operating an international scheduled Yerevan–Aleppo passenger service.
Date: 24 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-84657
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed on a river bed.
Date: 21 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-70848
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aiykan
Summary: Struck a 1,350-metre-high (4,430 ft) mountain, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Aiykan.
Date: 26 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-01788
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kystatyam
Summary: Crashed near Kystatyam while operating a survey flight along the Lena River .
Date: 26 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-67235
Aircraft: L-410MU
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Crashed into the slope of a mountain during approach to Irkutsk Airport , breaking up and catching fire. The crew had set the altimeters incorrectly during the approach; crew fatigue was also a factor. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Kirensk –Irkutsk passen...
Date: 12 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-35677
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed minutes after takeoff following fuel exhaustion.
Date: 22 July 1988
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Lost control when it entered a turbulence region at low altitude.
Date: 9 July 1988
Flight: CCCP-07791
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck the ground after the pilot unintentionally moved the steering wheel.
Date: 8 July 1988
Flight: CCCP-46669
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Collided with buildings after it overran the runway on takeoff from Khabarovsk Airport .
Date: 12 June 1988
Flight: CCCP-32267
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aleksandriya
Summary: Forced-landed after engine flameout due to ingestion of rain as the aircraft entered a thunderstorm while en route from Rovno to Vladimirets .
Date: 9 June 1988
Flight: CCCP-70121
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tobolsk
Summary: Crashed and caught fire, 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) away from Tobolsk, after it struck the top of a chimney.
Date: 19 April 1988
Flight: CCCP-67518
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: Struck a hill in a blizzard , near Bagdarin, while en route a domestic scheduled Muya –Bagdarin passenger service. The crew had deviated from the flight route and descended too soon and too low.
Date: 19 April 1988
Flight: CCCP-67431
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Ulan-Ude
Summary: Crashed at Ulan-Ude Airport .
Date: 8 March 1988
Flight: CCCP-85413
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk –Leningrad passenger service as when it was hijacked by a family who demanded to be flown to the United Kingdom . Russian troops stormed the airplane while making a refuelling stop at Pulkovo Airport. As a result, five of...
Date: 27 February 1988
Flight: CCCP-65675
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Surgut
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tyumen–Surgut passenger service as Flight 7867 . It performed a hard landing at Surgut Airport , broke up and caught fire.
Date: 26 February 1988
Flight: CCCP-01648
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saskylakh
Summary: Unknown
Date: 24 January 1988
Flight: CCCP-87549
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Port and starboard engines failed on takeoff from Nizhnevartovsk Airport , causing the aircraft to lose speed during the initial climbout, eventually stalling , losing altitude and crashing into a slope of a ravine. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Nizhnevartovsk– Tyumen pa...
Date: 18 January 1988
Flight: CCCP-85254
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Krasnovodsk
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Krasnovodsk passenger service as Flight 699 . A hard landing at Krasnovodsk Airport caused the empennage to separate from the airframe, which also broke up.
Date: 15 December 1987
Flight: CCCP-06324
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Pyatigorsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 18 October 1987
Flight: CCCP-67334
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Saratov
Summary: Belly landing at Saratov Airport .
Date: 24 September 1987
Flight: CCCP-67249
Aircraft: L-410MU
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Aborted takeoff at Yakutsk Airport .
Date: 7 September 1987
Flight: CCCP-12971
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Omsk
Summary: Unknown
Date: 28 August 1987
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Alisovo
Summary: Lost power on takeoff and force-landed in a ravine.
Date: 22 August 1987
Flight: CCCP-01641
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Force-landed in a forest following a loss of engine power.
Date: 14 August 1987
Flight: CCCP-28741
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Ust-Nem
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 23 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-65874
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: Unknown
Date: 21 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-02763
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed on a farm field.
Date: 20 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-40556
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Main undercarriage broke off upon landing.
Date: 19 June 1987
Flight: CCCP-87826
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Berdyansk
Summary: Overran the runway following an aborted go-around at Berdyansk Airport , hit obstacles and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Odessa-Berdyansk service as Flight N-528 .
Date: 13 June 1987
Flight: CCCP-67239
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Unknown
Summary: Involved in a ground accident with two An-2s (CCCP-70129 and CCCP-84655).
Date: 27 May 1987
Flight: CCCP-70501
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Östergarnsholm
Summary: The aircraft was stolen by a pilot seeking political asylum , who flew the airplane from Saldus to Sweden , and ditched it off Östergarnsholm on the island of Gotland. The aircraft is now in an aviation museum in Visby.
Date: 23 May 1987
Flight: CCCP-26567
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Khandyga
Summary: Crashed short of the runway.
Date: 24 April 1987
Flight: CCCP-62566
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Arctic Ocean
Summary: Sank when the ice of a frozen lake the aircraft had landed on broke.
Date: April 1987
Flight: CCCP-56436
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 6 March 1987
Flight: CCCP-26007
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Off Alma-Ata
Summary: Struck a 2,370-metre-high (7,780 ft) mountain, 56 kilometres (35 mi) away from Alma-Ata, soon after it departed from Alma-Ata Airport for a cargo service.
Date: 7 February 1987
Flight: CCCP-11378
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Written off at Sverdlovsk Airport under unspecified circumstances.
Date: 25 January 1987
Flight: CCCP-87696
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tarnogsky Gorodok Airport
Summary: During takeoff, the nosewheel steering failed. The aircraft veered left off the runway and crashed into an embankment.
Date: 16 January 1987
Flight: CCCP-87618
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Yuzhny Airport as it encountered a wake vortex generated by the departure of an Ilyushin Il-76 moments before. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tashkent– Shahrisabz passenger service as Flight U-505 .
Date: 31 December 1986
Flight: CCCP-67428
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Chernenko
Summary: Ran off the apron .
Date: 12 December 1986
Flight: CCCP-65795
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: East Berlin
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Schönefeld Airport , inbound from Minsk, and crashed. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger service as Flight 892 .
Date: 20 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-65766
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Skidded off the runway following a hard landing at Kuybyshev Airport , broke up, and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk-Kuybyshev service as Flight 6502 .
Date: 14 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-67264
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Ust-Maya Airport
Summary: While accelerating for takeoff, the number one engine shut down. The propeller was feathered but the crew did not raise the landing gear. Unable to gain altitude, the aircraft stalled and crashed in the Aldan River and sank with all on board. Due to begin the second leg of a M...
Date: 9 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-02592
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tiksi
Summary: Crashed into a hillside while en route from Taimilir to Tiksi.
Date: 20 September 1986
Flight: CCCP-65877
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ufa Airport
Summary: The aircraft was parked at Ufa Airport for a flight to Nizhnevartovsk from Kiev as Flight 36075 . Three men, soldiers of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and intending to flee the country, carjacked a taxi and forced the driver to take them to Ufa Airpor...
Date: September 1986
Flight: CCCP-42536
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Moscow
Summary: Destroyed by fire ignited by a thunderflash while standing at Bykovo Airport . The aircraft was being used by security forces for training purposes.
Date: 11 August 1986
Flight: CCCP-40902
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Konder Mountain
Summary: One of the wings struck trees when the pilot was maneuvering the aircraft to drop off mail.
Date: 11 July 1986
Flight: CCCP-70124
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into a forest.
Date: 2 July 1986
Flight: CCCP-65120
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Kopsa
Summary: Crashed 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Syktyvkar after it hit trees when attempting a forced landing due to a fire in the cargo hold. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Vorkuta-Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service as Flight 2306 .
Date: 22 June 1986
Flight: CCCP-65142
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Penza
Summary: Aborted takeoff at Penza Airport , ending up in a ravine. A passenger died from a heart attack . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Penza–Simferopol passenger service.
Date: 6 June 1986
Flight: CCCP-29348
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sangar
Summary: En route between Kobyai and Sangar the engine lost power at 550 m (1,800 ft) and a forced landing was carried out in a swampy forest clearing. The engine failure was caused by improper repairs.
Date: 21 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-85327
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Moscow
Summary: The flightcrew forgot to turn on the heating system of the pitot tube prior to takeoff from Chelyabinsk, and that condition persisted all the way to Moscow. Due to icing on the approach to Domodedovo Airport , the crew increased power as they mistakenly assumed the plane was a...
Date: 17 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-87928
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Khanty-Mansiysk
Summary: A test was being run following undercarriage repairs. During a pullout, the left wing broke off and its debris struck the tail, which broke off as well, causing the aircraft to crash 19 kilometres (12 mi) away from Khanty-Mansiysk.
Date: 13 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-12962
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Ledovaya Baza
Summary: Sank when the ice surface it was being towed over for repairs cracked.
Date: 18 April 1986
Flight: CCCP-87236
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazan
Summary: Structural failure at Kazan Airport .
Date: 18 April 1986
Flight: CCCP-87301
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: While landing, the right landing gear collapsed due to fatigue. The right wing contacted the runway and the aircraft slid off the runway.
Date: 2 March 1986
Flight: CCCP-46423
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bugulma
Summary: Crashed on approach to Bugulma Airport , inbound from Cheboksary as Flight F-77 , following the feathering of one of the propellers.
Date: 17 February 1986
Flight: CCCP-41816
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Philippi Glacier
Summary: Ran out of fuel as it encountered stronger-than-expected headwinds while flying a cargo service within Antarctica between the Molodezhnaya Station and the Mirny Station , crashing into the slope of the Philippi Glacier when attempting an emergency landing under whiteout condit...
Date: 6 February 1986
Flight: CCCP-26095
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Saransk
Summary: Crashed and broke up shortly after takeoff from Saransk Airport , when the captain mistook the localizer and inner marker beacon red lights with the anti-collision lights of an incoming aircraft, performing a violent evasive maneuver and losing control of the airplane.
Date: 19 December 1985
Flight: CCCP-42845
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Gannan
Summary: Hijacked by a man who demanded that the crew change course. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed in a pasture near Gannan, China; the hijacker was arrested by Chinese authorities and the aircraft and the 43 people on board were returned to the Soviet Union. The aircraft was...
Date: 11 October 1985
Flight: CCCP-87803
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Kutaisi
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain, 97 kilometres (60 mi) west of Kutaisi, when it was flying at a low altitude in bad weather, following air traffic controllers indications. It was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi–Poti passenger service as Flight D-7 .
Date: 1 September 1985
Flight: CCCP-01789
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Yunkor
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure. The engine control lever had disconnected due to faulty maintenance while on final approach.
Date: 15 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-55706
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Selitrennoye
Summary: The engine failed during a crop-spraying flight while the aircraft was in a banking turn. Altitude was lost and the aircraft banked left and crashed into a building.
Date: 10 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-85311
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Uchkuduk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent– Karshi – Orenburg –Leningrad passenger service as Flight 5143 . It crashed near Uchkuduk while en route its second leg, when the crew mistook in-flight vibrations due to low airspeed with engine surges and reduced power...
Date: 7 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-06255
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Krasny Yar district
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight the engine lost power, due to valve problems with cylinder seven. The crew attempted a forced landing but the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
Date: 4 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-55710
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Baykit
Summary: Departed overloaded from Baykit Airport . The crew attempted to return to the airport as the aircraft was unable to gain altitude, yet it crash-landed before reaching the airfield.
Date: 27 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-84724
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Suduntui
Summary: Force-landed after the engine failed due to poor-quality fuel.
Date: 20 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-91783
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Moma
Summary: Crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Moma Airport , as it could not gain altitude because of overloading.
Date: 10 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-32028
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Stavropol Krai
Summary: Lost speed and crashed in the Stavropol Krai after the pilot tried to gain altitude and the aircraft banked steeply. Was performing a crop spraying mission.
Date: 29 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-70218
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rzhevka
Summary: Crashed near Rzhevka Airport during a test flight. The engine lost power just after takeoff. While attempting a forced landing, the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
Date: 21 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-04326
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tadibeyakha
Summary: Could not gain altitude after takeoff, lost speed, and crash-landed. The aircraft had ten illegal passengers on board.
Date: 11 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-50553
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kyzyl Airport
Summary: Veered off the runway on landing due to brake problems.
Date: 3 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-65856
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Zolochiv
Summary: The Tu-134A was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Lvov passenger service as Flight 8381 with 79 people aboard, On approach to Sknyliv Airport , it was involved in a mid-air, head-on collision with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 , that was carrying 15...
Date: 25 March 1985
Flight: CCCP-44905
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Borogon Airport
Summary: During takeoff, the flaps retracted due to a short circuit. After reaching an altitude of 6–8 m (20–26 ft), the aircraft entered a descent and crashed in snowy terrain 250 m (820 ft) past the runway. Due to operate a Borogon–Tiksi cargo service.
Date: 1 February 1985
Flight: CCCP-65910
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Minsk
Summary: Crashed during initial climbout, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from Minsk-2 International Airport , because of flameout of both engines, which had ingested ice during the takeoff run. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Minsk–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 7841 .
Date: 24 January 1985
Flight: CCCP-19716
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lake Byeloye
Summary: Crashed on the frozen surface of Lake Byeloye while flying low.
Date: 1985
Flight: CCCP-32352
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sosnovaya Roscha
Summary: The aircraft was severely damaged after it nosed over and ended up upside-down; aircraft was possibly written off.
Date: 29 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-67140
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Off Astrakhan
Summary: Before takeoff, the ground crew forgot to close the fuel fill caps. En route fuel was sucked out of the tanks, causing both engines to quit. The aircraft force-landed 76 km (47 mi) away from Astrakhan.
Date: 23 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-85338
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Had a failure in one of its engines shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport ; it caught fire, yet the flight engineer shut down the incorrect one. The fire propagated to the empennage , making the aircraft uncontrollable just before it could land safely. It was due to o...
Date: 18 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-07861
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Verkhne Imbatskoye Airport
Summary: Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on takeoff. The center of gravity was too far to the rear.
Date: 4 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-67225
Aircraft: L-410MA
Location: Kostroma
Summary: While climbing through 1,500 m (4,900 ft) after takeoff from Kostroma Airport the artificial horizon failed. The aircraft was in clouds and the pilots became disorientated. The aircraft entered a descent with increasing bank. At 500–600 m (1,600–2,000 ft) t...
Date: 11 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-85243
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Omsk
Summary: Hit two snowplows upon landing in poor visibility at Omsk Airport , inbound from Krasnodar as Flight 3352 , and caught fire. There were 179 people aboard, of whom 174 lost their lives in the accident; there were also 4 casualties on the ground.
Date: 4 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-35434
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Pavlodar
Summary: During a low-altitude survey flight over hilly terrain, the aircraft was caught in a downdraft. The left wheel and left lower wing hit a hill before the crew regained control. The crew continued to Shoptykol where a forced landing was performed, but the aircraft suffered more...
Date: 4 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-35434
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sredni Kalar
Summary: Force-landed in taiga after the engine failed due to carburetor icing.
Date: 25 September 1984
Flight: CCCP-47358
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The An-24 departed Sverdlovsk for Omsk and Kemerovo. When climbing through an altitude of 250 m the turbine of the RU-19A-300 APU suffered an uncontained failure. Parts of the turbine disc penetrated the fuselage, killing one passenger and injuring two. The aircraft managed to...
Date: 16 September 1984
Flight: CCCP-91611
Aircraft: Il-14FK
Location: Saaremaa
Summary: The aircraft was operating a research flight, when a failure on the starboard engine occurred. The captain decided to ditch it in the Irbe Strait .
Date: 19 August 1984
Flight: CCCP-86007
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Aktyubinsk Airport
Summary: During a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Moscow passenger service, the inner sections of the wing flaps began vibrating severely and broke off 75 seconds later, damaging the rear of the fuselage. An emergency landing was made at Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe) and the aircraft touched dow...
Date: 24 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-26009
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Krasnoselkap
Summary: Runway overrun.
Date: 24 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-82909
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Lazurnoye
Summary: Long landing at Lazurnoye Airport , inbound from Krivoy Rog . Overshot the runway and collided with obstacles.
Date: 23 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-01712
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Punya
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff after being caught by a wind gust.
Date: 14 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-40827
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Krasnodar Krai
Summary: Crashed while performing a crop spraying mission.
Date: 5 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-02878
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kustanai Region
Summary: During a crop-spraying, the crew, who was drunk, took the aircraft on an unauthorized flight. The aircraft crashed after the crew performed stunts at low altitude.
Date: 4 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-67276
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Chulman Airport
Summary: Landed hard, collapsing the nosegear.
Date: 21 June 1984
Flight: CCCP-09612
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sivakovka
Summary: Suffered a bird strike, causing the engine to quit as the bird clogged the air intake. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 16 June 1984
Flight: CCCP-02528
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Odessa Region
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to a bird strike.
Date: 21 May 1984
Flight: CCCP-07293
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voroshilovgrad Region
Summary: Crashed while performing a low turn over a ravine while crop-spraying.
Date: 6 May 1984
Flight: CCCP-05918
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Staroye Zhookovo
Summary: The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission when an excessive deflection of the elevator caused it to crash northwest of Staroye Zhookovo, catching fire.
Date: 23 February 1984
Flight: CCCP-44910
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tiksi
Summary: Damaged by a storm while standing at Tiksi Airport .
Date: 11 February 1984
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Cuenca Sul
Summary: Shot down by rebels.
Date: 28 January 1984
Flight: CCCP-47310
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Izhevsk
Summary: Crash-landed at Izhevsk Airport when the pilot attempted to land the aircraft with a failure on one of the elevators due to a maintenance error. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev-Izhevsk passengers service as Flight 923 .
Date: 1984
Flight: CCCP-65095
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Minsk
Summary: Destroyed by fire in a maintenance facility at Minsk-1 Airport.
Date: 24 December 1983
Flight: CCCP-46617
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: The aircraft that was covering the Arkhangelsk–Leshukonskoye route as Flight 601 , crashed ahead of the runway threshold on final approach to Leshukonskoye Airport , while attempting a go-around .
Date: 18 November 1983
Flight: CCCP-65807
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route a Tbilisi–Leningrad passenger service. Some of the hijackers entered the flight deck opening fire as they tried to gain control of the aircraft, yet the crew performed violent maneuvers, eventually keeping the hijackers off the cockpit....
Date: 19 October 1983
Flight: CCCP-67315
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Kansk Air Base
Summary: Inbound from Krasnoyarsk, the crew diverted to Kansk-Dalni due to poor weather at Kansk-Tsentralny. The aircraft landed in poor weather and touched down too late, overrunning the runway and striking an obstacle.
Date: 30 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-65129
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Off Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was in the last stages of a domestic scheduled Kazan – Chelyabinsk –Alma-Ata passenger service as Flight 5463 , when it crashed into mountainous terrain, in a premature descent, on approach to Alma-Ata Airport.
Date: 12 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-07697
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Odessa Region
Summary: Crashed due to overloading.
Date: 5 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-91768
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Koslan
Summary: The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 20 July 1983
Flight: CCCP-70520
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kharkov Region
Summary: Unknown
Date: 5 July 1983
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Tu-134
Location: Pulkovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft, probably a Tupolev Tu-134, was hijacked en route to Tallinn by two men. One hijacker told a flight attendant that there was a bomb on board and that the other hijacker would detonate it if they were not flown to Oslo or London. They agreed on a fuel stop at Kotka...
Date: 4 July 1983
Flight: CCCP-05667
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mestia
Summary: The aircraft entered severe turbulence. The crew were unable to maintain control and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 29 June 1983
Flight: CCCP-87808
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazarman
Summary: While flying near Kazarman at 7,200 m (23,600 ft) the aircraft entered a downdraft and lost 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and suffered a load of 5.5 g. The crew regained control and made an emergency landing at Osh. The aircraft suffered severe damage during the desce...
Date: 17 June 1983
Flight: CCCP-65657
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Gali
Summary: Entered a zone of severe turbulence while en route from Lvov to Yerevan , approximately over Gali. The aircraft landed safely, though it was written off following the excessive stresses it underwent. The aircraft was used for fire tests at Yerevan in 1986 during the investigat...
Date: 25 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-62626
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shiyaiski
Summary: Struck a high-voltage power line and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 15 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-02877
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kubitet
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 11 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-70057
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Blagodarnoye
Summary: Suffered a bird strike, causing the engine to quit as the bird clogged the air intake. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 9 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-02515
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Tavil-Dara
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 4 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-35637
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kaunas
Summary: Written off following an in-flight fire in the cabin.
Date: 30 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-62646
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Cesis
Summary: Crashed after hitting a high-voltage power line.
Date: 19 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-87291
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Leninakan
Summary: Went off course while en route from Nalchik to Leninakan as Flight E-46 . It crashed into a mountain, 41 kilometres (25 mi) away from Leninakan Airport , after it was cleared to descend.
Date: 12 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-26686
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: During the approach to Minsk, the aircraft came in too high and too fast. The pilot continued the approach and the aircraft landed hard, bouncing three times and suffering severe damage. The center of gravity was too far to the rear. The aircraft was completing a Riga–Minsk ca...
Date: 29 March 1983
Flight: CCCP-67190
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Poti
Summary: Had a failure in one of its engines immediately after take-off from Poti Airport , and the propeller could not be feathered . Despite an attempted forced landing, the aircraft crashed into a hillside. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Poti–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight...
Date: 23 February 1983
Flight: CCCP-84571
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Cherkasy Region
Summary: Crashed. The copilot was at the controls while the pilot was in the cargo hold.
Date: 7 February 1983
Flight: CCCP-32320
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Preobrazhenskaya District
Summary: Crashed after encountering poor weather.
Date: 23 December 1982
Flight: CCCP-26627
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi –Rostov-on-Don– Krasnovodsk cargo service. It crashed and was destroyed by fire shortly after takeoff from Rostov-on-Don Airport , after it hit trees during initial climbout. The airplane was overloaded.
Date: 16 December 1982
Flight: CCCP-46567
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Sakhanskiy
Summary: Fifty-two minutes after takeoff from Kiev, while flying at 5,100 m (16,700 ft), wiring in the cockpit started a fire, filling the cockpit with smoke. The crew began descending, and attempted but failed to extinguish the fire. A cockpit hatch was opened but the crew s...
Date: 18 November 1982
Flight: CCCP-54883
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dnepropetrovsk Region
Summary: Unknown
Date: 29 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-86470
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Luxembourg
Summary: Experienced a failure in one of the thrust reversers moments prior to touchdown at Findel Airport , causing the aircraft to yaw to the right, running off the runway, striking a building, sliding down a ravine, and eventually coming to rest 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) past the...
Date: 28 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-44628
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chimkent Region
Summary: Overran the runway on landing.
Date: 9 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-62663
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khorezm
Summary: Forced landed in the Khorezm region following a loss of power, colliding with an embankment, breaking up, and catching fire. The aircraft was carrying out a crop spraying mission.
Date: 9 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-70563
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Imishli
Summary: The engine failed while crop-spraying and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 19 August 1982
Flight: CCCP-70446
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dno
Summary: Crashed into terrain during a low-altitude flight in poor weather.
Date: 14 August 1982
Flight: CCCP-65836
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Sukhumi
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a runway collision at Dranda Airport , when the outbound Tu-134 struck the L-410M that had just entered the active runway with 11 people aboard. All occupants of this latter aircraft perished in the accident. The Tu-134 was beginning a Sukhumi-Mo...
Date: 16 July 1982
Flight: CCCP-15970
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Sakha Republic
Summary: During a flight from Lake Bolshoye Toko to Uchur, the pilot performed an unauthorized landing on a spit in the Aldoma River (90 km (56 mi) north of Lake Bolshoye Toko) to drop off two passengers. The aircraft failed to gain altitude during takeoff and the landing whe...
Date: 6 July 1982
Flight: CCCP-86513
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Moscow
Summary: An apparent failure of both port engines arose moments after the aircraft got airborne, as indicated by the fire alarms in the cockpit. Both engines were shut down. Despite the crew's attempts to maintain altitude, the aircraft lost height and crashed 11.4 kilometres (7.1 ...
Date: 28 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-42529
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Mozyr
Summary: Crashed near Mozyr while en route, following the failure of the horizontal stabiliser jackscrew due to metal fatigue . The aircraft was operating a Leningrad–Kiev passenger service as Flight 8641 .
Date: 11 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-56431
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Krasnoarmeiskaya
Summary: Collided with a fuel truck during taxi.
Date: 4 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-62640
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dvoinovski
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 3 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-40736
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Polevoye
Summary: Crashed during an unauthorized flight.
Date: 31 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-87485
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Overran the runway at Dnepropetrovsk Airport .
Date: 11 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-07399
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sputendorf
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 7 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-02183
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tashtagol
Summary: The aircraft encountered poor weather during the last leg of a domestic scheduled Kemerovo–Novokutnetsk–Tashtagol passenger service as Flight 6758 . The aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route and struck the side of Mount Pustag at 1,050 ...
Date: 24 April 1982
Flight: CCCP-11107
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Novy Urengoy
Summary: Experienced the collapse of the nosegear during the take-off run at Novy Urengoy Airport , running off the runway and hitting an elevated taxiway. The main landing gear was sheared off during the incident, rupturing the fuel tanks, and causing a fire to break out.
Date: 11 April 1982
Flight: CCCP-62489
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Sank when the frozen lake it was standing on broke.
Date: 10 February 1982
Flight: CCCP-67237
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: While standing on the apron , probably at Yakutsk Airport , an An-2 that was carrying out an engine test ran into it.
Date: 16 January 1982
Flight: CCCP-87902
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Shevchenko
Summary: Belly-landed following fuel exhaustion .
Date: 7 January 1982
Flight: CCCP-67290
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Gelendzhik
Summary: Weather at the time of takeoff was poor, with rain and a low ceiling. Four minutes after takeoff, the pilot radioed that he was leaving the airport area and that he was 12 km (7.5 mi) from the airport, flying at 450 m (1,480 ft). Six minutes later, while fl...
Date: 23 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-26505
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: Crashed short of the runway on approach to Yeniseysk Airport .
Date: 18 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-92858
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Deputatskiy
Summary: Having departed from Chokurdah Airport , the crew lost their way as they flew the wrong heading in bad weather. The aircraft eventually ran out of fuel and force-landed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Deputatskiy.
Date: 6 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-86508
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Caught fire due to a short circuit in the electrical system and burned out while parked.
Date: 26 November 1981
Flight: CCCP-01808
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Ust-Kulom
Summary: The aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision. The An-2P was operating a domestic scheduled Ust-Kulom– Syktyvkar passenger service with 12 passengers and 6 crewmembers on board, while the An-2TP was flying the opposite route as Flight I-210 . The airplanes collided at an a...
Date: 16 November 1981
Flight: CCCP-85480
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Norilsk
Summary: Acquired excessive vertical speed and descended below the glideslope on approach to Norilsk Airport , inbound from Krasnoyarsk, crashing some 500 metres (1,600 ft) ahead of the runway. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 3603 .
Date: 18 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-87455
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky
Summary: The airplane was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky passenger service as Flight V-652 with 33 occupants on board, when it collided in clouds, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from its destination, with a Mi-8 (CCCP-22268) that had 7 people aboard. All...
Date: 16 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-40523
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Bulunsky District
Summary: Landed on soft terrain and sank, breaking off the engine.
Date: 13 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-32475
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saratov
Summary: Landed on unsuitable terrain.
Date: 9 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-07601
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Namangan Region
Summary: The engine failed while crop-spraying and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 8 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-85448
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Burned out during refueling.
Date: 29 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-87346
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zeya
Summary: Hit tree tops when it descended below the glideslope on approach to Zeya Airport amid poor weather, crashing, and catching fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk – Chita –Zeya–Blagoveshchensk passenger service as Flight 674 .
Date: 24 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-46653
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Off Zavitinsk
Summary: Was involved in a mid-air collision with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K . The commercial airliner was operating a domestic scheduled Komsomolsk-on-Amur– Blagoveshchensk passenger service as Flight 811 with 27 passengers and a crew of 5 aboard, when it collided with the mili...
Date: 1 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-91517
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ostrov Utichiy
Summary: Crashed into the terrain in poor visibility conditions while en route on a Magadan – Komsomolsk-on-Amur flight.
Date: 30 July 1981
Flight: CCCP-07422
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chimkent region
Summary: The pilot unintentionally shut down the engine during takeoff and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 15 July 1981
Flight: CCCP-01883
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Bodaybo
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Bodaybo to Kedrovy when it came in too fast due to a tail wind, overran and struck an earthen wall and caught fire.
Date: 28 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-65871
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Simferopol
Summary: Experienced a burst tyre upon landing at Simferopol Airport , inbound from Kiev ; the debris punctured a fuel tank, starting a fire.
Date: 14 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-41838
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ust-Barguzin
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulan-Ude – Severomuysk passenger service as Flight 498 . The planned course was abandoned due to bad weather, and the crew headed the airplane towards Ust-Barguzin. It crashed into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi)...
Date: 13 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-85029
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Bratsk
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Bratsk Airport .
Date: 13 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-07712
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saldus
Summary: Hit an oil storage tank following loss of altitude due to an engine failure, crashing and burning.
Date: 7 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-02357
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voroshilovgrad Region
Summary: Crashed during an unauthorized flight.
Date: 21 May 1981
Flight: CCCP-35198
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into a forest.
Date: 3 May 1981
Flight: CCCP-70836
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voskhod
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Runo" state farm, the pilot lost control in a steep turn at 20–25 m (66–82 ft) during an unauthorized flight. The aircraft crashed in a forest belt. There were two passengers on board and the pilot was inexperienced in agricultural operat...
Date: 28 April 1981
Flight: CCCP-92864
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Lazo
Summary: Started to descend after encountering snow squall lines on its flight path at 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), while en route from Batagay to Lazo. During the descent the aircraft struck a mountain.
Date: 18 February 1981
Flight: CCCP-67273
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Unknown
Summary: Destroyed by a fire that broke out on the flight deck.
Date: 12 February 1981
Flight: CCCP-04188
Aircraft: Il-14T
Location: Krenkel Station
Summary: While on final approach the crew twice lost sight of the runway lights. The aircraft touched down next to the runway in deep snow, collapsing the nose gear. The nose section struck the ground , causing a fuel tank and cargo to break loose. Due to complete a domestic non-schedu...
Date: 6 January 1981
Flight: CCCP-65698
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Sochi
Summary: Brake failure on landing at Sochi Airport .
Date: 28 October 1980
Flight: CCCP-11104
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kabul
Summary: Was operating the last leg of an international scheduled Sofia – Mineralnye Vody – Tashkent –Kabul passenger service as Flight 1531 , when it crashed into mountainous terrain, after the flightcrew descended below the minimum safe altitude, in bad weather, on approach to Kabul...
Date: 8 October 1980
Flight: CCCP-85321
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Chita
Summary: Inbound from Barnaul , the aircraft approached to Chita Airport well above the glideslope . Despite the flightcrew performing a steep descent, the aircraft made a long landing. The tail broke off as a consequence of the dive maneuver, and the landing gear sustained damage as w...
Date: 15 September 1980
Flight: CCCP-41831
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Bereznik
Summary: Crash-landed following asymmetric power on approach to Bereznik Airport .
Date: 18 July 1980
Flight: CCCP-87793
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Talaghy Airport
Summary: While on approach to Arkhangelsk, the flight engineer shut down the engines by mistake. The engines could not be restarted because the aircraft was flying too low. An emergency landing was made on a highway near the airport, but after landing the right wing struck a power pylo...
Date: 8 July 1980
Flight: CCCP-85355
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during climbout. The airplane stalled , crashed, and caught fire. Was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata– Simferopol passenger service as...
Date: 12 June 1980
Flight: CCCP-87689
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Dushanbe
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leninabad –Dushanbe passenger service as Flight Sh-88 when it went off course and crashed into the slope of a mountain 44 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Dushanbe Airport .
Date: 18 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-46220
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft failed to gain altitude on takeoff, after which it struck a concrete wall, crossed a highway and crashed into buildings and caught fire. The crew had not selected flaps for takeoff. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow–Ulyanovsk passenger...
Date: 14 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-47732
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Crashed while making a forced landing attempt, following the fracture of the starboard main undercarriage unit shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Yeniseisk passenger service as Flight 151 .
Date: 13 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-62479
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kara Sea
Summary: Both the fuselage and the wings sustained damage by the wheel studs when the aircraft performed a hard landing on its skis.
Date: 3 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-16027
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: Force-landed in a forest after the engine lost power.
Date: 1 March 1980
Flight: CCCP-85103
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Orenburg
Summary: Hard landing at Orenburg Airport . On approach, the aircraft descended below the glide scope and the crew failed to go-around. It struck the ground short of the runway, bounced, touched down again and broke in two. Due to complete the second leg of a Simferopol–Sochi–Orenburg–...
Date: 16 November 1979
Flight: CCCP-87454
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Vologda
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Veliky Ustyug Airport to Vologda Airport as Flight 564 when it struck tree tops and crashed on approach to the airport of destination as it descended below the glideslope amid fog.
Date: 30 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-61683
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Denmark
Summary: Destroyed by a fire that erupted aboard the ship (MV Olyenok) the aircraft was being carried upon.
Date: 27 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-32322
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Lensk
Summary: The rear door opened during takeoff. Two passengers left their seats to close the door, causing the center of gravity to move past the rear limit. The nose pitched up; the aircraft stalled and struck the runway. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic passenger service.
Date: 13 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-70805
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed in an open field and was consumed by fire.
Date: 20 September 1979
Flight: CCCP-56413
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Malyushin Airfield
Summary: Unknown
Date: 3 September 1979
Flight: CCCP-46269
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Amderma
Summary: The aircraft undershot the runway at Amderma Airport and crashed. On approach, the crew descended below the glidescope and the ground proximity warning system sounded, yet the crew continued to descend. The aircraft broke up after impact and the main wreckage came to rest 20–3...
Date: 29 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-45038
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kirsanov
Summary: The crew lost control of the aircraft due to an extension of the flaps while en route from Borispol Airport to Kazan Airport. The airplane subsequently entered a spinning dive, disintegrating at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft) over Kirsanov because of the overstres...
Date: 24 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-12963
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: The aircraft was en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk on a cargo service when it crashed 18 km (11 mi) away from Yeniseysk following the flameout of all engines due to fuel contamination.
Date: 11 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-65735
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Dneprodzerzhinsk
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision at an approximate altitude of 8,400 m (27,600 ft). The Tu-134AK had departed from Donetsk Airport and was en route to Minsk as Flight 7880 with 84 occupants aboard – 77 passengers and a crew of 7 – while the other ai...
Date: 3 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-67206
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Leningrad
Summary: While on approach to Rzhevka Airport the right engine failed. The propeller could not be feathered and the crew performed a go-around. The aircraft banked right, entered a spin and crashed in a forest short of and to the right of the runway and caught fire. The aircraft was op...
Date: 3 July 1979
Flight: CCCP-02330
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Krasnaya Polyana
Summary: Collided with a transmission tower while crop-spraying.
Date: 16 June 1979
Flight: CCCP-44920
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: Stolen by a drunk pilot at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport . The plane stalled in a low altitude maneuver and crashed upside down.
Date: 31 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-65649
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Tyumen
Summary: The airplane experienced a tyre burst that ignited the hydraulic fluid upon touchdown at Tyumen Airport .
Date: 19 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-65839
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ufa
Summary: Landed at Ufa Airport with its wheel brakes locked, veering off the runway and causing the fuel tank to rupture, subsequently catching fire. The aircraft was operating the first leg of a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk–Ufa–Chisinau passenger service.
Date: 10 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-75414
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Sochi
Summary: Overran the runway and crashed at Sochi Airport after an aborted takeoff.
Date: 10 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-06330
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Svidovets
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 26 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-26569
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Baykit
Summary: The pilot allowed some passengers to travel to Baykit. While on approach to Baykit, ATC ordered the crew to carry out a missed approach because the runway was blocked. The pilot continued the approach and barely climbed until the aircraft struck a wooded hillside and crashed....
Date: 22 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-65031
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Liepāja
Summary: The aircraft was operating the last leg of an Omsk– Gorkiy –Liepāja cargo service when it went off its extended centerline on approach to Liepāja Airport as it descended below the glideslope in poor visibility, crashing and catching fire after hitting trees.
Date: 20 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-87930
Aircraft: Yak-40K
Location: Chardzou
Summary: Entered the wake turbulence of a Mil Mi-6 and crashed at Chardzhou Airport .
Date: 17 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-42444
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: A false fire alarm in one of the engines prompted the crew to fly the aircraft back to Vnukovo Airport. On approach to the airport in poor visibility, the airplane descended below the glideslope and one wing hit an electricity pylon , then contacted the top of a hill, and even...
Date: 12 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-40594
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Broke through the icy surface of a lake and sank.
Date: 18 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-67210
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Belgorod
Summary: Crashed while operating a training flight.
Date: 15 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-46807
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kiev–Minsk passenger service as Flight 7502 when it crashed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) northwest of Minsk-1 Airport , on approach, after control was lost following the loss of longitudinal stability ; the pilot had prematurely swi...
Date: 2 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-04193
Aircraft: Il-14FKM
Location: Molodezhnaya Station
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. At 70–80 m (230–260 ft) the aircraft suddenly entered a left bank and descended until it struck a glacier. The aircraft was caught by windshear and a loss of control resulted. The aircraft was operating transportation flights for personnel of the...
Date: 1979
Flight: CCCP-85131
Aircraft: Tu-154B
Location: Unknown
Summary: Written off following a mercury spill in the cargo hold. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and used in the shooting of a movie before it was moved to an aeronautical school in Kryvyi Rih.
Date: 19 December 1978
Flight: CCCP-46299
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Samarkand
Summary: Crashed on approach to Samarkand Airport with only one engine working.
Date: 9 December 1978
Flight: CCCP-26547
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Cherskiy
Summary: Lost control and crashed just after takeoff due to shifting cargo.
Date: 30 November 1978
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking. The aircraft was covering the Krasnodar–Baku route.
Date: 14 November 1978
Flight: CCCP-85286
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Stockholm
Summary: Overran the runway and crashed after the nose failed to lift up. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Stockholm-Moscow passenger service as Flight 212 .
Date: 10 November 1978
Flight: CCCP-46789
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Makhachkala Airport
Summary: While operating a domestic scheduled Groznyy–Baku passenger service, a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft to Turkey. Although the hijacker injured the flight engineer, he was killed himself when a bullet ricocheted off a cockpit door he was firing at. The aircraft was...
Date: 23 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-46327
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Sivash
Summary: Crashed in the Gulf of Sivash after experiencing dual engine flameout due to icing conditions while en route at 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar-Simferopol passenger service as Flight 6515 .
Date: 18 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-02457
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: The aircraft took off without having been completely cleared of snow and ice. Controlling the aircraft became difficult and the crew made a forced landing in swampy terrain. The aircraft then caught fire.
Date: 17 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-32599
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lanovtsy
Summary: The pilots became distracted during a crop-spraying flight over hilly terrain and as a result the aircraft struck the slope of a hill.
Date: 13 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-32515
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mary
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 7 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-87437
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Experienced the failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Koltsovo Airport, owing to icing conditions. The aircraft lost height and crashed into a hill. Due to operate a domestic Sverdlovsk– Kostanay passenger service as Flight 1080 .
Date: 2 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-87544
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: Was operating a domestic scheduled Volgograd –Tbilisi passenger service. Experienced a hydraulic failure prior to land at Tbilisi Airport . The aircraft overran the runway following touchdown , hitting a concrete mast and breaking up in three.
Date: 29 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-07278
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ulan-Bator
Summary: Struck terrain for reasons unknown.
Date: 23 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-32079
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novoaleksandrovsk
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Lenin" collective farm, the crew, who were drunk, performed stunts. The aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire.
Date: 8 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-35112
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yablunivka
Summary: Lost altitude and crashed while crop-spraying. A first aid kit stored under the co-pilot's seat probably got stuck between the seat and steering column causing a loss of control of the stabilizer.
Date: 16 August 1978
Flight: CCCP-40545
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Nukus
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 11 July 1978
Flight: CCCP-79968
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 25 June 1978
Flight: CCCP-09616
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 18 June 1978
Flight: CCCP-02846
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. No further details are available.
Date: 29 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-35188
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Pastavy
Summary: While on approach, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into a road embankment near the airport.
Date: 19 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-85169
Aircraft: Tu-154B
Location: Maksatiha
Summary: Crash-landed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from Maksatiha, Tver Oblast , following the stoppage of all three engines soon afterwards the flight engineer accidentally disconnected the automatic transferring of fuel to the sump tank . The aircraft was operating a Baku–Leningrad pass...
Date: 7 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-70493
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Karnaukhovskiy
Summary: The aircraft was crop-spraying for the "Bolshevik" collective farm. Three days later a drunk pilot took two passengers on a flight from Novaya Tsimlaya to the collective farm's airstrip, but the aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire.
Date: 6 May 1978
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-18
Location: Ashgabat
Summary: En route to Mineralnye Vody, the aircraft was hijacked by a passenger who demanded to be flown to Iran. He threatened the crew with a pistol and grenade. The co-pilot was shot, after which security forces shot and killed the hijacker. The aircraft was able to return safely to...
Date: 1 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-01367
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ufa
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 8 April 1978
Flight: CCCP-87911
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: Stalled upon takeoff and crashed. Due to operate an Aldan–Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 401 . The Yak-40's V 2 speed was increased by 5 km/h (3.1 mph) due to instability at low speeds.
Date: 4 April 1978
Flight: CCCP-13716
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Muryuk
Summary: Lost speed on takeoff, stalled and crashed.
Date: 18 February 1978
Flight: CCCP-85087
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: A fire that broke out in the passenger cabin engulfed the front part of the airframe. The aircraft was standing on the apron at Tolmachevo Airport. Rags, in combination with an unattended heater that had been left on, started the fire.
Date: 1 February 1978
Flight: CCCP-40570
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Krasny
Summary: Collided with another An-2TP, tail number CCCP-40563, owing to air traffic controllers error. Landed safely, without any reported fatality on board. All occupants of CCCP-40563 perished in the accident.
Date: 1978
Flight: CCCP-11125
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Unknown
Summary: A vessel containing acid broke in the cargo hold while the aircraft was being loaded at some previous time.
Date: 1978
Flight: CCCP-46350
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Budyonnovsk
Summary: At 6,000 m (20,000 ft) both engines failed due to icing. The crew was able to lower the landing gear manually but were unable to deploy the flaps. A forced landing was carried out and the nosegear collapsed during landing after which the right wing hit a concrete pil...
Date: 23 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-02708
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ekimchan
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 20 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-07471
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 19 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-09696
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Podkopayevo
Summary: Force-landed due to loss of engine power, caused by fuel starvation.
Date: 9 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-47695
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Tarko-Sale
Summary: Crashed and caught fire upon takeoff from Tarko-Sale Airport because of an incorrect position of the flaps. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tarko-Sale–Surgut passenger service as Flight 134 .
Date: 28 November 1977
Flight: CCCP-70629
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chuya
Summary: Unknown
Date: 27 October 1977
Flight: CCCP-04195
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Cape Chelyuskin
Summary: Crashed after going off course on approach to Cape Chelyuskin Airport.
Date: 18 October 1977
Flight: CCCP-55625
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Srednekolymsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 September 1977
Flight: CCCP-33254
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Samarkand Region
Summary: The crew mishandled the altitude compensator, causing the engine to quit. The aircraft force-landed and was written off.
Date: 31 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-32180
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Otrado-Olginski
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 30 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-32032
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Jurbarkas
Summary: The collapse of the port main undercarriage upon crash landing led to an irreparable damage of the port wing.
Date: 29 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-01250
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Omolon
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 18 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-26536
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Ust-Kuyga
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 2 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-29316
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Barysh Airstrip
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulyanovsk–Nikolayevka passenger service. The pilot allowed 16 passengers on board for an unauthorized Barysh–Pavloka service. The overloaded aircraft failed to gain altitude on takeoff and struck trees 3 km (1.9 mi) pas...
Date: 21 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-44617
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kungrad
Summary: Struck an obstacle on takeoff, suffering substantial damage.
Date: 20 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-52096
Aircraft: Avia 14M
Location: Vitim
Summary: Attempted a tailwind takeoff from Vitim Airport . The aircraft drifted off the runway, hit trees, stalled and crashed into a woodland . The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Vitim-Irkutsk passenger service as Flight B-2 .
Date: 19 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-15274
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Alamedin
Summary: Struck an obstacle during a go-around following an aborted approach.
Date: 14 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-55723
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 10 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-65639
Aircraft: Tu-134
Location: Helsinki Airport
Summary: Hijacked by two people demanding travel to Sweden. The aircraft diverted to Helsinki due to insufficient fuel, where the hijackers surrendered.
Date: 8 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-46847
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Off Sukhumi Airport
Summary: Descended gradually until it crashed into the Black Sea, probably because the pilot became distracted with nearby storm activity. The aircraft was on a training flight from Sukhumi to Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi).
Date: 10 June 1977
Flight: CCCP-55735
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Bukhara
Summary: Force-landed due to a loss of engine power.
Date: 27 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-86614
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Havana
Summary: Struck power lines on approach to José Martí International Airport , crashing and killing all but two of the 70 occupants of the aircraft, plus one more on the ground. The airplane was operating an international scheduled Moscow– Frankfurt – Lisbon –Havana passenger service as...
Date: 7 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-15925
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tavda
Summary: Mid-air collision .
Date: 7 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-23716
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ayanka Airstrip
Summary: En route to Tilichiki the aircraft caught fire due to a fuel leak. The crew was incapacitated and lost control. The aircraft crashed on a frozen lake in tundra 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Ayanka.
Date: 5 April 1977
Flight: CCCP-61675
Aircraft: Il-14FKM
Location: Penyok
Summary: Crashed into the ground, following the loss of rudder control. The aircraft was on a training flight.
Date: 30 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-87738
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zhdanov
Summary: The starboard wing hit a pole while on final approach to Zhdanov Airport . The aircraft banked and struck the ground before it broke up and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk–Zhdanov passenger service.
Date: 18 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-09191
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Forish
Summary: During crop-spraying the crew performed low altitude stunts. The aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 6 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-40572
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Veered off the runway, crashing into a building.
Date: 15 February 1977
Flight: CCCP-75520
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Stalled following a missed approach procedure and crashed near Mineralnye Vody. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent-Yuzhniy Airport –Mineralnye Vody Airport passenger service as Flight 5003 .
Date: 13 January 1977
Flight: CCCP-42369
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic Khabarovsk–Novosibirsk–Dushanbe passenger service as Flight 3843 when an engine caught fire. While dumping fuel to make an emergency landing at Alma-Ata Airport , the fire reached the fuel tanks, which exploded; the aircraft cras...
Date: 18 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-61752
Aircraft: Il-14RR
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Deviated from the approach course to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport while operating a research flight and struck a mountain.
Date: 17 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-88208
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: Before takeoff, the left altimeter was set incorrectly, causing the altimeter to show 100 m (330 ft) than the actual altitude. The crew also did not realize that the stabilizer was also set incorrectly. On takeoff the aircraft rotated quickly and became airborne too...
Date: 17 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-46722
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Kiev
Summary: Flew below the glideslope amid reduced visibility on approach to Zhulyany Airport, eventually colliding with a concrete embankment. Was operating a domestic scheduled Chernovtsy –Kiev passenger service as Flight H-36 .
Date: 16 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-87638
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zaporozhye
Summary: Crashed during a training flight after stalling , 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Zaporozhye.
Date: 7 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-87756
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Armavir
Summary: Due to fog the crew performed a go-around at Mineralnye Vody. The crew considered diverting to Stavropol but were informed by ATC that visibility was just 300 m (980 ft) there (it was actually 700 m (2,300 ft) which would have allowed a safe landing). The c...
Date: 28 November 1976
Flight: CCCP-42471
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed 29 km (18 mi) away from Sheremetyevo Airport amid inclement weather. Malfunction of the artificial horizon caused the pilots to become disorientated and exceed bank limits. Due to operate the Moscow–Leningrad route as Flight 2415 .
Date: 30 October 1976
Flight: CCCP-75575
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Overran the runway on landing in bad weather.
Date: 2 October 1976
Flight: CCCP-01226
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Khoito-Gol
Summary: Crashed in the Vostochnyy Sayan Mountains.
Date: 26 September 1976
Flight: CCCP-79868
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: The pilot intentionally crashed the aircraft into a building where his former wife —from whom he had divorced— lived.
Date: 9 September 1976
Flight: CCCP-46518
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Black Sea
Summary: Mid-air collision, 37 km (23 mi) south of Anapa of Aeroflot Flight 7957 and Flight S-31 , involving an An-24 and Yak-40. The An-24RV was operating a passenger service between Donetsk and Adler with 46 people aboard. The Yak-40 was flying the Rostov-on-Don–Kerch route...
Date: 27 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-79852
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Beryozovo
Summary: The aircraft crashed following engine failure after the crew make a mistake in handling the fuel system
Date: 13 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-47734
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Guryev Airport
Summary: While on approach to land at Guryev (now Atyrau) the aircraft deviated from the glide path. The aircraft landed hard at high speed and bounced twice. The aircraft came down hard again and suffered substantial damage.
Date: 3 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-70190
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Popovka
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 26 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-07285
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Astrakhan
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 23 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-35088
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sokolskoye
Summary: Hit trees and crashed; the crew was probably drunk.
Date: 17 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-42335
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: Failed to get airborne due to overloading.
Date: 15 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-05840
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Barnaul
Summary: During a Zeminogorsk–Barnaul flight the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion, although the fuel gauge showed 150 L (40 US gal) of fuel. A forced landing was made in a forest and the aircraft suffered substantial damage as a result.
Date: 11 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-62439
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Sivash Lagoon
Summary: Crashed after encountering poor weather.
Date: 30 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70531
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Valikhanovskiy District
Summary: Experienced an in-flight failure on one of the propeller blades owing to fatigue . Violent vibrations caused the engine mount to fail, leading to the shift of the powerplant to the left, and causing the propeller to cut through the spar, which damaged the port wingbox . The ai...
Date: 27 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70481
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Komsomolski District
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Bestau" state farm, the crew, who were drunk, flew to Amangeldy. While the aircraft was parked, a drunk mechanic performed two flights; on the second flight the aircraft crashed on the banks of the Tolybai River and exploded.
Date: 26 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70764
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: Hit a transmission tower after it lost height due to a loss of power, crashed and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 20 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70819
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Engels
Summary: Crashed in a field while in a banking attitude. The aircraft was performing a crop-spraying flight for state farm No. 592.
Date: 12 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-32464
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Went off course on approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport and crashed into mountainous terrain 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away from Nizhnevartovsk. All crewmembers died in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was undisclosed.
Date: 9 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-23743
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 2 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-87541
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Osokorka
Summary: Made an emergency landing on a wet meadow while approaching Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport after the flight engineer had accidentally shut down all 3 engines and the flight crew were unable to restart the engines. Everybody on board survived uninjured.
Date: 1 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-85102
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Bioko Island
Summary: Crashed while en route its first leg into a 750-metre-high (2,460 ft) mountain. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Luanda – Malabo – Kinshasa – Tripoli –Moscow passenger service as Flight 418 . The cause was not determined, but radar failure was suspected.
Date: 19 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-03547
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Alaverdi
Summary: Crashed in bad weather.
Date: 16 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-79935
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission, when it crashed after a steep turn near Semipalatinsk, killing the pilot, who was drunk.
Date: 15 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-46534
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Chernigov
Summary: While flying at 5,700 m (18,700 ft), the rudder suddenly deflected 25° to the right, changing the roll angle and yaw. The pilots responded by adjusting the ailerons to reduce the roll, but a few seconds later the rudder deflected 9° and the elevators deviated, causin...
Date: 22 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-01626
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tula
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Date: 17 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-33170
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Kursk
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Oktyabr" kolkhoz (collective farm), the aircraft lifted off at low speed, stalled at 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and crashed.
Date: 11 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-09675
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kazachinsk
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain amid bad weather. All crewmembers perished in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was not disclosed. The aircraft was leased from Aeroflot.
Date: 24 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-61756
Aircraft: Il-14LIK
Location: Ashgabat Airport
Summary: Struck a mountain in a cloudy environment.
Date: 10 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-46613
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Hard landing. Overran the runway and crashed.
Date: 6 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-75408
Aircraft: Il-18E
Location: Verkhnyaya Khava
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Yerevan passenger service as Flight 909 , when it crashed on approach to Yerevan Airport . Due to an electrical failure, several instruments, including the heading indicator and the autopilot , were not functional at the t...
Date: 9 February 1976
Flight: CCCP-42327
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Suddenly banked some 20° right immediately after takeoff from Irkutsk Airport; the aircraft hit the ground moments later with the right wing down forming an even greater angle relative to the horizon. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Novosibirsk passenger service as...
Date: 30 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-75558
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Frunze Airport
Summary: Crashed after control was lost during a go-around. The aircraft was on a training flight.
Date: 13 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-47280
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Smolnoye Airport when it descended below the glidepath, and crashed near Leningrad; the crew had disregarded the ground proximity warning system.
Date: 3 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-45037
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Sanino
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport after the crew lost visual amid a cloudy environment and became disoriented. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow– Brest passenger service as Flight 2003 .
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-85020
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Kiev
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-42371
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Kiev
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing at Borispol Airport following an in-flight shutdown of the engines.
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-11103
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Unknown
Summary: Written off on 31 August 1976. Circumstances unknown.
Date: 15 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-11005
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Fergana
Summary: The landing gear was accidentally retracted on the take-off run at Fergana Airport .
Date: 13 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-49280
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nizhneangarsk
Summary: Crashed while flying too low in poor weather.
Date: 10 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-23691
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Serafimovich
Summary: Crashed while flying too low in poor weather.
Date: 20 November 1975
Flight: CCCP-46349
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kharkov
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Kharkov Airport , inbound from Rostov-on-Don, crashing into a hillside 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the airport. There was a discrepancy between the aircraft's barometric altimeter and the actual altitude. The aircraft was operating a domestic sc...
Date: 17 November 1975
Flight: CCCP-46467
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Gali
Summary: Went off course when trying to avoid a thunderstorm while en route a domestic scheduled Tbilisi–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight 6274 . Crashed into a mountain 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Gali.
Date: 22 October 1975
Flight: CCCP-87458
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The airplane was operating a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar – Vologda –Novgorod–Riga passenger service as Flight A-98 . When it was about to complete its second leg, the flightcrew attempted an approach to Novgorod Airport , despite poor visibility. The aircraft went off course,...
Date: 6 October 1975
Flight: CCCP-87328
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kirov
Summary: Crashed at Kirov Airport following the failure of the three engines.
Date: 18 September 1975
Flight: CCCP-98302
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Off Turukhansk
Summary: Flew into a 410-metre-high (1,350 ft) hill, 72 kilometres (45 mi) northwest of Turukhansk. The aircraft was operating a military service for the Soviet Air Force.
Date: 30 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-70506
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mogilev region
Summary: The aircraft was operating a medical flight to deliver a sick patient to a hospital in Mogilev. After landing in Krasnopole the crew reported that the engine would not start due to a defective starter. A second An-2 (CCCP-35443) was flown over with technicians, and the patient...
Date: 30 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-42472
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Main undercarriage break-up upon hard landing at Tolmachevo Airport .
Date: 15 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-87323
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Krasnovodsk
Summary: Crashed on final approach to Krasnovodsk Airport after the airplane descended below the glideslope due to an incorrect position of the flaps. It was completing a domestic scheduled Baku–Krasnovodsk passenger service as Flight A-53.
Date: 9 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-52056
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: The airplane went off the approach pattern to Bagdarin Airport and struck a wooded hillside in a cloudy scenario.
Date: 23 July 1975
Flight: CCCP-70235
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Termez
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 15 July 1975
Flight: CCCP-87475
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Batumi
Summary: Struck a mountain following a go-around at Chorokh Airport . Was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Batumi passenger service as Flight E-15 .
Date: 28 June 1975
Flight: CCCP-02132
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Struck terrain while flying too low.
Date: 19 June 1975
Flight: CCCP-41932
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Markovo
Summary: Crashed while flying in poor weather.
Date: 20 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-43908
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Destroyed on landing.
Date: 19 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-07960
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mestia
Summary: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff after it was caught in a strong downdraft.
Date: 18 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-70426
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Birobidzhan
Summary: The aircraft was flying a turn while low on fuel. Air entered the fuel system, causing the engine to quit and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 30 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-06444
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tambov
Summary: Lost altitude and crashed in a field while crop-spraying.
Date: 28 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-46476
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Poltava
Summary: The aircraft descended below the glidepath and crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport .
Date: 15 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-70177
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Omsk
Summary: Stalled following takeoff from Omsk Airport, banking to the left, crashing, and catching fire. The gust locks had not been disengaged before takeoff due to a maintenance error. Due to operate an Omsk–Leningradskoe–Kokchetau passenger service as Flight 454 .
Date: 12 February 1975
Flight: CCCP-75801
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Both nosegear and port main gear legs collapsed as the aircraft undershoot the runway when attempting to land in bad weather at Yemelyanovo Airport .
Date: 28 January 1975
Flight: CCCP-87825
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zaporozhye Airport
Summary: Before departure, the aircraft was cleared of snow, but due to continued snowfall the wings were covered in snow again. Snow was blown off the right wing during run-up. After lift-off the aircraft banked left and touched down on the left landing gear. Although takeoff was abor...
Date: 16 January 1975
Flight: CCCP-70417
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Sam Neua
Summary: Crashed into a mountain in poor weather at night near Sam Neua Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Vientiane-Sam Neua passenger service.
Date: 1975
Flight: CCCP-09233
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Undercarriage collapse on hard landing.
Date: 27 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-06911
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Crashed due to overloading.
Date: 24 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-15890
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Baturino
Summary: Some five to six minutes before arrival at Baturino the engine failed at 200 m (660 ft). The crew performed a forced landing on a frozen marsh but the aircraft contacted tops of dead trees and crashed. The aircraft was completing a Tomsk–Baturino cargo service as Fli...
Date: 14 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-87630
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bukhara
Summary: Aborted takeoff from Bukhara Airport , overrunning the runway and hitting a dike. Was due to operate a domestic scheduled Bukhara–Samarkand passenger service as Flight 124 .
Date: 9 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-44917
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Lost control and crashed after the cargo shifted.
Date: 8 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-05783
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kiev region
Summary: Crashed due to fuel exhaustion.
Date: 4 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-12985
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both aircraft collided in the air when the An-2R, just departing Irkutsk Airport, crossed the path of the An-12B that was on a training flight. The accident was caused by air traffic controllers error, who cleared the An-2R for take-off.
Date: 14 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-91515
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kiev
Summary: Lost control and crashed on fire shortly after take-off from Zhulyany Airport.
Date: 5 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-42501
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Chita
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Chita Airport , crashing into a railway embankment.
Date: 5 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-91730
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aleksandrovskoye Airport
Summary: While parked at the airport, the aircraft was blown over during a storm.
Date: 1 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-70766
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Surgut
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Mi-8T . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khanty-Mansiysk –Surgut passenger service, while the helicopter had left Surgut bound for Nefteyugansk . 24 people aboard the helicopter also perished in the accident.
Date: 18 October 1974
Flight: CCCP-11030
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: The aircraft hit trees on approach to Yeniseysk Airport when the airplane descended below the glidepath in bad weather, crashing some 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) short of the runway.
Date: 28 August 1974
Flight: CCCP-04302
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Andryushkino
Summary: Damaged struts collapsed on landing, causing the left lower wing to tear off.
Date: 27 July 1974
Flight: CCCP-35029
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sasovo
Summary: A fully upward deflection of the elevator trim tab caused the airplane to lose control and crash.
Date: 4 July 1974
Flight: CCCP-92836
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Usinsk Airport
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, flew too low. The aircraft struck tree tops and crashed in a forest clearing.
Date: 29 June 1974
Flight: CCCP-02383
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Demidovo (near Nizhny Karachan )
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "im. Dimitrova" collective farm, the engine failed. The aircraft was flying over a forest at 80–90 m (260–300 ft) when it lost altitude, struck tree tops, and crashed upside-down in the forest and burned out.
Date: 24 June 1974
Flight: CCCP-75405
Aircraft: Il-18E
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Suffered a bird strike shortly after takeoff from Yuzhny Airport . The aircraft, climbing through 10–15 m (33–49 ft), descended and crashed. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 5139 .
Date: 23 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-87579
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Gorenychi
Summary: Entered a high-speed descent and crashed on approach to Zhulyany Airport . Suspected flight crew intoxication with carbon monoxide . The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Leningrad–Khmelnitskiy-Kiev–Kirovograd passenger service as Flight H-166 .
Date: 19 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-25487
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Samarkand region
Summary: Fell back on the runway during a tail-wind takeoff.
Date: 13 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-23664
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Crimea
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew were attempting to cut their route short over mountains.
Date: 9 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-75425
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Ivano-Frankovsk
Summary: The aircraft overran the 500-metre-long (1,600 ft) airstrip it was mistakenly landed on at Ivano-Frankovsk Airport , ending up in a ravine and breaking in two.
Date: 2 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-87398
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: Crashed following an aborted take-off at Rostov Airport. The aircraft was operating a Lipetsk-Rostov on Don-Mineralnye Vody passenger service as Flight 1255 .
Date: 1 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-12950
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: North Pole-22
Summary: Hit an ice pinnacle during an emergency take-off, crashing and catching fire.
Date: 27 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-75559
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport, during initial climbout, following a failure of the outer starboard engine. An asymmetric retraction of the flaps, amid a strong vibration of the airframe, led to the loss of control of the aircraft, which was due to operate...
Date: 16 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-33085
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: Caught in a downdraft over mountainous terrain, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed.
Date: 9 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-87369
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazan
Summary: Crashed at Kazan Airport after an engine fire.
Date: 6 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-52053
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Ust-Kuyga
Summary: Unintentional retraction of the landing gear.
Date: 22 March 1974
Flight: CCCP-73960
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirov Airport
Summary: Crashed shortly after take-off due to an engine failure.
Date: 5 February 1974
Flight: CCCP-01579
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 25 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-46277
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: Crashed after takeoff from Rostov Airport .
Date: 22 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-33225
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yegorlykskaya District
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "im. Kirova" state farm in poor weather with poor visibility, the pilot descended to locate the airstrip but the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field and burned out.
Date: 6 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-46357
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mukachevo
Summary: Was operating a domestic scheduled Ivano-Frankovsk – Uzhgorod passenger service as Flight H-75 when it attempted to land at the Mukachevo Air Base as the airport of destination was temporarily closed. On approach, the aircraft flew through clouds in icing conditions, yet the d...
Date: 1974
Flight: CCCP-04243
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location:   Antarctica
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 24 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-32448
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Khantaiskoye Ozero
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Dudinka–Khantaiskoye Ozero cargo service. The crew cut the route short, but could not establish their position due to poor visibility. The crew did not realize that the frequency of the radio beacon at their destination had been changed. While desc...
Date: 23 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-45044
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Vynnyky
Summary: Strong vibrations created by a defective turbine blade in one engine caused the rupture of the fuel line, starting a in-flight fire in the airframe, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Lvov –Kiev passenger service as Flight 5398 . The aircraft crashed near Vynnyky sho...
Date: 21 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-87629
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Hard landing in fog at Erebuni Airport .
Date: 19 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-40521
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sanatorny
Summary: While en route to Shurma the aircraft encountered poor weather with snow and bad visibility. The aircraft encountered severe icing conditions between Urzhum and Shurma. Control was lost due to icing and the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field.
Date: 16 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-45061
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Karacharovo
Summary: On approach to Vnukovo Airport inbound from Vilnius, control was lost at 8,000 m (26,000 ft) due to a short circuit in the elevator trim system. The aircraft was operating a domestic passenger service as Flight 2022 .
Date: 7 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-42503
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Inbound from Kutaisi at above-normal speed, the aircraft crashed when one wing touched the ground as the crew tried to slow it down for landing at Domodedovo Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi-Moscow passenger service as Flight 964 .
Date: 4 November 1973
Flight: CCCP-41978
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Force-landed due to engine failure.
Date: 2 November 1973
Flight: CCCP-87607
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Moscow
Summary: Ten minutes before landing at Bryansk , inbound from Moscow as Flight 19 , the aircraft was hijacked by four hijackers that demanded money and to be flown to Sweden . After taking the passengers as hostages, the hijackers attempted to storm the cockpit. After determining that...
Date: 27 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-70408
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kolpashevo
Summary: Crashed on takeoff after the aircraft had not been completely de-iced.
Date: 25 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-01609
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nyrob
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to overloading.
Date: 20 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-45031
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kazan Airport
Summary: The aircraft touched down too late and too fast on a snow-covered runway. Unable to slow down, the aircraft ran off the runway, struck an obstacle and came to rest 617 m (2,024 ft) from the end of the runway. Cause attributed to crew errors.
Date: 13 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-42486
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was about to complete a domestic scheduled Tbilisi –Moscow passenger service as Flight 964 when it crashed on approach to Domodedovo Airport following an electrical power failure. This crash is the worst ever accident involving the Tu-104.
Date: 11 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-70880
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Goris
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 10 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-71209
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashauz
Summary: Stalled and crashed soon after takeoff from Tashauz Airport , when one engine failed and the other lost power. Due to begin a Tashauz– Darvaza -Ashkhabad cargo service as Flight 112 . All civil Li-2s were retired as a result of this accident.
Date: 5 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-04340
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Mount Khuuta
Summary: During a flight from Mys Kamenny to Vorkuta in support of a military unit the crew intentionally deviated from the fight route by 45 km (28 mi). The crew descended to 300 m (980 ft) in poor visibility and struck the side of Mount Khuuta. All eight on board...
Date: 2 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-12967
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Magadan
Summary: Deviated some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the extended centerline on approach to Magadan Airport and crashed into a hillside. The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Magadan cargo service as Flight 10178F .
Date: 30 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-42506
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Loss of control following take-off from Koltsovo Airport . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk– Khabarovsk passenger service as Flight 3932 .
Date: 15 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-32213
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Samarkand region
Summary: On takeoff, the landing gear hit an earth wall and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 8 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-41913
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Bogashevo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft banked left at 100–120 m (330–390 ft), rapidly lost altitude, and crashed 230 m (750 ft) short of the runway and caught fire.
Date: 30 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-09649
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kyzyl
Summary: Crashed while flying at low altitude.
Date: 29 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-28954
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nerkha
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 18 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-46435
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Off Baku
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Baku Airport the left engine failed. The crew retracted the flaps and began a left turn, but while turning the left wingtip struck a cable on an oil rig at Neftyanyye Kamni oilfield. The aircraft entered a descent, striking a pipeline and crashed nea...
Date: 16 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-41373
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Kotui River
Summary: Crashed on the bank of the Kotui River while flying too low.
Date: 13 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-23722
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Uelen
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 8 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-87790
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Arkhangelsk Airport
Summary: On takeoff, the crew attempted to lift the nose of the aircraft, but the elevators were locked. The aircraft ran off the runway, running through shrubs, striking the localizer antenna and finally crashing into a concrete and catching fire. An electrical failure caused the elev...
Date: 2 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-70807
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shakhty
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 2 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-33242
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chumikan
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 26 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-35559
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ordzhonikidze
Summary: Crashed after the pilot failed to recover from a stall.
Date: 20 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-79827
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Saatli District
Summary: During crop-spraying the engine failed at 20–25 m (66–82 ft) due to a bird strike. Because of the terrain, a forced landing was not possible. While the crew was performing a left turn the aircraft struck a canal embankment and crashed.
Date: 9 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-45062
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Eleven minutes after takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport , while climbing to 6,600 m (21,700 ft), the right engine suffered an uncontained failure. Debris penetrated the fuselage, killing two passengers and injuring another four. Panicking passengers moved towards the fro...
Date: 4 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-91534
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Shakhtyorsk
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain 53 kilometres (33 mi) away from Shakhtyorsk when it made a premature descent.
Date: 30 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-65668
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Amman
Summary: Crashed into a house and broke in three after it failed to get airborne at Marka International Airport . The aircraft was due to operate a scheduled Amman– Beirut international passenger service as Flight 512 . Two occupants of the aircraft died, as well as seven people on the...
Date: 25 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-32558
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Struck obstacles while flying too low.
Date: 21 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-09228
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Abakan
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Rossiya" state farm, the aircraft entered a downward spiral while turning at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and crashed in a field.
Date: 20 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-55798
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Starobeshevo District
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Gornyak" state farm, the aircraft lost altitude, crashed and caught fire while performing a right turn at 50 m (160 ft).
Date: 18 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-42379
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Off Chita
Summary: Hijacked en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Chita passenger service as Flight 109 by a passenger who demanded to be flown to China . Negotiations between the crew and the hijacker broke down and the hijacker was shot and mortally wounded by the onboard air marshal. As he la...
Date: 14 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-70569
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vologda
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 11 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-75687
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Off Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 6551 , when it crashed 84 kilometres (52 mi) south of Semipalatinsk, after it broke up at 5,000 metres (16,000 ft), possibly due to a steep emergency descent.
Date: 11 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-05915
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Kursk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 7 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-85030
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the crew took off with the inner spoilers deployed. This caused severe vibrations and a loss of power in two engines. The crew made a forced landing in a forest.
Date: 3 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-04244
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: North Pole
Summary: The aircraft took off from North Pole-21 drifting station to an ice floe in an area called "Point 4". After landing on the ice floe, the thickness was measured at 55 cm (22 in). The aircraft was parked and experiments began. When the ice was drilled to install instru...
Date: 24 April 1973
Flight: CCCP-42505
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was en route from Shosseynaya Airport to Moscow as Flight 2420 when it was hijacked by a person demanding to go to Stockholm. Despite an explosive device exploding in flight when the landing gear was lowered, killing the flight engineer and the hijacker and blowin...
Date: 14 April 1973
Flight: CCCP-35547
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Andreyevka
Summary: During a ferry flight from Andreyevka to a state farm in Almaty for crop-spraying, the pilot decided to fly over the Chubundy mountain range rather than flying around it. The aircraft then encountered poor weather and later crashed on a mountain top at 1,200 m (3,900 ...
Date: 24 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-05670
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Ozyornaya
Summary: During a cargo flight from Ozyornaya to Ust-Bolsheretsk the pilot, who was drunk, intentionally deviated from the flight route. The aircraft entered clouds and struck the northern slope of a snow-covered mountain at 350 m (1,150 ft).
Date: 9 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-01262
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kondinskoye
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Elushkino to Kondinskoye. The pilot and passenger (the director of Kondinskoye Airport) were both drunk. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed in a snow-covered swamp near Lake Khattavtur some 57 km (35 mi) west of Kond...
Date: 7 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-70816
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 6 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-11994
Aircraft: An-12AP
Location: Graham Bell Island
Summary: Crashed on landing. Wreckage remains at the crash site.
Date: 6 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-93467
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Serov
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 28 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-87602
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: Seconds after getting airborne, the airplane fell back to the runway at Semipalatinsk Airport for reasons unknown. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Semipalatinsk– Ust-Kamenogorsk passenger service as Flight X-167 .
Date: 24 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-75712
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Off Ura-Tyube
Summary: Broke up at a height of 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) as it spun , crashing 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Ura-Tyube. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dushanbe –Leninabad passenger service as Flight 630 .
Date: 19 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-85023
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Prague
Summary: Crashed on approach to Ruzyne Airport . While completing an international scheduled Moscow-Prague passenger service as Flight 141 the aircraft suddenly lost height and struck the ground, probably due to turbulence.
Date: 17 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-11341
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Amderma
Summary: Hard landing at Amderma Airport .
Date: 21 January 1973
Flight: CCCP-46276
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Petukhovo
Summary: Crashed into the snow near Petukhovo, apparently after it was hit by a surface-to-air missile while en route to Perm Airport . There were 39 people on board. Despite a few of them surviving the accident, they later died because of the low temperatures, before the rescue team r...
Date: 3 December 1972
Flight: CCCP-41306
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yerbogachon
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 22 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-87819
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport due to icing conditions.
Date: 21 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-11360
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Vorkuta
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Vorkuta Airport, ending up in a ravine.
Date: 14 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-91726
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lensk
Summary: Unknown
Date: 13 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-09676
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yeniseisk
Summary: While on a flight from Nazimoto to Yeniseisk the engine lost power, due to contaminated fuel. The crew decided to make a forced landing in a forest 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Yeniseisk, but the aircraft struck trees, crashed and caught fire.
Date: 5 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-32585
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Udskoye
Summary: Banked left, lost altitude and crashed three minutes after takeoff while performing a left turn. The pilot was drunk. Due to begin a Udskoye–Chumikan–Tugur–Nikolayevsk-on-Amur passenger service as Flight 372 .
Date: 4 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-46202
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kursk
Summary: Crashed after it contacted trees on approach to Vostochny Airport .
Date: 13 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-86671
Aircraft: Il-62
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed into a lake after several landing attempts into Sheremetyevo Airport , approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Paris –Leningrad–Moscow passenger service as Flight 217 .
Date: 6 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-70738
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Cherski
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 1 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-75507
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Adler
Summary: Crashed into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Sochi Airport , 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the shore. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Adler–Moscow passenger service as Flight 1036 .
Date: 13 September 1972
Flight: CCCP-33233
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Semipalatinsk Region
Summary: While attempting to take off from poor terrain, the aircraft crashed.
Date: 10 September 1972
Flight: CCCP-02369
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Velikaya Vulyga
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Vinnitsa from Velikaya Vulyga following a crop-spraying flight. Before takeoff, however, the crew, who was drunk, forgot to remove clamps on the rudder and stabilizer. The aircraft banked left on takeoff at 10–15 m (33–49 ft), l...
Date: 31 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-74298
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Smelovskiy
Summary: A fire broke out in the cargo hold, at 7,200 metres (23,600 ft), while the aircraft was covering a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata –Moscow passenger service as Flight 558 . The crew attempted to make an emergency landing at Magnitogorsk. During the descent, the airplane enter...
Date: 30 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-32520
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Perevitsy
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Vrachevo-Gorki" state farm, the aircraft encountered thick smoke from area peat fires. The pilots became disorientated, allowing the aircraft to lose altitude until it crashed into the bank of the Oka River.
Date: 30 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-49369
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Suntar
Summary: While transporting a cargo of fuel barrels, a fire started in the cargo hold. Although a forced landing was performed, the aircraft burned out.
Date: 26 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-75663
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Crashed upon landing in fog at Talagi Airport .
Date: 13 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-01147
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 11 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-01526
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kherson
Summary: Banked right, rolled left then right and crashed on final approach. The aircraft had encountered wake turbulence from a Mi-6 helicopter that had passed through the approach path 45 seconds prior. Due to complete a Novooleksiivka–Kherson passenger service as Flight D-44 .
Date: 4 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-91537
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Aldan
Summary: Destroyed by fire in a forced landing attempt due to an engine failure, shortly after take-off from Aldan Airport . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Aldan– Chulman passenger service.
Date: 28 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-32649
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ust-Kuiga
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 19 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-15283
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yenotayevka
Summary: Crashed in steppe 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Yenotayevka Airfield and burned out. The pilot was drunk.
Date: 11 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-98280
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Okha
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the aircraft encountered thick fog at 35–40 m (115–131 ft). The pilot then turned around but the aircraft lost airspeed, stalling and crashing on the shore of Pvernaya Bukhta Bay and burned out. The aircraft was operating an Okha–Tsimmermanovka...
Date: 29 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-46652
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Astrakhanka District
Summary: While crop-spraying the aircraft lost control while performing a right turn at low altitude, probably due to failure of the right-hand rudder control cable. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 28 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-02582
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shiringa
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Yeravninski" state farm the crew made an unauthorized flight from Shininga. The aircraft lost altitude while in a turn and crashed.
Date: 28 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-35313
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kzyl-Orda
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 15 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-02692
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rechka
Summary: While operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Peredolski" state farm the engine lost power, due to deposits on the intake valves. The aircraft lost power and crashed into a horse stable on the banks of the Luga River.
Date: 18 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-11215
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Kharkov
Summary: Operating a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 1491 , crashed 24 kilometres (15 mi) off Kharkiv on approach to the city airport , inbound from Moscow , when both wings separated from the fuselage. Aeroflot retired its An-10 fleet from service following this ev...
Date: 12 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-50506
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 8 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-45192
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Argyz District
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the aircraft took off in the direction of a forest. The aircraft struck tree tops shortly after takeoff, crashed in the forest and caught fire.
Date: 5 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-25604
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Poltava Region
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts over a village. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a building.
Date: 4 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-87778
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bratsk
Summary: Crashed into trees and burnt up when it was pushed down by a downdraft on approach to Bratsk Airport , inbound from Irkutsk as Flight B-608 .
Date: 14 April 1972
Flight: CCCP-01506
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vyyezdoye
Summary: The aircraft had been performing crop-spraying flights. On the 30th flight the aircraft struck a high-voltage power line while flying against the sun and then crashed into a water-filled ravine.
Date: 11 April 1972
Flight: CCCP-44937
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yukagir Village
Summary: Lost control and crashed on a flapless take-off at the Yukagir Village, Ust-Yansky District .
Date: 27 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-42621
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Voroshilovgrad
Summary: Taking off from Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk), the pilot decided to commit suicide due to marital problems. The pilot flew the aircraft into a four-story building where he lived, damaging several apartments and catching fire in the process. Although there were no injuries in th...
Date: 26 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-29380
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sterlitamak
Summary: Crashed due to icing.
Date: 19 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-42408
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Omsk
Summary: Struck a snow wall on landing at Omsk Airport following several landing attempts.
Date: 27 February 1972
Flight: CCCP-46418
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Lost control and crashed on approach to Mineralnye Vody Airport , after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.
Date: 22 February 1972
Flight: CCCP-46732
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Lipetsk
Summary: Crashed after the pilot accidentally activated the thrust reversers while the aircraft was on approach to Lipetsk Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Lipetsk service as Flight 25 .
Date: February 1972
Flight: CCCP-11142
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Rostov Airport
Summary: Burned out at the ARZ-412 maintenance facility at Rostov Airport.
Date: 30 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-91570
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Baranikha Airport
Summary: Overran the runway.
Date: 30 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-98348
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Baikit
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 29 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-50573
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Khanty-Mansisk
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 12 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-55567
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Farikha Airstrip
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft entered the back side of the power curve, probably due to a loss of engine power. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed on the ice short of the runway and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Farikha–Naryan-Mar cargo...
Date: 9 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-33164
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tashkent Region
Summary: Crashed on landing due to high winds.
Date: 8 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-98292
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Damanka
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Maikop to the ARZ-421 overhaul facility at Vinnitsa, with a stopover at Kerch. The aircraft was flying too low, and deviated south of the flight route by 15 km (9.3 mi). Poor weather with bad visibility were encountered and the air...
Date: 1 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-46788
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Saratov
Summary: During the descent to Saratov the aircraft flew through cloud, during which ice built up on the airframe. The pilot attempted to increase engine power to correct the decrease in speed, but this failed. The aircraft lost control and entered a high rate of descent and crashed 13...
Date: 29 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-32207
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aloja Airstrip
Summary: Crashed during crop-spraying after the pilot performed stunts at low altitude.
Date: 22 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-62760
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Written off after overrunning the runway on landing at an airstrip near Yerevan.
Date: 13 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-46378
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kerch
Summary: Struck power lines on approach to Kerch Airport . The aircraft was operating a Simferopol-Kerch passenger service as Flight N-639 .
Date: 12 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-46809
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Vinnytsia
Summary: Stalled and crashed during a go-around at Vinnytsia Airport , inbound from Kiev as Flight N-63 .
Date: 17 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-70908
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Crashed following the failure of the slat control cable.
Date: 12 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-11137
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Kishinev
Summary: Damaged on landing at Kishinev Airport.
Date: 11 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-47678
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tyubelyaha
Summary: Crashed into a mountain in poor weather while en route a Moma Airport – Ust-Nera passenger service. The wreckage was found five days later.
Date: 10 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-42490
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: While climbing through 1,200 m (3,937 ft) an explosive device detonated shortly after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport . The blast damaged the fuselage on the left side and destroyed flight controls. Control was lost and the aircraft rolled right, entered a descent and c...
Date: 25 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-98281
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tokko
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 22 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-96221
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Polotsk
Summary: Crashed out of control from 300 m (980 ft). The aircraft was flying 12 miners from Polotsk to Chelyabinsk, all of whom were drunk and not wearing seat belts. The passengers were probably moving around the cabin without crew permission, and this may have affected the...
Date: 16 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-62707
Aircraft: Be-30
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Crashed during service trials, possibly due to a crew member shutting down an engine by mistake.
Date: 29 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-12993
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Calcutta
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing in heavy rain at Dum Dum Airport .
Date: 28 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-87719
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Lipetsk Airport
Summary: Overran the runway on landing.
Date: 25 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-42405
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: Landed hard and burst into flames at Irkutsk Airport, inbound from Novosibirsk. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk–Irkutsk–Vladivostok passenger service as Flight 1912 .
Date: 16 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-43828
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Kamennaya Sarma
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Pobeda" collective farm the engine failed, probably due to a carburetor problem. Due to the terrain an immediate forced landing was not possible; instead the pilot performed a left turn but the aircraft lost altitude and crashed.
Date: 15 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-06266
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Pochop
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the crew, who was drunk, performed a low-altitude turn. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed in a field.
Date: 1 June 1971
Flight: CCCP-47729
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bogodorsk Island
Summary: Crashed near Ulan-Ude while on a training flight. Part of the training was to fly the aircraft with one engine out. After the engine was shut down and its propeller feathered, the flight engineer shut down the remaining engine by mistake and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 31 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-32076
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Malakhovo
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a forest and burned out.
Date: 25 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-11024
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Batagay Airport
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 24 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-02171
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kirov
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 29 April 1971
Flight: CCCP-42696
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chernivtsi
Summary: Force-landed in a forest due to a loss of engine power.
Date: 11 April 1971
Flight: CCCP-25588
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tedzhen
Summary: Lost airspeed and crashed on takeoff.
Date: 31 March 1971
Flight: CCCP-11145
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Voroshilovgrad
Summary: Crashed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) away from Voroshilovgrad Airport on approach, due to structural failure of the starboard outer wing. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev –Voroshilovgrad passenger service as Flight 1969 .
Date: 31 March 1971
Flight: CCCP-46747
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: While practicing approaches, the instructor-pilot thought the right engine was malfunctioning. The mechanic reduced power to the right engine while increasing power to the left engine. The mechanic then shut down the left engine by mistake and the right engine failed. The crew...
Date: 16 February 1971
Flight: CCCP-11374
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Vorkuta
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Norilsk –Vorkuta flight. It was due to land at Vorkuta Airport , but diverted to an alternative airfield because of the weather. Overran the runway on landing, hit a snow mound, and broke up.
Date: 7 February 1971
Flight: CCCP-91535
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kirovsk Airport
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing.
Date: 31 January 1971
Flight: CCCP-12996
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Surgut
Summary: Icing conditions on the ailerons led the aircraft to undershoot the runway on landing at Surgut Airport and crash .
Date: 22 January 1971
Flight: CCCP-11000
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Surgut
Summary: The aircraft was operating a cargo service from Omsk to Surgut when it crashed 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) short of the runway due to icing conditions .
Date: 31 December 1970
Flight: CCCP-75773
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed upon take-off from Pulkovo Airport when the crew forgot to select the flaps a priori. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Leningrad– Yerevan passenger service as Flight 3012 .
Date: 29 November 1970
Flight: CCCP-25611
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tambov
Summary: Crashed while flying a low-altitude steep turn.
Date: 16 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-75578
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Simferopol
Summary: The crew diverted to Simferopol following an engine failure. The aircraft overran the runway after landing.
Date: 16 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-84771
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport . The aircraft was overloaded, having its center of gravity beyond the aft limit .
Date: 15 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-46256
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Trabzon
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route from Batumi to Sukhumi by two hijackers, who demanded to be flown to Turkey .
Date: 14 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-02833
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chernivtsi
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in poor weather.
Date: 1 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-11031
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kamenny Mys
Summary: Crashed upon take-off following engine failures due to malfunctions in the fuel pump system.
Date: 27 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-35417
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Izhevsk
Summary: Crashed after a loss of speed while on approach to an airfield near Izhevsk.
Date: 21 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-02195
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Bulbukhta
Summary: Struck a mountain at 1,400 m (4,593 ft) in poor visibility. The aircraft was operating a Perevoz-Bulbukhta cargo service with supplies for a mine.
Date: 5 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-28952
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dzharkishlak
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "im. Kalinina" collective farm the aircraft struck a high-voltage power line while spraying a field which was not to be sprayed. The aircraft crashed in a cotton field.
Date: 3 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-87690
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Leninabad
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain at 2,100 m (6,900 ft). The crew began descending over mountainous terrain in IMC conditions while they were not aware of the aircraft's exact position. The aircraft was operating a Frunze (now Bishkek)–Leninabad passenger service as F...
Date: 2 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-45012
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Crashed after control of the aircraft was lost en route a domestic scheduled Rostov-on-Don – Vilnius passenger service, operated as Flight 3630 .
Date: 23 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-75823
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
Summary: While on final approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk the aircraft came in too high and descended quickly. The aircraft landed first with the nosegear, collapsing it, after which the aircraft then slid off the runway, breaking off both wings. The aircraft was completing a domestic sche...
Date: 20 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-15238
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Namangan Region
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 9 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-45215
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kirovograd
Summary: Crashed after striking a telephone line.
Date: 8 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-11188
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Kishinev
Summary: Force landed 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Kishinev. Twelve minutes into the flight, at 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), the crew detected smoke in the cockpit with a burning smell. An in-flight fire erupted after the number four engine suffered an uncontained failure, forcing...
Date: 26 July 1970
Flight: CCCP-29387
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aukštelkai
Summary: After crop spraying at the "Gražionis" sovkhoz (state farm), the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts. Airspeed was lost and the aircraft crashed in the Možaicai forest and burned out.
Date: 25 July 1970
Flight: CCCP-41295
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 5 June 1970
Flight: CCCP-75533
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Samarkand
Summary: The locking of the rudder on take-off led to the crash of the aircraft at Samarkand Airport.
Date: 15 May 1970
Flight: CCCP-11149
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Kishinev
Summary: On a training flight, lost control after a go-around at Kishinev Airport with two shut-down engines.
Date: 10 May 1970
Flight: CCCP-32463
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Irkutsk region
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Zavyety Ilyicha" collective farm, the crew, who was drunk, performed a steep turn at very low altitude. The aircraft lost speed and altitude and crashed.
Date: 28 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-15935
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Ryazan region
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Nekrasovo" state farm, the aircraft went into a steep turn to avoid a power line. Altitude was lost and the aircraft crashed upside down.
Date: 24 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-41398
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rostov Region
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The crew had not extended the flaps.
Date: 20 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-06333
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kuban
Summary: The aircraft was operating fertilizer application flights for the Kuban state farm. On the seventh flight, an aircraft technician and a farm employee were on board (the employee was also in the cockpit). The co-pilot took control of the aircraft while the pilot and employee we...
Date: 4 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-52002
Aircraft: Avia 14M
Location: Zaporozhye
Summary: Crashed on approach to Zaporozhye Airport . The crew initiated the approach prematurely and did not monitor altitude. The pilots were late in configurating the plane for landing, and came in too low. A go-around was initiated at 40 metres (130 ft). While making a right-ha...
Date: 1 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-47751
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Toguchina
Summary: The aircraft crashed 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Toguchina, after it collided with a weather balloon while en route a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk –Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 1661 .
Date: 19 March 1970
Flight: CCCP-25598
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nikolayevo-Kozlovski
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain . The aircraft was performing an unauthorised crop spraying mission.
Date: 5 March 1970
Flight: CCCP-58340
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff from Ust-Kut Airport due to shifting cargo.
Date: 26 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-12966
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Beryozovo
Summary: Hard landing at Beryozovo Airport.
Date: 25 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-61637
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ust-Maya
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Ust-Maya to Yakutsk when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Ust-Maya Airport following a malfunction on one of its engines during initial climbout.
Date: 6 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-75798
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Samarkand
Summary: Crashed into a mountain amid a cloudy scenario, 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Samarkand. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent-Samarkand passenger service as Flight U-45 .
Date: 31 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-40573
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Tokmass
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Chelyabinsk to Magnitogorsk when it stalled and crashed after the crew became disorientated in an area of heavy snow and poor visibility.
Date: 29 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-45083
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Murmansk
Summary: Crashed into a snow-covered hill, 29 kilometres (18 mi) away from Murmansk Airport , on approach, sliding down the snowy slope. Five occupants of the airplane perished immediately after impact; another six occupants died from hypothermia while awaiting for the rescue team...
Date: 28 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-47701
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Off Batagay
Summary: Crashed 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Batagay on a premature descent to the city airport, inbound from Deputatskiy Airport on a domestic scheduled passenger service.
Date: 1970
Flight: CCCP-46241
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Saratov
Summary: Destroyed by fire while refuelling at Saratov Airport .
Date: 11 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-75699
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Unknown
Summary: En route to Tashkent from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) the crew mishandled the trim tabs and autopilot. The aircraft entered a dive at 8,800 m (28,900 ft) and descended to 6,600 m (21,700 ft) before the crew regained control. The aircraft was able to make...
Date: 10 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-52010
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: off Makhachkala
Summary: Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft was cleared to climb to 2,100 m (6,900 ft) when the pilot reported clouds over the sea, which was not forecast. The aircraft suddenly nosed down and crashed into the sea 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from the shore. The wreckage wa...
Date: 9 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-35083
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lunino
Summary: An An-2 (CCCP-35082) left Penza on a positioning flight to Kazan. CCCP-35083 left three minutes later on the same route. Inexplicably, the crew of the second An-2 wanted to catch up with the first An-2. The crew accelerated, joining up with the first An-2 twenty minutes later,...
Date: 6 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-11381
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Khatanga
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Syktyvkar–Khatanga cargo service as Flight 5135 when it crashed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off Khatanga Airport , on approach, due to icing .
Date: 25 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-44995
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Mukachevo
Summary: En route to Irshava the aircraft encountered poor weather, with low clouds over the mountains. The crew deviated to the left of the flight route, after which the aircraft entered clouds and struck the side of a mountain at 420 m (1,380 ft). The aircraft was operating...
Date: 13 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-11376
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Amderma
Summary: Crashed on approach to Amderma Airport, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the airfield, due to icing conditions . The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Amderma-Yakutsk cargo service as Flight 5009 .
Date: 1 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-43847
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kazalinsk
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff. Before taking off, 12 passengers wanted to fly to Frunze (now Tuganbay); these passengers paid the pilot to board the aircraft. As a result, the aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear. The aircraft went into a...
Date: 13 October 1969
Flight: CCCP-47772
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Crashed some 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) short of the runway, on approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport , after a feathering of the propellers due to an accidental activation of the de-icing system. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Surgut-Nizhnevartovsk passenger se...
Date: 12 October 1969
Flight: CCCP-11169
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Mirny
Summary: Landed on icy runway at Mirny Airport .
Date: 26 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-44984
Aircraft: An-2
Location: off Tiksi
Summary: Ditched in Tiksi Bay due to engine failure (caused by a manufacturing defect) while approaching Tiksi at night in poor weather.
Date: 10 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-75791
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Collided with a vehicle after landing at Yakutsk Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Yakutsk passenger service as Flight 93 .
Date: 8 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-11377
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Amderma
Summary: While the aircraft was taxiing at Amderma Airport for departing to Norilsk, it was impacted in the nose by a crashing Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-128 that veered off the runway following the collapse of its starboard main undercarriage upon landing. Both airplanes burst into f...
Date: 1 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-61731
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: near Zaliv Kresta Airfield
Summary: The aircraft departed Anadyr but returned due to bad weather at Egvekinot. Three hours later the aircraft took off again. While on approach, the crew drifted to the right during the descent towards land. The crew performed a 180-degree turn over mountainous terrain and the air...
Date: 26 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-75708
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Inbound from Norilsk , the crew forgot to lower the landing gear. The aircraft belly landed at Vnukovo Airport, and a fire broke out. The aircraft was operating a Sochi-Norilsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 1770 .
Date: 26 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-41971
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Khovu-Aksy
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft encountered poor weather, with low clouds over mountainous terrain. Flying through clouds, the aircraft struck a wooded mountain slope at 1,940 m (6,360 ft). The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kyzyl–Khovu-Aksy passenger servi...
Date: 19 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-96176
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mostki
Summary: Crashed during a crop-spraying flight. The crew, who was drunk, allowed three passengers on board. The crew performed some maneuvers at low height until the aircraft struck trees at a height of 15–17 m (49–56 ft). The aircraft crashed and caught fire.
Date: 12 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-11018
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: The aircraft was completing the first leg of a Tiksi –Novosibirsk–Moscow cargo service as Flight 5134 , when the engines lost power on approach to Novosibirsk Airport ; it descended into a forest, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) away from the airfield, and caught fire.
Date: 3 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-46248
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Preobrazhenka
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk – Vinnitsa passenger service as Flight N-826 , when a blade from one of the port propellers separated from the engine. The detached blade punctured the fuselage and severed the controls. The airplane entered a spin...
Date: 5 July 1969
Flight: CCCP-09168
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Udokan Range
Summary: Struck a mountain. Between Ust-Nyukzha and Chara the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and rain. While flying along the Khani river valley, the aircraft struck the side of a mountain at 1,800 m (5,900 ft) in the Udokan Range. Wreckage was found on 16...
Date: 28 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-91495
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: near Talas
Summary: The crew made a wrong turn after takeoff, turning right instead of turning left. The aircraft then flew over mountainous terrain, striking a mountain at 3,150 metres (10,330 ft) some 8.7 km (5.4 mi) to the left of the flight route. The aircraft was operating a d...
Date: 26 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-91527
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Magadan
Summary: A fire broke out shortly after takeoff from Magadan Airport. While attempting an emergency landing, the aircraft hit trees and crashed. Due to operate a Magadan– Seymchan cargo service.
Date: 25 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-11380
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Mirny
Summary: Starboard main landing gear broke off upon landing at Mirny Airport .
Date: 23 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-52018
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Poroslitsy
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Moscow– Chernigov passenger service as Flight 831 . The captain unilaterally decided to increase height, colliding mid-air with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), over the Poroslitsy village, Yukhnov...
Date: 15 May 1969
Flight: CCCP-32607
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Novotitarovka
Summary: After being refilled with pesticides for crop-spraying, the co-pilot took a ground mechanic for a ride. The pilot attempted but failed to stop the aircraft as it taxied for takeoff. The co-pilot performed stunts at low altitude until the aircraft struck a 7 m (23 ft)...
Date: 28 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-42436
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Irkutsk Airport.
Date: 18 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-09193
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Otar
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, took six passengers on a joy ride, during which he performed stunts. The aircraft crashed in a field near Otar.
Date: 7 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-13667
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shcherbinovsky District
Summary: While operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Severny" state farm, the pilot, who was drunk, allowed two passengers on board. While attempting a steep turn at low altitude the aircraft lost control and crashed.
Date: 30 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-29320
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sergeyevka
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Priluki to Sergeyevka for crop-spraying when it crashed near Sergeyevka airstrip after the crew became disorientated in poor weather.
Date: 28 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-98316
Aircraft: An-6
Location: Sagirdasht
Summary: En route to Tavildara the aircraft encountered poor weather over mountainous terrain with cloud-covered summits. The aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route, striking the side of a mountain in the Darwaz Range. The wreckage was found on 31 Mar...
Date: 24 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-46751
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport. The right engine had lost power after the landing gear was retracted, causing a loss of speed and height, hitting trees and crashing into the ground. The airframe broke in two, and both pieces caught fire. Due to operate a d...
Date: 3 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-06214
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Rubashovka
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight from Rubashovka to the "Krasnoye Znamya" sovkhoz (state farm) the pilot, who was drunk, performed stunts with an unauthorized passenger on board. The pilot was recovering from a loop at low-altitude when the aircraft crashed 140 m (460 f...
Date: 10 January 1969
Flight: CCCP-70940
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Malka
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew set course over mountains instead of along the valleys, despite poor weather. The aircraft entered clouds and struck a mountain slope at 1,230 m (4,040 ft) in the Ganalskiye gory range, slid for 700 metres (2,300 ft) down the slope, e...
Date: December 1968
Flight: CCCP-04214
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location:   Antarctica
Summary: Damaged on landing; subsequently destroyed by strong winds.
Date: 2 November 1968
Flight: CCCP-11349
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Lensk
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain on approach to Lensk Airport , 15.6 kilometres (9.7 mi) off Lensk.
Date: 20 October 1968
Flight: CCCP-75436
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: During the first leg of a Novosibirsk–Yakutsk–Magadan passenger service, hydraulic pressure on engine two dropped for reasons unknown. The pilot decided to divert to Krasnoyarsk, where weather was poor. The approach was made in snow and during finals, the aircraft was too low...
Date: 6 October 1968
Flight: CCCP-46552
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mary
Summary: Forced landing due to engine failure while flying at 4,200 m (13,800 ft).
Date: 22 September 1968
Flight: CCCP-91763
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Seymchan
Summary: During a flight in support of a geologic expedition the aircraft encountered poor weather over the mountains with low clouds. The aircraft drifted off course by 25 km (16 mi) and began descending in cloud over mountains until it struck the side of Mount Khapchagai so...
Date: 8 August 1968
Flight: CCCP-11172
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Mirny
Summary: Hit a vehicle after running off the runway of Mirny Airport following the failure of the main starboard undercarriage.
Date: 3 August 1968
Flight: CCCP-01118
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Psebai
Summary: En route to Psebai, the aircraft encountered poor weather with rain and poor visibility. The crew decided to return but the aircraft struck a wooded mountain side in the Skalisty Range at 1,050 m (3,440 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar–P...
Date: 21 July 1968
Flight: CCCP-32209
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sufi-Kurgan
Summary: Crashed on a mountain slope. The pilots became disorientated in bad weather and deviated west of the flight route by 10 km (6.2 mi). The aircraft was operating a Dzhargital–Lyahsh–Daraut-Kurgan–Osh passenger service.
Date: 1 July 1968
Flight: CCCP-02332
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Breusovka
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops near Olkhovatka, Poltava Region. During one of these flights, the pilot allowed two passengers on board. After completing the flight the pilot flew to Kozelshchyna, taking on passengers as he went. At Kozelshchyna the pilot and passengers drank...
Date: 30 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-05989
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Semikarakorsk district
Summary: The pilot was performing crop-spraying flight for the "Novo-Zolotovski" state farm with a local guide on board. Distracted by the passenger, the pilot allowed the aircraft to lost altitude. The aircraft struck the ground and burned out.
Date: 28 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-45209
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Slobodovka
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 19 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-45228
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tenginskaya
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Pobeda" sovkhoz, the aircraft lost altitude while turning. The aircraft crashed and burned out. The pilot had performed the turn too sharp, too low, and too slow.
Date: 16 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-05977
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Maryinka
Summary: The aircraft was due to begin crop-spraying for the "Pobeda" sovkhoz. Immediately after takeoff the pilot probably lost control of the flaps and ailerons. The pilot dropped the load (the aircraft was due to perform crop-spraying) and regained control of the aircraft, but some...
Date: 22 April 1968
Flight: CCCP-75526
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Moscow
Summary: Hit power lines while on a training flight and crashed near Domodedovo Airport .
Date: 9 March 1968
Flight: CCCP-41840
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Mount Getantag
Summary: The aircraft was flying a Tbilisi– Yerevan cargo service when the crew decided to fly back to Tbilisi as they had lost visual because of the weather. The aircraft crashed into Mount Getantag at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).
Date: 7 March 1968
Flight: CCCP-45019
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Volgograd Airport
Summary: During the takeoff roll, the pilot attempted to rotate and pulled back on the control column. At the same time, he accidentally pushed the spoiler switch for three seconds. The aircraft climbed to 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and flew for 400 m (1,300 ft), but then i...
Date: 29 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-74252
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Off Bratsk
Summary: Broke up in-flight during an emergency descent, crashing and bursting into flames 160 kilometres (99 mi) away from Bratsk, possibly due to a fuel leak. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk– Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service as Flight 15 . On...
Date: 24 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-75560
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Donetsk Airport
Summary: The crew aborted takeoff for unknown reasons. Unable to stop within the remaining runway distance, the aircraft overran, breaking off the landing gear.
Date: 19 February 1968
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Baghdad
Summary: Hit a building on landing.
Date: 12 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-28946
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ayaguz
Summary: En route to Ayaguz the aircraft encountered snow. The aircraft then crashed into the side of Mount Tikasu at 1,850 m (6,070 ft) and caught fire. The pilot left the crash site the next day and hiked 18 hours through deep snow to Nekrasovka. The other five survivors we...
Date: 29 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-11015
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Hard landing at Yakutsk Airport .
Date: 9 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-75519
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Karaganda Airport .
Date: 6 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-47733
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Olyokminsk
Summary: Broke up at 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and crashed 92 kilometres (57 mi) west of Olyokminsk. The aircraft was operating the second leg of a scheduled domestic Yakutsk–Olyokminsk–Lensk–Ust-Kut–Krasnoyarsk–Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 1668 . The cause was neve...
Date: 4 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-96226
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Vologda
Summary: Mid-air collision. CCCP-09667 was operating a Ust-Kubinsk-Vologda passenger service while CCCP-96266 was departing Vologda on a cargo flight to Saint Petersburg. In limited visibility in snow, both aircraft collided at 200 m (660 ft) and crashed 23 km (14 m...
Date: 31 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-46201
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Crashed short of the runway on approach to Voronezh Airport .
Date: 30 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-46215
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Liepaya
Summary: Inbound from Riga, the aircraft was too high above the glide slope. The crew added takeoff power and started a missed approach. At that time, the left engine was in reverse thrust mode. The aircraft lost altitude, rolled to the left and crashed in a snow-covered field. The air...
Date: 1 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-96215
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mugur-Aksy
Summary: During the second leg of a Kyzyl–Teeli–Mugur-Aksy passenger service, the crew flew into clouds while on approach to Mugur-Aksy and deviated from the flight route. The crew decided to go around, but too late; the aircraft struck the side of a snow-covered mountain some 7 k...
Date: 26 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-09210
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dubovka
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Baku to Kharkov (now Kharkiv) for overhaul. During the Kizlyar–Stavropol leg, the crew encountered poor weather (low clouds and snow). Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue. The aircraft struck the side of a mountain northwest...
Date: 19 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-04227
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: The aircraft was returning to Krasnoyarsk following a cargo flight to Yeniseysk. In low visibility, the crew did not realize that they were flying too low. Some 55 m (180 ft) before the middle marker, the aircraft struck a telephone pole, a wooden fence and a hangar...
Date: 16 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-75538
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: One of the engines caught fire upon takeoff from Koltsovo Airport. The propeller could not be feathered, causing the aircraft to crash upside down. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk–Tashkent passenger service as Flight 2230 .
Date: 20 October 1967
Flight: CCCP-29320
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Vetluga
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff from Vetluga Airport. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear. Due to begin the second leg of a Gorki–Vetluga–Kalinina–Sharya passenger service.
Date: 12 October 1967
Flight: CCCP-16150
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Takhtamygda–Kyzyl-Syr cargo service. The crew diverted to Aldan after the left engine failed. While on approach to Aldan the landing gear did not lower and the crew aborted the approach. A steep left turn was performed to avoid hitting a mountain p...
Date: 29 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-42615
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Meschura Airport
Summary: On initial climb the engine control lever disconnected due to a missing lock tab. The aircraft lost altitude and airspeed and crash landed on trees and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Meschura–Knyazhpogost passenger service as Flight 96 .
Date: 13 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-15959
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ayanka
Summary: The crew and a friend of the crew left Ayanka for a fishing party by the Penzhina River (8 km (5.0 mi) north of Ayanka). En route while flying too low, the aircraft struck trees, stalled and crashed on a sandbank. The crew had no permission for the flight.
Date: 9 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-55799
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aravan
Summary: While spraying crops at the "im. Zhdanova" kolkhoz, the crew mishandled the fuel system and the engine quit. Instead of attempting a forced landing, the crew decided to restart the engine. Altitude was lost and the aircraft struck trees next to a house, ripped off the house's...
Date: 28 July 1967
Flight: CCCP-09243
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Udskoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Kurun-Uryakh–Nelkan–Udskoye in support of an expedition. On approach to Udskoye the crew encountered poor weather (low clouds and fog). The crew failed to return and deviated from the flight route to the left by 14 km (8.7...
Date: 4 July 1967
Flight: CCCP-98241
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Verkhnyaya Dobrinka
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Dobrynski" sovkhoz, the crew, who was drunk, flew too low and nearly struck a telephone line. While attempting to 'hop' over the line, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field and burned out.
Date: 17 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-71220
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Karaganda Airport
Summary: After touching down at Karaganda, the aircraft lifted off again due to elevator control problems. The aircraft climbed to 10–15 m (33–49 ft) at which the pilot then decided to perform a go-around. The aircraft stalled at 20–25 m (66–82 ft), crashed back on...
Date: 11 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-49345
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Gazimurski Zavod
Summary: Lost altitude while turning and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 4 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-04366
Aircraft: An-12TP-2
Location: Blagoveshchensk
Summary: Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Blagoveshchensk Airport .
Date: 11 May 1967
Flight: CCCP-05604
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Alexeyevka
Summary: En route to Alexeyevka the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and rain. Entering clouds, the aircraft deviated 6 km (3.7 mi) from the flight route. The aircraft struck the side of Mount Aina-Sulak at 970 m (3,180 ft).
Date: 11 April 1967
Flight: CCCP-04213
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Nizhniye Kresty
Summary: While on approach to Nizhniye Kresty Airport, the pilot mistook empty barrels, marking the start of the snow airstrip, for parked helicopters. The pilot performed an emergency turn out, but this caused the aircraft to stall and crash on the frozen Kolyma River 3.5 km (2.2...
Date: 6 April 1967
Flight: CCCP-75563
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft arrived at Domodedovo Airport from Krasnoyarsk. The aircraft was then to be ferried to Vnukovo Airport, but after performing a turn after takeoff, the aircraft spiraled down and crashed 2 km (1.2 mi) to the right of the runway.
Date: 13 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-04959
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Black Sea
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked and stolen at Tuapse by a former Soviet Air Force and Aeroflot pilot who wished to escape to Turkey. While flying over the Black Sea the aircraft was intercepted by a Yak-28P and later shot down by a MiG-17.
Date: 12 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-61657
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Yakutsk
Summary: One of the engines caught fire while en route an Olyokminsk–Yakutsk service as Flight 1799 . The aircraft crashed after it hit trees 86 kilometres (53 mi) away from Yakutsk when the crew attempted to force-land the aircraft amid snowy weather in darkness.
Date: 6 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-11007
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Salekhard
Summary: The crew did not make a proper selection of the flaps before takeoff from Salekhard Airport ; the aircraft stalled following rotation , crashing into the banks of the Ob River , 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) off the airport. Due to operate a Salekhard– Tarko-Sale cargo service.
Date: 14 January 1967
Flight: CCCP-04343
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed and exploded during an emergency landing following a fire in the cargo hold that broke out shortly after takeoff from Tolmachevo Airport. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Novosibirsk-Krasnoyarsk-Khabarovsk cargo service as Flight 5003 .
Date: 18 December 1966
Flight: CCCP-46601
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Zafarabad
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, took a mechanic on a ride, during which the pilot performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire.
Date: 22 November 1966
Flight: CCCP-75665
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma Ata (now Almaty)-Semipalatinsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight X-19 . During the takeoff roll at Alma-Ata Airport the number three engine failed, probably due to wet snow ingestion. The takeoff was continued but the...
Date: 9 September 1966
Flight: CCCP-96224
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Off Tsikhisdziri Cape
Summary: Ditched in the Black Sea following engine failure. Ten minutes after takeoff, at 250 m (820 ft), the engine failed due to magneto problems. The crew ditched the aircraft near a fishing boat; the aircraft was recovered five days later from a depth of 34–36 m (112...
Date: 7 September 1966
Flight: CCCP-79816
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a Dushanbe–Murghab flight in support of a geological expedition. While flying through the Murghab River gorge the aircraft caught fire, probably due to an acetone spill in the cabin. The pilot attempted to force-land in the area where the Murghab and Zapadn...
Date: 27 August 1966
Flight: CCCP-75552
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Overran the runway on takeoff with a locked rudder at Arkhangelsk Airport . The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Arkhangelsk-Leningrad passenger service as Flight 3772 .
Date: 27 July 1966
Flight: CCCP-45038
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Zaporizhia Oblast
Summary: During the Kharkov–Simferopol leg of a Kazan–Kharkov–Simferopol passenger service as Flight 67 , the aircraft unexpectedly entered storm clouds at 7,200 m (23,600 ft), after which it rolled 60-70° and entered a high-speed dive for 10 seconds. The crew were able to re...
Date: 24 June 1966
Flight: CCCP-01127
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Arteni
Summary: Struck a high-voltage power line and crashed during a crop-spraying flight.
Date: 13 June 1966
Flight: CCCP-45017
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Minsk
Summary: Overran wet runway on landing at Minsk-1 International Airport .
Date: 23 April 1966
Flight: CCCP-61772
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Baku
Summary: Twelve minutes after takeoff, the pilots reported that they were having engine problems and thought wet spark plugs were the cause. The crew turned around to return to Baku, but during the approach power was lost in the left engine. The pilots later reported that the temperatu...
Date: 23 April 1966
Flight: CCCP-02807
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Labinsk
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the aircraft lost altitude while turning at low altitude. The aircraft crashed in a 50-60-degree bank.
Date: 25 March 1966
Flight: CCCP-65710
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ramenskoye
Summary: While at 2,100 m (6,900 ft) during a training flight, the aircraft encountered turbulence and crashed out of control. The left outer wing had separated in turbulence due to a design defect.
Date: 2 March 1966
Flight: CCCP-79860
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Golubichnoye
Summary: Crashed during a training flight. The cause of the crash was not determined, but an in-flight fire or spatial disorientation were theorized.
Date: 26 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-79910
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mys Nalycheva
Summary: The aircraft encountered poor weather, with poor visibility and heavy snow. The crew deviated to the left of the flight route by 17 km (11 mi); the aircraft then crashed at 589 m (1,932 ft) on the snow-covered summit of a hill on Mys Nalycheva.
Date: 21 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-79943
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Baranikha
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight from Pevek to Baranikha in good weather. While approaching Baranikha, weather worsened and visibility dropped due to snow. The aircraft descended to 330 m (1,080 ft), but it struck a snow-covered hill, tearing off the left ski. af...
Date: 17 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-76491
Aircraft: Tu-114
Location: Moscow
Summary: Struck a snowdrift with the port main landing gear upon takeoff from Sheremetyevo Airport. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft so as to bank it to the right, causing the inner starboard propeller to hit the ground. The airplane, due to inaugurate the Moscow – Conakry – Accra – B...
Date: 16 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-52058
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Pechora
Summary: Experienced a fire in one of the engines while en route a domestic scheduled Vorkuta –Syktyvkar passenger service as Flight 302 . The crew attempted to divert the aircraft to Pechora after the fire could not be extinguished, but the burning engine detached from the wing, causi...
Date: 30 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-02851
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Velyka Vyska
Summary: During a training flight out of Lelekovka in poor visibility the trainee pilot left zone no. 2 by mistake and began losing height. When he saw a triangulation tower he began a steep right turn. The instructor intervened, but too late, and the aircraft struck the ground near a...
Date: 14 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-02185
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Shamurat
Summary: En route to Samarkand from the "Kommunizm" state farm the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and heavy rain. The captain decided to continue the flight, and deviated east from the flight route for better weather. While flying over the Karatau mountain range, the...
Date: 1 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-61618
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: While flying at 3,300 m (10,800 ft), the right engine failed. The crew considered diverting to Sobolevo but the runway was covered in snow and decided to continue. The aircraft started to gradually lose altitude and was at 2,900 m (9,500 ft) after passing S...
Date: 31 December 1965
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking episode.
Date: 23 December 1965
Flight: CCCP-75688
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Magadan
Summary: The airframe sustained irreparable damages when it dived from 8,000 metres (26,000 ft).
Date: 16 November 1965
Flight: CCCP-01189
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Ust-Maya
Summary: Main undercarriage broke off upon landing in snow.
Date: 11 November 1965
Flight: CCCP-45086
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Murmansk
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Murmansk passenger service as Flight 99 when it crashed 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) off Murmansk Airport , on approach. The pilot mistook lights near the Middle Marker Beacon for runway lights and began descending, but b...
Date: 11 September 1965
Flight: CCCP-11337
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Ulan-Ude
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tashkent-Fergana-Novosibirsk-Krasnoyarsk-Irkutsk-Yuzhno Sakhalinsk cargo service. The crew diverted to Ulan-Ude after the airport at Irkutsk was closed due to poor weather. The crew did not set the altimeter correctly, causing false readings. The a...
Date: 5 September 1965
Flight: CCCP-98320
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Loukhi
Summary: During a positioning flight from a lake to Loukhi, the pilot, who was drunk, began a steep descent over Lake Keret. The co-pilot attempted to recover, but the aircraft crashed in the lake, nosed over, and sank in 4 m (13 ft) of water. The co-pilot was rescued by a bo...
Date: 25 August 1965
Flight: CCCP-05856
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Šilale
Summary: The co-pilot, who was drunk, took off at dusk. The aircraft struck a tree top 7 km (4.3 mi) from the airstrip, crashed and burned out.
Date: 21 July 1965
Flight: CCCP-01201
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gorny
Summary: While flying the Briakan–Komsomolsk-na-Amure leg of a Poliny Osipenko–Khabarovsk passenger service, the aircraft encountered poor weather. The crew deviated 17 km (11 mi) to the right of the flight route, entering clouds. The aircraft contacted tree tops on a mountai...
Date: 20 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-46764
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Khanty-Mansiysk
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport inbound from Tyumen , breaking up after hitting a snowdrift, and catching fire.
Date: 8 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-45028
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport after the pilots lost control of the aircraft during climb out, likely caused by problems with the altitude indicators. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev–Rostov–Sochi passenger service as Flight 513 .
Date: 8 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-75690
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Frunze
Summary: Damaged in a wheels-up landing at Frunze Airport. The crew forgot to lower the landing gear after several landing attempts.
Date: 7 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-54971
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aradan
Summary: Lost control following a failure of the left wing in severe turbulence. The aircraft was operating an Abakan–Kyzyl passenger service as Flight 542 . The crash is the deadliest known accident involving the Li-2. Following a 1966 crash of an Li-2 in the same circumstances, it wa...
Date: 2 February 1965
Flight: CCCP-45218
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Varkhi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Mayakovskogo" kolkhoz (collective farm). The crew, who were drunk, left Gorodok and approaching Varkhi, made a sharp right turn at low altitude when the right wing stuck telephone lines and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 4 January 1965
Flight: CCCP-75685
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: While on approach to Alma-Ata the crew were unaware that the weather was poor. The aircraft deviated to the right after passing the locator middle marker. Air traffic control instructed the pilot to perform a go-around, but the pilot continued the approach. The aircraft crashe...
Date: 2 January 1965
Flight: CCCP-63842
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Darvaza Airport
Summary: While on the second leg of a domestic scheduled Tashauz–Darvaza–Ashgabat passenger service as Flight 112 , both engines failed on takeoff from Darvaza due to fuel starvation after the pilot selected a near-empty fuel tank. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed in the desert 4...
Date: 28 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-41883
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Surami
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tbilisi –Kutaisi–Krasnodar passenger service as Flight F-51 . While en route it first leg, it crashed at 980 metres (3,220 ft) into a mountain, near Surami, after the actual airspeed was incorrectly reported to the crew and...
Date: 18 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-09275
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Murmansk Airport
Summary: En route to Umba the aircraft deviated 3 km (1.9 mi) to the right of the flight route in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a snow-covered hill 3 m (9.8 ft) from the top some 20 km (12 mi) from Murmansk.
Date: 9 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-43915
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Găvănoasa
Summary: During a positioning flight following crop spraying at the "Gigant" kolkhoz (collective farm), the drunk crew performed stunts. The aircraft lost airspeed, entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 24 October 1964
Flight: CCCP-01231
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Nikolayevsk-na-Amure
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the crew encountered poor weather, which was not forecast. The crew decided to return but became disorientated and the aircraft struck a hillside at 190 m (620 ft). The aircraft was operating a Nikolayevsk-na-Amure–Okha cargo service (mail).
Date: 13 October 1964
Flight: CCCP-04370
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Cape Khorgoy
Summary: Struck a hill near the Anabar River, Tiksi Region in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a second hill after flying for 650 m (2,130 ft), bounced off of it and crashed after 60 m (200 ft), breaking off an engine.
Date: 2 September 1964
Flight: CCCP-75531
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Crashed into a hillside at 2,000 feet (610 m) while on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport , inbound from Khabarovsk as Flight 721 , following a premature descent.
Date: 14 August 1964
Flight: CCCP-62730
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Elista
Summary: During a training flight at Elista Airport, the engine caught fire. The pilot decided to return for an emergency landing but on final approach, fuel vapors exploded, and the aircraft crashed. Poor maintenance was blamed.
Date: 3 August 1964
Flight: CCCP-75824
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Magadan Airport
Summary: While on approach to Magadan from Khabarovsk, the aircraft began descending prematurely. The instructor-pilot took control to level out after he realized that the descent speed was increasing, but the aircraft was too low and it struck a concrete embankment at the start of the...
Date: 3 July 1964
Flight: CCCP-09242
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Urtazym
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying. The pilots became distracted while listening to a weather forecast on the radio and writing it down. The aircraft gradually lost altitude until it struck a hill.
Date: 2 July 1964
Flight: CCCP-75661
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Krasnodar
Summary: Landed wheels-up after flying through a hailstorm.
Date: 9 June 1964
Flight: CCCP-42476
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Weather at Novosibirsk was poor due to a thunderstorm near the airport. Despite this, the crew continued the approach and lost sight of the runway after flying into heavy rain. When the aircraft touched down, one of the pilots performed an overshoot and another activated the b...
Date: 8 June 1964
Flight: CCCP-25467
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Cheremshan
Summary: While on a positioning flight from Cheremshan to Kazan following crop-spraying, the crew, who were drunk, performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft crashed 160 m (520 ft) outside the airfield.
Date: 13 May 1964
Flight: CCCP-09259
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Svetilnoye
Summary: After completing a crop-spraying flight the aircraft came in too high for landing. The aircraft landed hard 9 m (30 ft) short of the runway, nosing over and catching fire.
Date: 9 February 1964
Flight: CCCP-55541
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Dhzigda Airport
Summary: The pilot became disorientated on takeoff, allowing the aircraft to lose altitude. The aircraft struck trees and crashed in a forest near the Maya River. The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Dhzigda to Nelkan.
Date: 29 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-54818
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Nukha
Summary: After a 124 m (407 ft) takeoff roll, the tail wheel lifted up, but the left landing gear struck a bump on the runway. Instead of abandoning takeoff, the pilot continued and began takeoff quickly. He pulled back on the control column to rotate, but the aircraft's spee...
Date: 25 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-13651
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kenkiyak
Summary: Struck a hill in poor weather following a premature descent. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Baiganin–Kenkiyak–Aktyubinsk passenger service.
Date: 3 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-23740
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Crashed short of the runway during a night time training flight.
Date: 16 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-16181
Aircraft: Li-2G
Location: Parbig
Summary: On takeoff, the aircraft banked left and the left landing gear struck the ground three times over 190 m (620 ft). After passing the end of the runway, the aircraft rolled for 36 m (118 ft) in deep snow, after which it climbed steeply to 280 m (920 ...
Date: 7 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-11347
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Lost control and crashed when both port propellers could not be feathered following fuel line problems. The aircraft was operating a Kirensk-Irkutsk cargo service as Flight 1076 .
Date: 3 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-16202
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Pevek
Summary: During the takeoff roll, the pilot began the rotation. The aircraft lifted up a few meters but could not gain enough altitude and banked right. The crew attempted to regain control, but the aircraft was out of control. The pilot then attempted to reduce power on the left and t...
Date: 15 November 1963
Flight: CCCP-16139
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Izobilnoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yerevan-Baku-Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) cargo service. After climbout to 2,100 m (6,900 ft), the crew got permission to make a stop at Rostov-on-Don before continuing to Dnipropetrovsk, but in the process, failed to request about en rout...
Date: 10 November 1963
Flight: CCCP-75686
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Kuybyshev Airport
Summary: On approach to Kuybyshev (now Samara) the cloud base dropped to 120 m (390 ft), which was minimum for Kuybyshev Airport. Breaking through the clouds, the crew realized the aircraft was not lined up with the runway and the pilot made some sharp maneuvers to line the a...
Date: 20 October 1963
Flight: CCCP-04197
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Graham Bell Island
Summary: Flew into the slope of a glacier during a survey flight; the crew lost spatial orientation in the polar night .
Date: 31 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-65706
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sharya
Summary: The aircraft was on an aerial photography flight to take photos of the rail line from Neya to Svesha. After 130 minutes of flight, the left engine failed due to carburetor problems. The pilot decided to divert to Sharya, but the right engine overheated. A forced landing was at...
Date: 31 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-01154
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kapan
Summary: The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kapan–Goris passenger service, deviated from the flight route by 5.5 km (3.4 mi). It entered a gorge near Kapan and was forced to make a climbing turn to get out, but the aircraft lost airspeed and struck treetops at 1,250...
Date: 24 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-61617
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: After takeoff from Kutaisi, the crew continued to fly under VFR despite poor visibility from heavy rain. Unbeknownst to the crew, the aircraft had deviated 13 km (8.1 mi) from the flight route. Eight minutes after takeoff, the aircraft struck the side of a mountain w...
Date: 23 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-35359
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Nadymsky District
Summary: Fifty-five minutes into a flight from Tazovskoye to Salekhard the engine failed at 300 m (980 ft). A forced landing on a small lake was attempted, but the aircraft could not make it that far, losing speed as it "hopped" over an obstacle and crashed in tundra 100 ...
Date: 21 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-45021
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Leningrad
Summary: On takeoff from Tallinn, the nosegear failed to retract. The crew diverted to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) due to fog at Tallinn. The aircraft circled Leningrad to burn fuel, reducing weight for landing. While the aircraft was circling the crew attempted to force the nose...
Date: 24 July 1963
Flight: CCCP-43833
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaganda Airport
Summary: A former pilot, who was drunk, entered the aircraft which was waiting on the apron for crew and passengers, took off and performed unauthorized stunts at low altitude. Three minutes after takeoff the left wing hit the apron and the aircraft slid across the apron, destroying a...
Date: 13 July 1963
Flight: CCCP-42492
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Crashed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) short of the runway on final approach to Irkutsk Airport , inbound from Beijing . The aircraft was completing the first leg of an international scheduled Beijing-Irkutsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 012 and made a premature descent. The...
Date: 23 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-09154
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Balakhta
Summary: The crew was spraying crops in the region of Balakhta. The evening and night before, the crew drank some five bottles of vodka with three women and failed to get any sleep. The next morning, the crew arrived at the aircraft and completed 11 flights without incident. The crew p...
Date: 14 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-15986
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Pryutovo
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops on behalf of a sovkhoz (state farm) between Pryutovo and Aksakovo. The crew failed to get enough sleep the night before. After a few morning flights, the crew took a lunch break and drank large amounts of vodka with local farmers. The crew got b...
Date: 9 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-33116
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Rishtan
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops. After five flights, the crew started on the sixth flight when the spraying equipment malfunctioned. The crew was so focused on the spraying equipment that they failed to notice an oncoming tree. The aircraft struck the tree with its left wing a...
Date: 18 May 1963
Flight: CCCP-42483
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Stalled on approach to Smolnoye Airport and crashed 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off the airfield.
Date: 4 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-75866
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Urakhcha
Summary: The pitch control mechanism on engine four failed while en route a domestic scheduled Moscow– Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 25 . Unable to determine which of the right side propellers were causing the drag forces, the crew decided to feather both of them, causing the...
Date: 2 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-11338
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Magadan
Summary: Ran off the snowy runway at Magadan Airport and broke in two after the pilot failed to correctly align the aircraft for takeoff.
Date: 1 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-63825
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Donetsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a night training flight out of Donetsk Airport. After five flights, the crew began a sixth flight in low visibility due to poor weather. On final approach, the pilot decided to continue the descent after passing the decision height despite being unable to d...
Date: 12 March 1963
Flight: CCCP-98341
Aircraft: An-6
Location: Richardson Lakes
Summary: Damaged in a storm while participating in the 6th Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1962–1963. Four days later the aircraft suffered more damage in a second storm.
Date: 5 March 1963
Flight: CCCP-75765
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Ashgabat
Summary: Inbound from Krasnovodsk as Flight 191 , struck power lines on approach to Ashgabat Airport , crashed some 300–200 metres (980–660 ft) short of the runway, broke up, and caught fire.
Date: 26 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-75732
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Bukhta Yemlinskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Cape Schmidt-Anadyr-Magadan cargo service. While en route to Magadan both left side engines failed at 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The crew made an emergency landing on the icy surface of Shelikhov Gulf near Bukhta Yemlinskaya. The aircraft was d...
Date: 8 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-11193
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Syktyvkar
Summary: Stalled and crashed upon takeoff, following the icing of the intake in three of the engines.
Date: 1 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-71229
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Kirovograd
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight from Malaya Viska-Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi). Approaching Kirovograd, the crew encountered poor weather with limited visibility due to fog, which was worse than forecast. On final approach, the instructor was unable to locate the runwa...
Date: 31 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-28900
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Leninakan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Yerevan-Leninakan (now Gyumri)-Akhalkalaki passenger service. Eight minutes into the flight in good weather, the crew radioed their position to ATC. Four minutes after this, the aircraft lost altitude, climbed, banked left and rig...
Date: 27 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-16194
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Seymchan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Pevek-Zyrianka-Seymchan-Magadan cargo flight. Due to strong winds, the aircraft deviated from the flight route and neither the crew nor ATC realized this. Approaching a mountainous area in poor weather, the aircraft encountered do...
Date: 14 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-71186
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tazovskoye
Summary: Lost control, banked right and crashed shortly after takeoff. ATC personnel were reportedly drunk and sleep-deprived. Due to begin a Tazovskoye-Salekhard passenger service as Flight 76 .
Date: 19 December 1962
Flight: CCCP-15939
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kazan
Summary: While approaching Kazan, the engine failed due to contaminated fuel. Flying low and facing power lines, the pilot decided to descend below them and make an emergency landing on a highway. After touching down the aircraft struck a metal slide and obstacles before crashing. Due...
Date: 18 December 1962
Flight: CCCP-84603
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Olyokminsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Olyokminsk cargo service. During the approach to Olyokminsk, the crew encountered poor weather and followed the Sinyaya River instead of the Lena River. Because of this, the crew began descending too soon and was too low when passing the ou...
Date: 29 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-75843
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 19 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-07920
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tynne
Summary: After spraying crops at a sovkhoz near Tynne, the crew took six farmers of the sovkhoz on a tour, all of whom were drunk. Five minutes after takeoff at 130 m (430 ft), the pilot made a sharp turn (apparently to avoid a chalet) when the six passengers drifted to the r...
Date: 1 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-54970
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ribnoye
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Chita to Minsk. During the Krasnoyarsk-Novosibirsk leg, weather conditions worsened and the pilot requested to climb due to icing conditions, but ATC denied this. While flying at 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), control was...
Date: 25 October 1962
Flight: CCCP-42495
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: On a test flight, the aircraft crashed at Sheremetyevo Airport upon takeoff. The rudder controls were apparently cross-connected.
Date: 18 September 1962
Flight: CCCP-61628
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: near Cherskiy
Summary: While en route to Berelakh, the weather worsened and the aircraft stayed overnight at Berelakh. The next day the aircraft continued to Zyryanka, but had to stay there for two days because of bad weather at Cherskiy. The next day the aircraft departed for Bilibino. The approach...
Date: 3 September 1962
Flight: CCCP-42366
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Off Khabarovsk
Summary: The aircraft became uncontrollable after rolling and yawing several times at an altitude of 4,500 metres (14,800 ft). Crashed in a swamp, some 90 kilometres (56 mi) away from Khabarovsk. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk– Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passeng...
Date: 16 August 1962
Flight: CCCP-98218
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kishinev Airport
Summary: The aircraft were written off after being blown over in a storm while parked at the airport.
Date: 7 August 1962
Flight: CCCP-76479
Aircraft: Tu-114D
Location: Moscow
Summary: Nosegear retraction while standing on the apron at Vnukovo Airport undergoing maintenance.
Date: 28 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-11186
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Sochi
Summary: Crashed at 2,000 feet (610 m) into a mountain while on approach to Sochi Airport in clouds, inbound from Simferopol as Flight 415 .
Date: 7 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-70889
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tonkeris
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops on a field owned by the Tonkeris kolkhoz (state farm). After seven flights, the crew prepared for the eighth flight. After a straight-in flight at low altitude, the pilot began a right turn when control was lost for reasons unknown. The aircraft...
Date: 6 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-91554
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Tashkent
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Bukhara –Tashkent passenger service as Flight 40 , when the starboard wing broke off after hitting a fence, following the loss of height amid an engine failure, causing the aircraft to crash 34 kilometres (21 mi) away from...
Date: 3 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-05833
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Gayvoron
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops in the Spassk-Dalny region and returned to Gayvoron to resupply with 375 kg (827 lb) of pollination products. A second resupply flight was made later, after which the aircraft took off to spray a wheat field. While flying at 6–7 m...
Date: 30 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-42370
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Voznesenka
Summary: Accidentally shot down by a training missile while en route from Irkutsk to Omsk as Flight 902 .
Date: 28 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-13653
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ksenyevka
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops at Ksenyevka sovkhoz (state farm), some 160 km (99 mi) northeast of Kostenay. After takeoff, the pilot began a steep climb and then a sharp left turn at low altitude. Because the aircraft was flying too slow, it stalled and crashed and...
Date: 20 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-32619
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Kutaisi after dropping off passengers at Tsagueri. En route, weather worsened and approaching a mountain at 850 m (2,790 ft) the crew flew into clouds. The aircraft struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area on a mountain. Th...
Date: 4 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-42491
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sofia
Summary: Experienced an unexplained failure of the left engine shortly after takeoff from Vrazhdebna Airport , prompting the crew to return to the airport. In doing so, the airplane flew too low through clouds and crashed into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast o...
Date: 3 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-07968
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaul-Kuyu
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat)-Mary cargo service, carrying 40 bottles of sulfuric acid. Eighteen minutes after takeoff, at 900 m (3,000 ft), smoke spread in the cabin and a fire started. The pilot attempted to extinguish the fire, but he co...
Date: 24 May 1962
Flight: CCCP-54997
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gorki
Summary: During climbout from Strigino Airport , the left engine failed, probably due to carburetor problems. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing and was forced to make a sharp left turn to avoid a building and a factory's chimney. Th...
Date: 11 May 1962
Flight: CCCP-49262
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Magadan
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops at the "Duksha" sovkhoz (state farm) some 72 km (45 mi) north of Magadan. Five to six minutes after takeoff and flying to the spraying area, the pilot began a right turn on approach to a forest. The right wing struck tree tops and the...
Date: 19 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-02168
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Taldy-Kurgan
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata (now Almaty)–Arasan (and return) passenger flight. A few minutes after takeoff from Taldy-Kurgan for the second leg to Kapal, weather worsened and the crew failed to return as they were told to by ATC. In low visibility, the pilot descend...
Date: 15 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-23700
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Mount Karpung
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Palyavaam to Pevek. The crew did not follow the Palyavaam River but deviated to the left by 12 km (7.5 mi). Encountering poor visibility (snow), the aircraft struck the side of Mount Karpung.
Date: 4 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-41852
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Severely damaged after the left flap failed to extend on landing during a training flight.
Date: 30 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-84685
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the cargo door opened. The pilot left his seat to close the door, but he had not transferred control to the co-pilot and the now out-of-control aircraft began descending. When the co-pilot gained control, the aircraft struck a telephone pole and crashed.
Date: 20 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-93473
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kikhshik
Summary: After takeoff for the second leg of a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky–Ust-Bolsheretsk–Kikhshik–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger flight, the crew was told to return to Ust-Bolsheretsk if they encountered snow. A few minutes into the flight, weather worsened with snow and clouds. Des...
Date: 9 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-84717
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Baygubekmuryn Cape
Summary: The aircraft was operating an ice reconnaissance flight over the Aral Sea. At 800 m (2,600 ft) the aircraft flew into clouds and the pilot descended to maintain visual contact with the sea surface, but at 400 m (1,300 ft) the aircraft encountered fog. The p...
Date: 21 February 1962
Flight: CCCP-47645
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mount Karpung
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Pevek-Palyavaam cargo service. Another An-2 approaching Palyavaam radioed that it was impossible to land due to poor weather and returned to Pevek. ATC attempted to contact CCCP-47645, but there was no response and the aircraft was declared missing...
Date: 15 February 1962
Flight: CCCP-84575
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Shymkent
Summary: The overloaded aircraft took off from a soggy grass runway. The pilot began the takeoff run early as he feared the aircraft would get stuck. Just before the end of the runway, the pilot lifted off too soon and at low speed. The aircraft entered a nose-high, low-speed attitude,...
Date: 27 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-98330
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Farikha
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the pilot began turning left when the aircraft banked left, stalled and crashed. Due to begin a Farikha–Naryan-Mar cargo service.
Date: 27 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-11148
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Baratayevka Airport on a training flight, the outer starboard engine did not feather during initial climb out , causing the aircraft to bank right and lose speed, eventually crashing into the ground 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) off the airport.
Date: 21 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-01218
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Levinskaya Verkhoshizhemsky
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Kirov–Sovetsk–Arbazh–Pizhanka–Kishma–Yaransk–Sanshursk passenger service. After being delayed for several days due to weather, the aircraft took off for Sovetsk. But en route at 150 m (490 ft) with visibility of 2–4 km (1.2–2.5 ...
Date: 16 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-23721
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Egvekinot-Anadyr mail flight. On approach to Anadyr, weather conditions were poor with low visibility due to clouds. During the final segment, the pilot noticed a man walking on the runway and began a right turn to avoid him. The aircraft stalled...
Date: 31 December 1961
Flight: CCCP-75757
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Tbilisi-Mineralnye Vody passenger service. It was one of two Il-18s chartered to pick up passengers in Tbilisi who had been stranded for several days due to bad weather. The boarding process was chaotic and disorganized, with tickets...
Date: 17 December 1961
Flight: CCCP-75654
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Chebotovka
Summary: Crashed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off Chebotovka, after the flight engineer inadvertently modified the position of the flaps at a cruising altitude of 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), causing the aircraft to dive uncontrollably. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled M...
Date: 2 November 1961
Flight: CCCP-42504
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Made an emergency landing following an engine failure after hitting an antenna on approach to Vladivostok Airport .
Date: 31 October 1961
Flight: CCCP-61712
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Smorodinny
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk – Sangar cargo service. The crew mistook the lights of Smorodinny for the lights of the destination city during a blackout. It descended until 150 metres (490 ft), where it crashed into mountainous terrain.
Date: 28 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-63857
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yakutsk Airport
Summary: Struck in the tail by Li-2T CCCP-71199 that had veered off the runway; CCCP-63857 was written off.
Date: 22 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-16154
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Oymyakon
Summary: Crashed 95 kilometres (59 mi) away from Oymyakon after running out of fuel. The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Oymyakon cargo service.
Date: 17 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-42388
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Hard landing at Tashkent Airport .
Date: 13 August 1961
Flight: CCCP-75653
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Riga
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing at Riga International Airport in fog.
Date: 10 July 1961
Flight: CCCP-42447
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Odesa
Summary: Encountered downdrafts and struck approach lights on final approach to Odesa Airport in heavy rain. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad-Odessa passenger service as Flight 381 .
Date: 8 July 1961
Flight: CCCP-41848
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Sosnovy Bor
Summary: Crashed due to fuel exhaustion after the crew failed to refuel before takeoff. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 411 .
Date: 22 June 1961
Flight: CCCP-75672
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Bogoroditsk
Summary: Belly landed in a field following a fire in the inner starboard engine that was not extinguished. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow- Sochi service.
Date: 5 June 1961
Flight: CCCP-61732
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Chita
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk–Chita–Khabarovsk cargo service. During the approach to Chita, the aircraft was too low and struck trees and crashed on the side of Mount Cherskogo (11 km (6.8 mi) short of the runway). The crew had begun descending too soon.
Date: 24 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-98247
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Stepanavan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yerevan-Stepanavan passenger service. Weather during the first part of the flight was poor and marginal, with rain and clouds. During a left turn the aircraft struck the side of a mountain 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Stepanavan Airport. T...
Date: 18 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-47614
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Novoye Akhperdino
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops. After three flights, the pilot was flying at 10 m (33 ft) following a 500 m (1,600 ft) straight-in path when the aircraft banked left and crashed.
Date: 4 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-01248
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Dovyren
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Nizhneangarsk-Dovyren-Irkana-Nizhneangarsk cargo service, carrying six diesel drums. Twelve minutes after takeoff, the crew radioed that they were climbing to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in good weather. Ten minutes later the aircraft crashed in a...
Date: 17 March 1961
Flight: CCCP-54783
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Ufa
Summary: The aircraft took off from Ufa in poor weather and failed to gain sufficient speed. Despite this, the pilot rotated the aircraft, but it pitched up, causing a tail strike. After bouncing several times, the aircraft crash landed and overran the runway. The wings and tail were c...
Date: 16 March 1961
Flight: CCCP-42438
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Sverdlovsk-Leningrad passenger service as Flight 068 . The right engine failed shortly after takeoff. The crew were unable to determine which engine failed because they could not read the instruments due to severe vibr...
Date: 1 February 1961
Flight: CCCP-42357
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Vladivostok Airport
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Moscow–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok passenger service as Flight 01 . While on approach to Vladivostok, the aircraft was too high. The right engine was shut down, unbeknownst to the crew. The pilot increased the angle of descent and the aircraft touched...
Date: 30 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-41858
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: During a training flight out of Stalingrad, the check pilot simulated an engine failure shortly after takeoff without informing the rest of the crew, which was against procedure. The pilot mistook the loss of power for an actual engine failure and ordered the engine shut down...
Date: 23 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-61610
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Dnepropetrovsk Airport
Summary: Crashed 150 m (490 ft) short of the runway on final approach following a premature descent. The aircraft was operating a Lugansk-Stalino (now Donetsk)-Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnipro)-Kiev domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 95 .
Date: 17 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-84694
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Pervoye Maya
Summary: During an atmospheric sounding flight, the inexperienced pilot allowed a loss of airspeed at 5,200 m (17,100 ft). The aircraft stalled and entered a nosedive. The pilot attempted to regain control, but he could not and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 3 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-25482
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Santash Pass
Summary: At Przhevalsk Airport, seven passengers boarded the aircraft. After passing the Santash Pass, the weather worsened and visibility dropped below minimum. The pilot descended below the clouds without ATC permission and the aircraft later struck a snow-covered hill.
Date: 26 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-75651
Aircraft: Il-18A
Location: Ulyanovsk Airport
Summary: The aircraft was approaching Ulyanovsk when it suddenly nosed down at 120–150 metres (390–490 ft) after the crew selected 40 degrees of flaps due to tailplane icing, after which the aircraft crashed in a plowed field and caught fire. Test flights later showed that the Il-...
Date: 13 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-01245
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yamburg Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft took off from a frozen river in strong crosswinds and an iced over upper wing leading edge. When the pilot forced the aircraft to lift off at low speed, the aircraft banked and turned to the left, striking the river bank and nosing over. Due to...
Date: 10 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-33181
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Semipalantinsk–Abai passenger service. Several passengers moved to the rear of the aircraft, causing the center of gravity to move past limits. The aircraft lost airspeed, stalled at 500 m (1,600 ft) and crashed .
Date: 4 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-52091
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Chernovo
Summary: Experienced a fire in the starboard engine while en route a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service as Flight 61 . This situation prompted the flightcrew to initiate a descent for an emergency landing, in which the wing broke off. The aircraft crashed near Chernovo.
Date: 25 November 1960
Flight: CCCP-91610
Aircraft: Il-14FK
Location: Leningrad Region
Summary: During a training flight, the instructor simulated a right engine failure while flying between two layers of cloud. The crew became disorientated and the aircraft entered a dive. The aircraft came out of the clouds at 200 m (660 ft), too low to allow recovery from th...
Date: 11 November 1960
Flight: CCCP-84748
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Zyryanka Airport
Summary: The aircraft took off from Zyryanka Airport despite a snow-covered runway. After a long takeoff run the aircraft achieved a nose-high attitude, stalled, and bounced on the runway several times, catching fire in the process, after which it continued to fly until it banked left...
Date: 30 October 1960
Flight: CCCP-52025
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Penza
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Penza Airport. Despite worsening weather, including icing conditions, the aircraft took off. Ice formed on the wings and propellers. Both engines failed and the aircraft began to lose altitude until it struck a ravine with the left and then t...
Date: 20 October 1960
Flight: CCCP-42452
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Ust-Orda
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled Moscow-Omsk-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk passenger service as Flight 5 . En route to Irkutsk, the aircraft diverted to Ust-Orda due to bad weather. The crew aborted the approach after the nose gear landing light malfunctioned. The pilot initiated a...
Date: 26 September 1960
Flight: CCCP-41866
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Brest Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing at Brest Airport. After passing Kobrin the right engine began to run rough and emitted black smoke. The crew shut down the engine, feathered the propeller, and continued to Brest. Due to poor weather at Brest the crew began circling. Unbeknownst to the crew,...
Date: 2 September 1960
Flight: CCCP-04200
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Zikhnovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger service carrying researchers from Mys Schmidta back to Moscow, when it crashed into mountainous terrain in bad weather while en route from Arkhangelsk to Cherepovets , 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away from Zikhnovo.
Date: 21 August 1960
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking episode.
Date: 17 August 1960
Flight: CCCP-75705
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Tarasovich
Summary: En route to Moscow, the crew reported that the number four propeller was feathered and requested an emergency landing at Borispol Airport. Five minutes later the crew reported that the number four engine and right wing were on fire and requested an emergency descent. ATC offer...
Date: 21 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-01405
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Minsk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Minsk Airport. The aircraft failed to accelerate on the waterlogged grass runway and lifted off at too low a speed with a nose-high attitude. The aircraft bounced four times and then banked to the left, striking a power pole and a lamp post. Crashing in...
Date: 20 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-61696
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Syktyvkar
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad –Syktyvkar passenger service as Flight 613 when it encountered heavy turbulence on its flight path and broke up, crashing 100 kilometres (62 mi) off the destination city.
Date: 5 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-98282
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Aldan
Summary: During an aerial photography flight, the pilot realized the aircraft was going to hit a hill. He turned the aircraft to go around the hill, but too late, after which the aircraft clipped a tree with its left wing, hit a second tree with its right wing and crashed in taiga and...
Date: 10 June 1960
Flight: CCCP-91571
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: near Tkvarcheli
Summary: While en route to Tbilisi, the aircraft struck a mountain at 1,200 m (3,900 ft) after the crew deviated north of the flight route by 17 km (11 mi). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Rostov-Sochi-Kutaisi-Tbilisi passenger service as Flight 207 .
Date: 5 May 1960
Flight: CCCP-84609
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Enken
Summary: During a positioning flight from Nikolayevsk-on-Amure to Okhotsk, the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and snow. Ice formed on the wings and the aircraft lost speed and altitude until it struck the side of the 1,207 m (3,960 ft) high Dzhugdzur ridge at 900 ...
Date: 27 April 1960
Flight: CCCP-75648
Aircraft: Il-18A
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was being used for crew training, practicing approaches and landings. During the fifth approach, the rate of descent suddenly increased and the aircraft touched down hard, nosegear first after which it bounced and landed again nosegear first, breaking off the nose...
Date: 26 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-11180
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Lvov
Summary: Crashed on approach to Snilow Airport , 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) ahead of the runway threshold, in icing conditions . It was completing a domestic scheduled Kiev–Lviv passenger service as Flight 315 .
Date: 19 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-01271
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Berezovo
Summary: The aircraft was refueled at Berezovo Airport with too much fuel. The aircraft took off overloaded with the fuel valve shut off, causing the engine to lose power and a loss of airspeed and altitude resulted. The confused pilots realized this, but too late, and mistook the loss...
Date: 19 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-98332
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Moma Airport
Summary: On takeoff, the aircraft entered a steep climb with a loss of airspeed. At 20 m (66 ft) the aircraft entered a spiraling dive and crashed next to the runway. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear.
Date: 15 January 1960
Flight: CCCP-19405
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Didino
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Moscow with a stop at Kazan. Thirty-two minutes after takeoff from Sverdlovsk, the pilot noticed that the aircraft begin turning to the right and also noticed that the pressure and revs in the right engine w...
Date: 17 December 1959
Flight: CCCP-84587
Aircraft: Li-2P
Location: Vilnius
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The pilot failed to follow the takeoff procedures and the aircraft took off at low speed and a nose-high attitude. The aircraft then banked, touched down, bounced several times, struck two poles and a mound, after which it slid into a trench and burned out....
Date: 13 December 1959
Flight: CCCP-91577
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off  Boysun
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain, 27 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Boysun, after the crew deviated from the planned route to avoid bad weather. The aircraft was operating the last leg of a Kabul –Tashkent passenger service as Flight 120 .
Date: 29 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-01426
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in poor visibility. The aircraft deviated to the right of the runway and touched down on the grass. The pilot realized the mistake and attempted to make a left turn but the left wing struck the ground. The aircraft struck two trenches, destroyi...
Date: 19 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-84633
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed. The wreckage later became corroded as it sat in the open air for a long period of time at the crash site.
Date: 16 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-11167
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Lvov
Summary: Crashed on approach to Sknyliv Airport , 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) short of the airfield. When the crew selected 45 degrees of flaps the nose suddenly pitched down and the crew could not regain control. It was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Lvov passenger service as...
Date: 27 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-84733
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Karaganda Airport
Summary: During the second approach to land at Karaganda, the aircraft lost altitude and speed, causing the right wing to contact the ground. The aircraft crashed in the steppe 600 m (2,000 ft) short of and 71 m (233 ft) to the left of the runway. The aircraft was c...
Date: 23 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-41806
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed in a forest on approach to Vnukovo Airport and was destroyed by fire. While at 900 metres (3,000 ft), the aircraft was cleared to land and began descending until striking trees, 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) short of the runway. It was operating the last leg of a d...
Date: 2 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-84448
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: The crew failed to account for wind drift, causing the aircraft to deviate 15 km (9.3 mi) to the left of the flight route. While descending through cloud, the aircraft struck a glacier at 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) on the north slope of Mount Aag, 42 km (26...
Date: 2 September 1959
Flight: CCCP-75676
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Voronezh Region
Summary: The aircraft climbed to 10,000 m (33,000 ft) after takeoff from Moscow, which was too high for the aircraft's weight. Near Voronezh, the aircraft entered a thunderstorm and was pushed by an updraft to 10,700 m (35,100 ft) and descended to 7,000 m (23,0...
Date: 29 August 1959
Flight: CCCP-84598
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Magdagachi Airport
Summary: Took off with an improperly set rubber trim tab.
Date: 10 August 1959
Flight: CCCP-54795
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khabarovsk region
Summary: Struck a forested mountain slope during a survey flight.
Date: 18 June 1959
Flight: CCCP-84627
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Deputatsky Airport
Summary: The center wing section suffered damage following an incident at the airport. Due to the airport's location in the Far North, repairs proved impossible and the aircraft was written off instead.
Date: 24 April 1959
Flight: CCCP-84595
Aircraft: Li-2P
Location: Novosibirsk Region
Summary: During an aeromagnetic survey flight, the right engine failed due to fuel starvation after the crew forgot to move the fuel selector from a nearly empty tank to another tank. The crew attempted but failed to restart the engine, instead of feathering the propeller. The crew rai...
Date: April 1959
Flight: CCCP-Л5569
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Ran through shallow water and struck an embankment.
Date: 4 February 1959
Flight: CCCP-16192
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Severo-Evensk
Summary: Crashed on a hill in bad weather. The crew decided to descend through clouds despite being unaware of their position. The aircraft struck a hill with its right engine, continued to fly for another 800 m (2,600 ft) and came to rest upon another hill at 760 m (2,4...
Date: 19 January 1959
Flight: CCCP-Л1975
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Stalled on takeoff and crashed.
Date: 18 January 1959
Flight: CCCP-41863
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: Crashed while on approach to Stalingrad, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) out of the airport. The aircraft descended to 400 metres (1,300 ft) on finals when contact was lost; it rolled to the right, crashed into a snowy field, and was destroyed by fire. The cause was not determ...
Date: 24 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1458
Aircraft: Il-12T
Location: Uralsk Airport
Summary: After the aircraft lifted off, the pilot ordered the flight engineer to raise the landing gear. After a long takeoff run the flight engineer panicked when he saw a rail line embankment and shut off the engine ignition by mistake. The aircraft touched down again and continued f...
Date: 23 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-61663
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Stalled and crashed while attempting a go-around in poor weather. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Mineralye Vody-Ashgabat-Tashkent passenger service as Flight 466 .
Date: 15 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-41843
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Baratayevka Airport
Summary: Stalled and crashed on approach during a training flight due to pilot errors and wing icing.
Date: 15 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1467
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Cherepovets Airport
Summary: The aircraft landed too far down the runway and could not stop in time, overrunning the runway into a ditch, suffering substantial damage. The aircraft was completing a Leningrad–Cherepovets service.
Date: 7 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л2096
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: Struck trees and crashed short of the runway on the second approach to land in bad weather. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Voronezh-Stalingrad passenger service as Flight 213 .
Date: 24 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л5676
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Stalled and crashed due to shifting cargo.
Date: 7 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-52024
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Crimean Oblast
Summary: While en route between Sochi and Simferopol the crew encountered poor visibility and radio interference. While on approach to Simferopol the aircraft entered clouds. Unknown to the crew, the aircraft had deviated south from the flight route by 25 km (16 mi). The airc...
Date: 2 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-84624
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Grakhovo
Summary: Crashed following an in-flight fire. The aircraft was operating a Stalino-Penza-Izhevsk cargo service. The cargo consisted of zinc nitrate contained in glass bottles packed in baskets with wood chips. During the flight some of the bottles broke. With the heating system on, the...
Date: 25 October 1958
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Nizhniye Kresty Airport
Summary: While parked at Nizhniye Kresty (now Chersky) Airport, the aircraft was hijacked by two men who demanded to be flown to the US and threatened to blow up the aircraft if this demand wasn't met. The pilots notified airport personnel who then contacted the police and the KGB. Aft...
Date: 17 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-42362
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Kanash
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Beijing - Omsk -Moscow passenger service. The crew was unable to land at Moscow due to fog and diverted to Sverdlovsk . The aircraft entered a powerful upstream at 10,000 metres (33,000 ft) and ascended to 12,000 metres (39,000&#...
Date: 16 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-65708
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sukpai
Summary: During an aerial photography flight the left engine caught fire. The pilot descended and attempted a wheels-up forced landing in the tundra. The aircraft crashed some 82 km (51 mi) southeast of Sukpai near the Aksu River in the Sikhot-Alin mountains. The wreckage rem...
Date: 10 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-84733
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Smyshlyaevka
Summary: Crashed during a training flight due to possible fuel exhaustion.
Date: 19 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л3904
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Lazo
Summary: While en route to Khabarovsk the crew got lost at night in poor weather. The controller failed to determine the position of the aircraft. The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into a wooded slope at 850 m (2,790 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled...
Date: 7 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1692
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Konstantinovka
Summary: During the final leg from Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe) to Moscow, the crew were unaware that thunderstorms had formed on the flight route. The aircraft flew into a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning, incapacitating the pilots. The lightning strike also damaged the control cab...
Date: 5 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л2048
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Jõhvi
Summary: A passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft 30 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker handed a note to a stewardess, who then handed it to the pilot. The pilot locked himself in the cockpit and got a firearm. The hijacker then attempted to break down the door to the cockpit. The...
Date: 15 August 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л5442
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Chita
Summary: While en route a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk - Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 04 , the aircraft ascended to 12,000 metres (39,000 ft) from 10,800 metres (35,400 ft) after entering a turbulent upstream, stalled, spun down, and crashed near Chita.
Date: 2 July 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л3803
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Inta
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain at 600 m (2,000 ft) in adverse weather while operating a Pelengachi-Kazhim (Khanty-Mansisk autonomous district) service.
Date: 27 June 1958
Flight: CCCP-05643
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Byelaya Loch
Summary: The aircraft struck a hill, stalled , and crashed out of Seymchan during a survey flight.
Date: 9 June 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1364
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magadan
Summary: Struck a wooded hillside in bad weather. The aircraft descended to 600 m (2,000 ft) and changed course towards mountainous terrain. The aircraft descended again and entered clouds. The aircraft began to strike tree tops and crashed into a hillside at 430 m (1,41...
Date: 18 December 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1309
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Jewish Autonomous Region
Summary: Disappeared while operating the first leg of a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Magdagachi-Moscow passenger service as Flight 10 . The wreckage was found in June 1958 on the slope of Mount Poktoy, 30 km (19 mi) west of Birobidzhan. While parked at Khabarovsk Airport and...
Date: 2 December 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1657
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Helsinki
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing, ran over an embankment, and came to rest on a road. The aircraft was completing an international scheduled Moscow–Leningrad–Helsinki passenger service as Flight 107 .
Date: 27 October 1957
Flight: CCCP-Н442
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: North Pole drifting ice station SP-7
Summary: Struck ice hummocks 3 km (1.9 mi) short of the runway and crashed after flying too low on approach in bad weather. Although all six crew survived the crash, one died five days later. The remaining crew were rescued 21 hours later by a Mil Mi-4 helicopter.
Date: 1 October 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1389
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Aksha
Summary: After takeoff from Irkutsk, the crew deviated from the flight route. The crew became disorientated and were unable to find their destination. The aircraft ran low on fuel in the crew's attempts to find Chita. Low on fuel, the crew decided to make a forced landing near a settle...
Date: 30 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1440
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Slovita
Summary: En route to Kiev, the crew was flying VFR in bad weather and poor visibility, forcing them to follow a road. The crew lost sight of the road while flying through cloud and attempted to locate the road, but the aircraft crashed on a wooded hill. The aircraft was operating a Lvi...
Date: 17 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л2071
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kiev
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-14M was practicing takeoffs and landings. On the second takeoff, the Il-14M collided with the Il-14G that was on approach to Zhulyany Airport. The Il-14M lost its right engine and the cockpit was sheared off while the...
Date: 15 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1874
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Copenhagen
Summary: Crashed into the Copenhagen harbour after striking the chimney of a power plant while on approach to Kastrup Airport . The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Riga-Copenhagen international service as Flight 103 .
Date: 7 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1828
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magdagachi Airport
Summary: While on approach to Magdagachi the crew deviated from the approach path due to strong winds. The aircraft came in too high and descended too quickly. The crew failed to go-around and the nose wheel struck a mast of a landing light 500 m (1,600 ft) past the outer mar...
Date: 3 July 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4825
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Stavropol
Summary: Thirty-two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft struck treetops on Mount Strizhament, broke apart and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft was flying too low in poor visibility and ATC failed to correct it. The aircraft was operating an Ashgabat–Krasnovodsk–Baku–Mineralnye Vody–...
Date: 5 May 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л3807
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tanyurer
Summary: Crashed after the pilot lost control in a steep turn shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was operating an aerogeophysical survey flight.
Date: 29 March 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4967
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: Crashed following unexplained left wing separation, probably due to pilot error. The aircraft was operating a Kuibyshev–Ulyanovsk photo flight; personnel from the Ulyanovsk Automotive Plant were to photograph the aircraft from the ground.
Date: 15 February 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4407
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yamal Peninsula
Summary: Force-landed in tundra between Yarato-1 and Yarato-2 lakes on the Yamal Peninsula. The aircraft was overloaded before takeoff from Mys Kamenny and this cargo was not secured, causing a loss of airspeed and a nose-high attitude on takeoff. Two crew members left the cockpit and...
Date: 9 December 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5033
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Anadyr
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Lavrentiya–Uelkal–Anadyr passenger service. While on the Uelkal-Anadyr leg the aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route. The crew descended through cloud despite being unaware of the aircraft's position and the airc...
Date: 18 November 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5658
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: The brand-new aircraft was on a Moscow-Irkutsk delivery flight. While on approach to Irkutsk in poor visibility, the crew did not follow the glide path and the aircraft touched down hard too soon, damaging the left main and nose landing gear, left wing, and both engines and ev...
Date: 2 November 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л4872
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Crashed in a forest. While on approach to Sverdlovsk, the crew deviated from the glide path in poor visibility. After passing the outer marker, both engines quit at 250 m (820 ft) due to fuel starvation after the crew forgot to move the fuel selector from the right t...
Date: 16 September 1956
Flight: CCCP-A2582
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Syuldyukar
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Nyurba to ARB-401 at Novosibirsk for overhaul. While on approach to Botuobiya, the crew deviated from the approach pattern. Coming in too low, the main landing gear struck a river bank 1.5 m (4.9 ft) below of and 43 m (141...
Date: 20 August 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л3488
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gizhiga
Summary: Crashed into terrain while flying in clouds, 23 kilometres (14 mi) out of Gizhiga, and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft had completed an aerogeophysical survey flight.
Date: 20 July 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5554
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew intentionally followed the wrong airway, flying at 1,400 m (4,600 ft). Although the crew did not sight land, they decided to continue rather than turn around. The aircraft entered cloud and deviated from the flight route. Rather than turni...
Date: 4 July 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л4869
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Voronezh Airport
Summary: The aircraft had just completed the second leg of a Mineralnye Vody–Rostov–Voronezh–Moscow passenger service as Flight 256 . While taxiing along a dirt taxiway to the airport terminal, at 300 m (980 ft) from the runway, the crew felt a sharp jolt and a dull explosion...
Date: 26 April 1956
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: East Berlin
Summary: Crashed after it struck a church tower in fog while on approach to Schönefeld Airport . The aircraft, probably an Ilyushin Il-12, was operating a Warsaw -East Berlin service.
Date: 22 April 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л1718
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Sukhumi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi- Kutaisi cargo service as Flight 227 . Shortly after takeoff from Sukhumi Airport the aircraft climbed to just 60 metres (200 ft) and began descending until it struck the surface of the Black Sea . The pilot may have been blinded by a...
Date: 7 March 1956
Flight: CCCP-71289
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed on takeoff.
Date: 21 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4981
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Balkhash Lake
Summary: Eighty-six minutes after takeoff the crew reported that the gyroscopes had failed, due to a failure in the vacuum regulator. Communication with the aircraft was lost later; the wreckage was found the next day in the snow-covered Saryesik-Atyrau desert 105 km (65 mi)...
Date: 9 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4993
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tordoki Yani
Summary: Struck the side of a mountain. The aircraft was flying too low through the Sikhote-Alin mountain range as the result of ATC errors. Caught in a strong downdraft, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed on the southeastern slope of Mount Tordoki Yani. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 9 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4339
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tyumen Region
Summary: While on the Sverdlovsk–Petropavlovsk leg the aircraft was blown off course by strong winds, stronger than forecast. To make matters worse, the radio compass failed and Petropavlovsk Airport was closed due to bad weather. The crew decided to divert to Kurgan, but could not est...
Date: 28 September 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4712
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ozerevo
Summary: En route to Leningrad the right engine failed due to an oil leak. The propeller could not be fathered due to the lack of oil. The crew decided to make an emergency landing at the Vypolzovo military airfield, but were unable to reach Vypolzovo ATC for 50 minutes. The aircraft l...
Date: 15 September 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л1359
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Kansky District
Summary: ATC failed to inform the crew of a thunderstorm that had formed on the flight route. The aircraft entered the storm and encountered severe turbulence and this placed heavy loads on the wings, causing the aircraft to break up. The aircraft then crashed upside down in a field. T...
Date: 6 August 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5057
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Voronezh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow– Stalingrad – Moscow passenger service as Flight 214 . During the first leg of the flight, an unscheduled stop was made at Voronezh to pick up several passengers. After landing, a slight oil leak was discovered on the righ...
Date: 24 July 1955
Flight: CCCP-А2616
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Birobidzhan
Summary: The aircraft left Birobidzhan on a short cargo flight to a remote area. After takeoff the aircraft climbed to 15–20 m (49–66 ft), performed a 180° turn and continued for 20 km (12 mi). At 600 m (2,000 ft) the aircraft struck trees and crashed. Bot...
Date: 1 July 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л2642
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Twelve minutes after takeoff the engine lost power at 300 m (980 ft). Altitude was lost and the crew attempted a forced landing in swampy terrain. The aircraft did not make it that far and crashed 1.2 km (0.75 mi) from the Pechora rail line near Tobys railw...
Date: 16 May 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5579
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Chelyabinsk
Summary: The aircraft arrived at the "Podovinnoe" kolkhoz on 12 May to spray crops. That evening, the crew drank vodka and red wine. There were no flights on 13 May due to bad weather. On 14 and 15 May, the crew completed 30 rotations each day for a total of 12 hours of flight. On the...
Date: 8 May 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4098
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: While on approach to Dnepropetrovsk, the left outer wing separated. The aircraft entered a spin at 200–300 m (660–980 ft) and crashed on a hillside. The aircraft was operating a Kiev-Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnipro)-Zaporozhye cargo service as Flight 599 . During an overh...
Date: 23 January 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4510
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Lipovets
Summary: Twenty-three minutes after takeoff from Kiev, the passengers smelled a burning odor and noticed a dark stain above a window. A crewmember's cigarette had been thrown out the right window into the cabin intake, starting a fire in the ventilation system. The fire spread quickly,...
Date: 13 January 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5000
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Moscow Region
Summary: Just after takeoff from Bykovo Airport the right engine failed due to a foreign object that had been deliberately placed into the fuel system. The crew increased power to the left engine, but the aircraft entered a right bank and began to lose altitude. The aircraft struck tre...
Date: 31 December 1954
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: The aircraft, probably an Ilyushin Il-14, crashed on takeoff while operating a Beijing-Cyprus passenger service.
Date: 5 December 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1320
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata, the left engine developed problems. The aircraft climbed to 100 m (328 ft) before losing altitude and speed. The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing at a military airfield at Pervomaysky (4.5 km (2.8 mi) nort...
Date: 12 November 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4519
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft took off with 25 degrees of flaps; after becoming airborne the aircraft banked left and then right, crashing to the left of and near the end of the runway and breaking up. Crew fatigue was blamed. The aircraft was operating a Leningrad–Moscow–K...
Date: 28 October 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1789
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Mount Sivukha
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 136 . Wreckage found in June 1955.
Date: 27 September 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1365
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while attempting to land in poor visibility after the crew deviated from the flight route. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk–Novosibirsk–Moscow passenger service as Flight 10 . This crash is the deadliest involving the I...
Date: 26 August 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4679
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Struck trees on a hill and crashed upside-down while descending for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The crew had mistakenly tuned the radio compass to the frequency of a nearby military airfield instead of the destination airport and this caused a navigation error. The aircraft was operati...
Date: 27 January 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4105
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tsaghkashen
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft, operating an atmospheric sounding flight, was blown 18 km (11 mi) off course by strong winds. While descending in cloud the aircraft struck the eastern slope of Mount Kara-Dag.
Date: 8 January 1954
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ülemiste Airport
Summary: While operating a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 365 , the aircraft was hijacked by a man wearing a Soviet Air Force uniform and a woman and demanded to be flown to Finland. Both were armed with firearms and the woman was also armed with a kni...
Date: 4 November 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1367
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Magdagachi Airport
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while on approach to Magdagachi Airport. The left altimeter was set incorrectly and it showed an altitude of 55 m (180 ft) greater than the actual altitude. While on final approach the aircraft struck trees 5,620 m (3.49 mi) from th...
Date: 31 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4732
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Kharkov Airport
Summary: Crashed on approach to Kharkov. The pilot came in too low and lost speed in a right turn and struck the ground and crashed in a residential garden between two houses in a village near the airport; the surviving passenger was seriously injured. The crew had previously practiced...
Date: 27 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1765
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magadan
Summary: Crashed two minutes after takeoff from Magadan Airport. The wings had not been de-iced before takeoff, and the overloaded aircraft lost speed on climbout, banking to the left and then to the right, eventually crashing 6 km (3.7 mi) from the airport. Due to operate a...
Date: 21 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4890
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Eighty-seven minutes after takeoff from Stalingrad at 2,100 m (6,900 ft) the aircraft flew into snow. The crew were unable to set up the direction finder for their destination due to radio interference. Without ATC permission the crew decided to return to Stalingrad...
Date: 14 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1727
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Irkutsk, the pilot mistook the lights on the inner marker masts for an aircraft approaching head on. The pilot banked sharply to the right at low altitude to avoid a collision, but the aircraft stalled and crashed 2.5 km (1.6 mi) short of t...
Date: 26 September 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л231
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Bagdarin-Romanovka passenger service. For unknown reasons, the crew were in a hurry to get to Romanovka, and after passengers boarded, the engine was started and the aircraft taxied to the runway and began takeoff. But at 1 m (3.3 ft) the...
Date: 22 August 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4157
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was parked in preparation for a flight to Krasnoyarsk. Early in the morning an engine mechanic entered the aircraft and started the engines. Although he was able to take off, the aircraft assumed a nose-high attitude, stalled and crashed from 5–10 m (16–33...
Date: 13 August 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4393
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Struck by a TS-62 (CCCP-Л1034) that had landed 170 m (560 ft) to the right of the runway due to fog. The collision damaged the tail of the Li-2 and the right wing of the TS-62; the Li-2 was written off.
Date: 6 July 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4027
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Rushan
Summary: Crashed in a mountain pass after encountering a downdraft while flying too low. The crew deviated from the flight route when the mountain pass the aircraft was to fly through became shrouded in cloud. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khorog-Stalinabad passenger...
Date: 1 July 1953
Flight: CCCP-А2638
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Koryaki
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Milkovo–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service, flying under VFR at 1,200–1,300 m (3,900–4,300 ft). An hour into the flight, weather conditions deteriorated with low clouds and rain when the aircraft struck the side of a mountain some...
Date: 14 June 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1375
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Zugdidi
Summary: While en route to Tbilisi, the aircraft entered a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning. This caused an uncontrolled dive. The crew attempted a recovery manoeuver at 300 m (980 ft) but this placed excessive load on the aircraft, causing the outer wing sections to...
Date: 27 May 1953
Flight: CCCP-А4031
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Barzas
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Li-2 had deviated 47 km (29 mi) from the flight route and collided with the Li-2T. The Li-2T's right propeller cut into the Li-2's fuselage, breaking off the aileron and flap. The Li-2's tail and left wing sepa...
Date: 24 May 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4863
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Nadezhda Airport
Summary: The aircraft failed to take off, overrunning the runway and crashing into a dirt pile, damaging the landing gear. The crew could not decide who was to fly the aircraft.
Date: 30 April 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1777
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Kazan Airport
Summary: Ditched in the Volga River due to double engine failure. During the approach to Kazan the aircraft suffered bird strikes, one of which hit the windshield near an area where the magneto switches for the engines were located. A short circuit occurred in the switch wires after th...
Date: 4 March 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4371
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ashgabat Airport
Summary: The aircraft overran the runway and struck an earth wall after failing to reach takeoff speed.
Date: 9 February 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4513
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirensk Airfield
Summary: During takeoff, the right engine failed at 20–30 m (66–98 ft). The crew attempted to make a forced landing on the airfield grounds, but the aircraft crashed.
Date: 23 January 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1435
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Kazan Airport
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-12 was operating a Kazan-Moscow-Novosibirsk cargo service as Flight 22 and had just taken off from Kazan when it collided with the Li-2, which was on approach to Kazan from Moscow. The Li-2 lost its left engine in the...
Date: 21 January 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4666
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both engines failed five minutes into a test flight. The crew attempted a forced landing in the outskirts of Irkutsk, but the aircraft crashed into a house.
Date: 15 December 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4551
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft attempted to land in poor weather with low clouds and ground fog after dusk. The right wing struck a telephone pole, crashed near the fuel depot 300 m (980 ft) further, caught fire and burned out.
Date: 4 December 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4661
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Yeniseisk
Summary: While climbing through 1,800 m (5,900 ft), the crew decided to return to the airport due to a problem with the left propeller. The propeller could not be feathered and the aircraft lost altitude. The engine was shut down, but the propeller continued to windmill in th...
Date: 22 October 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4875
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kuibyshev Airport
Summary: During the approach to Kuibyshev (now Samara), the aircraft descended below the glide scope, collided with a high-voltage power line between the outer marker and inner marker and crashed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Kazan-Kuibyshev-Sverdlovsk (now Ye...
Date: 5 October 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1328
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Skvoritsy
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision. The Il-12 was operating a domestic scheduled Minsk-1 Airport – Shosseynaya Airport passenger service as Flight 376 with 24 occupants on board, and had initiated the descent to the destination airport. The TS-62 had departed t...
Date: 28 September 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4673
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Belogorsk
Summary: Disappeared while being ferried from Khabarovsk to Tashkent for repairs, with stops at Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk. The aircraft was accidentally discovered in 1967 on a mountain 158 km (98 mi) from Kemerovo. While on the Krasnoyarsk-Novosibirsk leg the aircraft enco...
Date: 23 August 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1488
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Chlya
Summary: Seventy minutes after takeoff, the crew heard a loud clap sound and felt a vibration. A portion of a propeller blade on the right engine had broken off and punctured the fuselage, destroying hydraulic lines, engine control cables and electrical wires. The blade then struck the...
Date: 19 July 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4197
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Spilve Airport
Summary: Crashed during a training flight following double engine failure, probably due to mismanagement of the fuel system. While performing a go-around both engines quit, causing a loss of speed. The aircraft stalled while in a left turn and crashed near the airport.
Date: 3 May 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4602
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khandyga
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Khandyga-Allaikha cargo service. The aircraft encountered bad weather and deviated from the route due to strong winds. It entered clouds and struck a mountain at 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in the Verkhoyanski mountain range.
Date: 5 April 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1308
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magdagachi
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. After lifting off, the aircraft climbed to 30–40 m (98–131 ft) but then began banking to the right. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed 922 m (3,025 ft) to the right of the runway and 600 m (2,000 ft) past the...
Date: 26 March 1952
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Tula Airport
Summary: A passenger aircraft, reportedly with 36 on board, overran the runway on landing at Tula Airport, colliding with a military transport aircraft carrying 34 people. Both aircraft caught fire. Given the death toll, the aircraft involved were probably Li-2 or Il-12. The passenger...
Date: 21 February 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1849
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Baratayevka Airport
Summary: The aircraft took off with the center of gravity too far forward. Due to pilot error, the aircraft lost altitude. The pilot attempted to regain altitude, but the propellers had struck the ground. The aircraft then touched down again, both propellers hitting the ground a second...
Date: 9 January 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4315
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: While on approach to Stalingrad, the aircraft lost altitude, stalled and crashed into a snowy field some 60 m (200 ft) to the right of the runway, breaking in two. The aircraft was completing the Voronezh–Stalingrad leg of a Moscow–Voronezh–Stalingrad–Baku cargo serv...
Date: 27 December 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4228
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Namtsev
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yakutsk –Vilyuysk passenger service when it force-landed 90 kilometres (56 mi) out of Yakutsk due to double engine failure caused by fuel exhaustion . The aircraft collided with trees and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 30 November 1951
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: En route to Kiev the right engine lost oil due to a leaking oil cooler. The propeller could not be feathered and the aircraft force-landed in a forest clearing 50 km (31 mi) east of Kiev. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kharkov–Kiev passenger service.
Date: 17 November 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1775
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff due to wing icing. Due to operate a domestic non-scheduled Novosibirsk-Omsk-Moscow passenger service.
Date: 14 November 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1360
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Summary: The aircraft took off with snow on the fuselage, accumulated during taxiing and engine tests, after which it lifted off too late and too slow, causing the aircraft to vibrate. Assuming the vibration to be a rough-running engine, the flight engineer overfueled the left engine,...
Date: 30 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4393
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Arkangelsk
Summary: Both engines failed while on approach to Arkangelsk after the flight engineer made a mistake in handling the fuel system. The aircraft force-landed in the Severnaya Dvina River some 10 m (33 ft) from the banks and partially sank.
Date: 11 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4416
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bogdanovich
Summary: Crashed in a swampy area 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Koltsovo Airport due to crew disorientation and resulting fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was operating a Sochi-Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 521 .
Date: 1 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4775
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Krasnoyarsk Territory
Summary: Crashed in a forest. The aircraft was flying at 50–200 m (160–660 ft), depending on cloud height; the aircraft flew into cloud several times. After passing the Kureyka River the aircraft descended to 50–70 m (160–230 ft). While flying up a hill slope the pr...
Date: 7 September 1951
Flight: CCCP-A2583
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gorbovichi
Summary: Broke apart in mid-air and crashed during a training flight due to both a design fault and a manufacturing defect.
Date: 23 August 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1271
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kanash
Summary: Force-landed 120 km (75 mi) southwest of Kazan Airport due to fuel exhaustion after the crew became disorientated.
Date: 12 August 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4314
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vilyuysk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Vilyuysk-Nyurba service. Just after takeoff the left propeller feathered. The crew increased right engine power and prepared to go-around. While making a turn to go-around, the right engine overheated. The crew reduced engine power and bega...
Date: 21 April 1951
Flight: CCCP-A2597
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yermakovsky District
Summary: Disappeared while operating a Kyzyl-Abakan cargo service. The aircraft took off from Kyzyl despite bad weather on the flight path. The wreckage was located in August 2009 on the side of a mountain in the Ermakovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Region, but was not positively identifie...
Date: 8 April 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4467
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Mama
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kirensk-Ust-Kut-Mama-Kirensk cargo service. During a second flight to Mama the crew diverted to Bodaybo due to poor weather. The crew received permission to land at Mama but communication was lost afterwards. The aircraft crashed in a forest 18...
Date: 29 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1313
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: After repairs at the ARB-400 facility at Vnukovo Airport, the aircraft departed to perform a test flight, despite poor visibility. The crew lost spatial orientation due to a malfunctioning compass. ATC advised the crew to make a belly landing, but the crew insisted on landing...
Date: 28 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4198
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Spilve Airport
Summary: The aircraft was performing a training flight, despite poor weather. Visibility dropped quickly while the aircraft was landing in rain and the aircraft performed a premature descent while flying too low. The aircraft struck a river bank and crashed.
Date: 25 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4790
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Iskra
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Irkutsk at night the aircraft encountered low clouds, poor weather, heavy turbulence and icing conditions. The aircraft was flying low and drifted off course. The crew accidentally feathered the number two propeller, causing a loss of altitude. The a...
Date: 13 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1319
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: While approaching Sverdlovsk the aircraft encountered icing conditions and the cockpit windows iced over. During landing the crew did not monitor instruments and later lowered the landing gear. After the engines were throttled back the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and crash...
Date: 9 February 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4821
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: At the start of a training flight, the aircraft took off with frozen soil on the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft pitched up, lost airspeed, and crashed from a height of 20 m (66 ft).
Date: 28 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4715
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Narimanovka Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata–Moscow service with in-route stops. During a night time approach to Kostanay, the crew encountered dense haze and attempted to land despite having no visual contact with the ground. The pilot mistook the ceiling of the haze with snowy ter...
Date: 9 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1811
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Black Sea off Tuapse
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow-Krasnodar-Sochi passenger service. While descending over the Black Sea for Sochi, the aircraft was struck by lightning at 900 m (3,000 ft). The left rear fuel tank exploded, starting a fire. The crew lost contro...
Date: 9 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4359
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: While descending to Kazan, the aircraft encountered icing conditions and clouds. The cockpit windows iced over. While on approach the right wing struck the top of a radio tower at 130 m (430 ft), breaking off a portion of the wing. The aircraft continued to fly for 2...
Date: 27 December 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л4003
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mynzhilki
Summary: The aircraft was operating an aerial photography training flight. After a stop at Dzhusaly the aircraft then flew for Turkestan, although the crew were unaware that strong winds had pushed the aircraft off course by 72 km (45 mi). The aircraft then crashed into Mount...
Date: 9 November 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1098
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: Turukhansk
Summary: While en route to Dudinka, the crew flew into poor weather. Unable to locate Dudinka, the crew decided to return to Turukhansk. On the way back ice formed on the wings. When the landing gear was lowered, the aircraft lost speed and altitude. The aircraft then stalled and crash...
Date: 11 August 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1706
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Struck a tree and crashed while on approach to Sverdlovsk in fog while flying too low. The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Omsk–Sverdlovsk–Moscow passenger service as Flight 8 .
Date: 30 July 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1803
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Crashed on approach to Karaganda Airport . Six minutes after takeoff from Karaganda the crew radioed that the number one engine had failed and that they were returning to the airport. While maneuvering to return to the airport, the crew had to change course due to a tall build...
Date: 19 July 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1340
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Tbilisi Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight; along with the five crew were six unauthorized passengers. The pilot deviated from both the approach pattern and glide scope and the aircraft hit the top of a 175 m (574 ft) hill that was not on the map.
Date: 17 April 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л862
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: Vitim
Summary: Five minutes into the flight, the left engine began to run rough, and later caught fire. The fire spread into the fuselage through the heating system. At 2,000 m (6,600 ft) the burning engine fell off, but the aircraft continued to lose altitude. At 300–400 metres (9...
Date: 7 April 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л4411
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: Force-landed due to fuel exhaustion following repeated attempts to land at Zhuliany Airport in bad weather. The aircraft was completing a Kharkiv–Kiev passenger service.
Date: 30 December 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4704
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Sverdlovsk the cockpit windows frosted over. The crew became distracted and lost spatial orientation as they continued to fly under VFR. The aircraft lost altitude, banked right and crashed on the banks of the Iset' River. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 25 December 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4719
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aktyubinsk
Summary: While on approach to Aktyubinsk, the inexperienced pilots flew too slow and the aircraft stalled at 60 m (200 ft). Although the pilots were able to recover and perform a go-around, they flew too slow on the second approach. The aircraft stalled at 15 m (49 ...
Date: 16 November 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4530
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Completing a Rostov on Don-Kursk-Moscow passenger service, the crew attempted to land at Moscow in poor weather with low clouds and fog. The first approach was abandoned, but on the second approach the aircraft landed too late and to the right of the runway and ran off the run...
Date: 20 September 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1462
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Savasleyka
Summary: During the flight the left engine lost oil and failed, due to improper maintenance. The crew decided to make a forced landing at Gorki but due to the loss of oil pressure the propeller could not be feathered. A rapid loss of altitude resulted and the aircraft hit trees on a hi...
Date: 25 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1844
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Kabansky District
Summary: The aircraft descended to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) from 2,400 m (7,900 ft) while flying over the Kabanya River valley en route to Chita. The aircraft struck trees on a mountain slope, broke apart and crashed upside down at 1,400 m (4,600 ft) on the east...
Date: 20 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1434
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Polukotelnikovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Kharkov-Moscow passenger service. While en route to Moscow, the aircraft encountered severe thunderstorms near Belgorod and the crew attempted to navigate between two storm cells, flying at 300–570 m (980–1,870 ft). Near Oboyan th...
Date: 1 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4354
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Naberezhniye Chelny
Summary: While en route to Kazan, the left engine failed due to fuel exhaustion as the fuel tank selector was not switched in time. The propellers could not be feathered and the aircraft lost height and speed until it struck tree tops and crashed in a forest. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 21 July 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1714
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Marga
Summary: En route to Irkutsk the left engine lost oil and caught fire, due to a design fault. The fire was extinguished in an emergency descent, but the aircraft was unable to continue on the remaining engine. While approaching a field to make a forced landing, the left wing struck a t...
Date: 13 May 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1791
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Lost control and struck an embankment after flying into a thunderstorm. After entering the storm, the aircraft encountered turbulence and was struck by lightning, incapacitating the pilots. The aircraft began a right turn with a loss of altitude. The aircraft came out of the c...
Date: 29 April 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4464
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Off Kirensk
Summary: Went some 100 kilometres (62 mi) off course while flying the Yakutsk –Kirensk route. Having failed to establish the aircraft position, the crew decided to descend. The airplane began a descent having no visual contact with the ground, and struck a 1,300-metre-high (4,300&...
Date: 12 March 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4335
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Bel-Auty
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leninabad-Stalinabad passenger service. The crew decided to cut the route short and fly through the Sangardak Gorge. Mistaking the Chakchar Range for the Kushtang Range, the crew began a descent. The aircraft struck the slope of...
Date: 29 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4491
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Nizhnaya Pesha Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff in crosswinds. The aircraft became airborne at low speed and pitched up. The cargo shifted rearward, causing a higher angle of attack. The aircraft stalled at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and crashed.
Date: 19 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1381
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Stalino
Summary: Crashed after takeoff following engine problems. At 90 m (300 ft), the right engine oversped while the left engine lost power. The aircraft stalled, struck a power pole and crashed in flames onto a house near the airport, killing both residents inside and all on boar...
Date: 9 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4261
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: Crashed after takeoff due to a loss of engine power caused by carburetor icing. The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk-Kazan-Moscow cargo service as Flight 38 .
Date: 30 December 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1017
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: near Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was involved in a landing accident at Minsk on 4 December 1948 when the right side landing gear collapsed, bending the propeller blades and causing damage to the right wing. From 15 to 21 December repairs were performed so that the aircraft could be flown to ARB-4...
Date: 23 December 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1731
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-12 was on a ferry flight from Khodynka Aerodrome to Tashkent when it collided with a TS-62 being ferried from Vnukovo Airport to Bykovo Airport . The Il-12 lost both engines in the collision, while the TS-62 had its t...
Date: 22 November 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4463
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ryzhovo
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Yakutsk– Zyryanka -Srednekolymsk domestic scheduled passenger service. While on approach to Srednekolymsk , the crew could not get in contact with the airport and decided to land at an airstrip near Ryzhovo on the banks of the Kolyma River. During...
Date: 18 November 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4275
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leninabad
Summary: Between Jizak and Leninabad (now Khujand) the aircraft encountered bad weather. While flying in cloud the aircraft was blown off course by strong winds and struck a mountain in the Mogol-Tau ridge at 700 m (2,300 ft). The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad-Leninabad...
Date: 25 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4500
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Samurskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Karachayevsk-Sukhumi-Tbilisi service. The crew, who was drunk, carried out the incorrect procedure climb and set course over mountains. The crew attempted to find a route to follow the coast line but this failed. The aircraft fle...
Date: 12 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1450
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Yevlakh
Summary: The aircraft disappeared amid inclement weather while attempting to return to Baku owing to navigation difficulties due to poor radio reception while operating the second leg of a Tashkent - Baku - Tbilisi - Sochi domestic passenger service. The wreckage was never found.
Date: 12 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4658
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Parshino
Summary: Crashed in taiga near the Parshinka River and burned out due to double engine failure caused by fuel starvation. The aircraft, operating an Irkutsk–Kirensk–Bodaybo cargo service, was refueled at Kirensk with fuel contaminated by too much water which later froze, clogging the f...
Date: 30 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4304
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Balkhash Airport
Summary: En route to Karaganda the crew probably became disoriented while flying in clouds, causing the aircraft to enter a dive. The crew was recovering from the dive when the right wing broke off due to overstress of the airframe. The aircraft crashed in the steppe 39 km (24...
Date: 9 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1427
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Baymakovo Aerodrome
Summary: During a training flight, the pilot was practicing flying with one engine out, but the instructor feathered the propeller too soon after a go-around with the flaps deployed, causing the aircraft to enter a 30° bank and lose airspeed. Control was lost and the aircraft entered a...
Date: 4 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4498
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Immediately after takeoff the pilot ordered the landing lights turned off and the landing gear raised. The pilot became lost in the darkness and the left propeller touched the ground. The aircraft continued to fly until the left wing struck a power pole and a fence. The aircra...
Date: 2 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1465
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Severny Airport , when the flight engineer reduced engine power without regarding airspeed readings, causing the aircraft to descend until it impacted terrain. The left wing separated on impact and the aircraft turned 180 degrees before comin...
Date: 31 July 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л789
Aircraft: PBN-1 Nomad
Location: Turukhansk
Summary: After an uneventful flight, the crew received permission to land, but the crew did not receive some information on water conditions. After an approach in gusty winds and high waves, the aircraft bounced twice and got to a height of 5–6 m (16–20 ft) before losing spee...
Date: 22 May 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1073
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Magadan
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky-Magadan passenger service. The weather conditions at Magadan were deteriorating, and the crew decided to divert to Seymchan. The head of Magadan Airport was drunk, and despite actions of other controllers he allowed the ai...
Date: 24 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4460
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bodaybo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kirensk-Bodaybo passenger service. The crew, who was drunk, deviated from the flight path in poor visibility and followed the Vitim River at a height of just 100 m (330 ft). Control was lost in a snowstorm and the aircr...
Date: 23 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4437
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khabarovsk Airport
Summary: Swerved off the runway on takeoff. The wing hit a telegraph pole and the aircraft struck a pole of a high-voltage power line. The rudder trimmer had not been set to the neutral position before takeoff. Due to operate a Khabarovsk–Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk passenger service.
Date: 21 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1215
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Chita
Summary: The aircraft took off in bad weather on a rescue mission for an Li-2 (CCCP-Л4279) that had force-landed near Tynda. While en route the right engine began to vibrate severely and the propeller could not be feathered. While flying over a mountain range the aircraft could not gai...
Date: 3 February 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л54
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Transbaikal
Summary: Crashed into a mountain slope after flying through snow.
Date: 30 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4214
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Chrysostom
Summary: Struck a mountain in the Taganai range of the Ural Mountains 20 km (12 mi) north of Chrysostom (now Zlatoust) at 1,145 m (3,757 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chelyabinsk-Kazan-Moscow cargo service as Flight 20 . ATC had allowed the cr...
Date: 18 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л997
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Teply Stan
Summary: The aircraft crashed while on a test flight following an overhaul by ARB-400. While on approach to Vnukovo Airport the aircraft entered fog, struck a hill with the right wing, and crashed near kilometer 18 of the Kaluga Highway.
Date: 18 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1343
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the left engine was shut down due to low oil pressure. The crew returned to the airport, but on the first attempt to land the approach speed was too high and the landing gear was lowered too late. The pilot performed a go-around. On the second at...
Date: 24 November 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1356
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk–Moscow passenger service with several intermediate stops. On takeoff from Sverdlovsk the aircraft was overloaded by 330 kg (730 lb) and not properly de-iced. The aircraft failed to lift off and overran the runway, struck some b...
Date: 19 September 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1332
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Struck by a crashing North American B-25 (CCCP-I850) that lost control during an emergency landing. Both aircraft burned out.
Date: 6 August 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4017
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Severo-Vostochny Bank
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft stalled and crashed following a loss of speed while performing a left turn at 100 m (330 ft).
Date: 1 July 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1317
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: The left engine failed on takeoff from Vnukovo Airport, causing a loss of airspeed. The pilot attempted to return, but the aircraft lost altitude, hit tree tops and the roof of a house and crashed into a second house.
Date: 21 June 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4138
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Karkinyts'ka Gulf
Summary: Ditched in the Black Sea following a loss of engine power.
Date: 16 June 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4088
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leninabad Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft failed to lift off and the pilot forced the aircraft to lift off at low speed. The aircraft struck a telephone pole and a high-voltage power line at a height of just 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft). The aircraft, operating a Leninabad (now Khujand...
Date: 16 May 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1048
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: While on approach in bad weather, the aircraft struck a tower of a broadcast station and crashed . Weather conditions were below minimum at Khabarovsk and the airport should have been closed, yet ATC allowed the aircraft to land.
Date: 22 April 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1204
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Volochanka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kosisty–Khatanga–Dudinka–Turukhansk–Krasnoyarsk passenger service. Just after takeoff the left engine began to overheat. Thirty-eight minutes into the flight the left engine lost oil pressure and was shut down, but this also caus...
Date: 5 March 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л952
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Caucasus Mountains
Summary: Radio contact with the flight was lost 73 minutes after takeoff. The wreckage was found on 20 June 1947 in the Caucasus Mountains. The flight was running late and the pilot straightened the route through the mountains. The aircraft encountered icing conditions and struck a mou...
Date: 4 December 1946
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mashhad
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff.
Date: 9 November 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4145
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ufa
Summary: Ninety-five minutes after takeoff, the left engine was shut down due to low oil pressure. The pilot decided to divert to Ufa, but was unable to locate the airport due to low clouds. When the aircraft descended through clouds, the pilot realized that he was above the city. The...
Date: 5 November 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л946
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Berlin–Riga-Moscow passenger service. After being in a holding pattern for two hours, the crew started the approach. The crew decided to go-around some 300 m (980 ft) past a landing sign. The aircraft was flying low and...
Date: 31 October 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4278
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashauz
Summary: While on final approach to Tashauz the left wing caught fire. The aircraft landed safely and all on board were able to escape before the aircraft burned out. The left rear fuel tank cap was not properly closed (due to an improperly fitted fuel filter) following refueling at As...
Date: 6 September 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л35
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Darvaza
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Ashgabat-Darvaza cargo service. On final approach, the aircraft pitched up, stalled and crashed short of the runway. During maintenance, several bolts were left missing in the inner part of the left elevator, causing it to fail.
Date: 28 April 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л27
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Kazan
Summary: Force-landed in wooded area near Kazan due to engine failure. Two days before, the number one piston in the left engine failed. The cylinder and piston were replaced, but the mechanic did not clean out the remains of the old piston.
Date: 2 April 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л924
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Mount Guram , North Ossetian ASSR
Summary: Struck a mountain after the crew took a shortcut while en route to Rostov. The wreckage was found on 20 July 1946 some 93 km (58 mi) to the right of the planned route. The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Rostov passenger service.
Date: 22 March 1946
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Chukotka National District
Summary: Struck a mountainside while flying too low between mountain ranges. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Anadyr-Uelkal passenger service. The pilot had a history of a lack of discipline and alcohol problems.
Date: 22 March 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л893
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Bakovka
Summary: Crashed on a slope of a hill on the bank of the Setun River near Bakovka, Moscow Region, probably due to icing. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Minsk-Berlin cargo service.
Date: 20 February 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4162
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: Struck the ruins of a building and broke apart following an aborted takeoff when the aircraft had already lifted off.
Date: 6 February 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л35
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Darvaza Airport
Summary: Stalled and crashed while on approach following the failure of the left horizontal stabilizer.
Date: 31 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л854
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Solntsevo
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Bykovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport when the left engine failed 15 minutes into the flight. The propeller could not be feathered and the crew decided to make an emergency landing at Sukovo Airfield (now the Solntsevo District in Moscow), but p...
Date: 27 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4131
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gerelde
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chardzhou–Urgench passenger service. Before the flight, the pilot was observed drinking several glasses of vodka. He ordered the co-pilot to perform the takeoff while staying in the cabin himself. During the flight, the pilot harassed a female pass...
Date: 14 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4150
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Netrubezh, Kolpnyansky District
Summary: En route to Moscow, the aircraft encountered icing conditions at a height of 400–600 m (1,300–2,000 ft). The resultant buffeting of the tailplane caused a portion of the left stabilizer to separate 77 minutes into the flight. The aircraft lost control and entered a t...
Date: 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л28
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Taldi-Kurgan
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Novosibirsk when it crashed into mountains during a thunderstorm after being re-engined.
Date: 4 December 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л950
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Severny Airport
Summary: The aircraft encountered low clouds and fog while approaching Novosibirsk. The right wing struck the wiring of a radio tower while the crew was attempting to locate the runway and the aircraft crashed out of control. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulan Bator (...
Date: 3 May 1945
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gleiwitz
Summary: Damaged on landing when the aircraft struck three parked Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-2s.
Date: 19 April 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л3976
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kielce
Summary: Struck trees on a mountain slope and crashed after the crew deviated from the planned course due to bad weather. The aircraft operated on a Kraków-Minsk-Moscow flight in support of the People's Commissariat for Lines of Communications.
Date: 1 April 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л4038
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Turovets
Summary: The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Kiev–Kraków passenger service. En route to Kraków, the right engine developed problems. The crew decided to perform an emergency landing at Skoromokhi Airport, but the right engine caught fire and the crew made a for...
Date: 15 March 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л41
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Chardzhou Airport
Summary: The aircraft was being flown from Ashkhabad (now Ashgabat) to Alma-Ata for overhaul by ARM-405. Near Repetek the right engine failed. The pilot decided to perform a go-around on landing at Chardzhou (now Turkmenabat) as he was not able to make out the landing sign as he was bl...
Date: 4 March 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л915
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Mulden
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Wormditt (now Orneta ) to Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk ) when it crashed and was destroyed by fire, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Mulden (now Perevalovo), after one of the wings contacted trees while it was flying too low.
Date: 22 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л963
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Shelkovskaya
Summary: While en route to Grozny, visibility was poor. The crew descended to a low altitude and followed a rail line. In the Gudermes District the aircraft flew into thick fog. The crew followed the wrong rail line to Chervlennaya. The crew then decided to fly to Grozny directly, over...
Date: 22 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л901
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: Crashed following double engine failure. The right engine failed 15 minutes after takeoff from Minsk. The crew returned to Minsk, but after performing two go-arounds, the left engine also failed. The aircraft struck a pole, hit a roof of a house and crashed in a garden. The ai...
Date: 14 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л46
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Stalinabad
Summary: Twenty minutes after takeoff the right wing caught fire, probably due to a fuel leak. The aircraft entered a dive after the right wing fuel tanks exploded and the aircraft crashed into rocks in the Rangon Mountains, near Stalinabad (now Dushanbe). The aircraft was operating a...
Date: 13 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л866
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Zavodskoy Airfield
Summary: While on approach to Saratov, the aircraft encountered low clouds and fog. Speed was lost while the aircraft was making a turn, and the aircraft crashed on the slope of the Korolyov Sad ravine near Zavodskoy Airfield and burned out.
Date: 21 December 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л870
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a supply mission between Rzeszow and Nowy Targ for Polish partisans when it crashed. The aircraft was probably shot down by Luftwaffe fighters; the wreckage was never found.
Date: 7 December 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4161
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Orlovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kishinov (now Chisinau)-Kiev-Moscow passenger service. While en route to Kiev the aircraft flew into thick fog, struck a slope of a ravine and then crashed in a field while flying too low.
Date: 25 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4111
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Off Absheron Peninsula
Summary: Crashed in the Caspian Sea during a training flight.
Date: 15 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л928
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Off Memel
Summary: Disappeared over the Baltic Sea while on a flight from Polan to NKGD target No. 36 (80 km (50 mi) southwest of Danzig) in bad weather.
Date: 13 November 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Stanislav
Summary: While returning from behind German lines, the crew returned to Lvov instead of Stanislav by accident. The crew immediately returned to Stanislav, but were unable to locate the airfield. The aircraft hit tree tops and crashed during the fifth attempt to land.
Date: 11 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л835
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Builya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Minsk-Lublin passenger service. En route to Minsk the crew encountered bad weather and low visibility. The crew became disoriented and overflew Minsk. The crew then performed a forced landing at Builya, but the aircraft came in too fast, bou...
Date: 13 October 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Hronská Breznica
Summary: During a supply flight from Cherlyany, Lvov region to Tri Duby in support of the Slovak National Uprising , the aircraft was attacked by a German night fighter at 3,100 m (10,200 ft). The right engine and fuselage were hit and following a loss of altitude the aircraf...
Date: 30 September 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л3436
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyatskiye Polyany
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Sverdlovsk–Kazan–Moscow passenger service. Some 2 hours and 15 minutes into the Sverdlovsk–Kazan leg, the left engine failed. The pilot decided to perform an emergency landing at Vyatskiye Polyany, but miscalculated th...
Date: 20 July 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л40
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Kok-Su
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Kuibyshev (now Samara) for state trials with the NII GVF when it crashed in a steep gorge near a mountain pass over the Dzhil-Dhuta mountain range near Kok-Su. While en route to Semipalatinsk, the crew had deviated from the fligh...
Date: 15 July 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down over Ukraine by Ukrainian soldiers.
Date: 13 July 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л876
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Avgustova
Summary: En route to Kutski the aircraft encountered poor weather and low visibility. The crew were unable to locate the Kutski airstrip. The aircraft descended until it struck trees and crashed nose-down.
Date: 27 June 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л882
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Lake Palik
Summary: While dropping supplies for partisans in the Lake Palik area, a parachute became entangled in the tail, causing a loss of control. The aircraft lost altitude until the parachute's cargo caught in a tree and the aircraft crashed in a swamp.
Date: 30 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л843
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Novy Dvor
Summary: The aircraft was operating a supply flight for the "V.Z Korzh" partisan group in Starobinsk District (now Soligorsk District), Minsk Region. The aircraft attempted to land at a provisional airstrip near Khorostov in poor weather, but due to a tailwind the aircraft touched down...
Date: 18 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л833
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Ploskin
Summary: While returning from a supply flight for the "Kuibyshev" partisan unit, the pilot thought the aircraft had been attacked. The aircraft descended to a low altitude, but the wing struck treetops and the aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 16 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4063
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: While parked at an airport in Kiev, the radio operator refilled his lighter through a filler syringe and spilled fuel in the process. While testing the lighter the fuel-soaked floor caught fire and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 14 April 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л877
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Rechitsa
Summary: The aircraft was accidentally shot down by Soviet anti-aircraft fire when it flew over the Dnepr River bridge.
Date: 11 April 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л853
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Kolomyya
Summary: Overran the runway on landing and ran down a slope after the crew was interfered by another person in the cockpit who forced the crew to land in the opposite direction.
Date: 20 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л3990
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yanovshchina
Summary: The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter while on a supply flight from Staraya Toropa to partisans behind German lines.
Date: 8 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4064
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Novoyuryevka
Summary: The aircraft was attacked by four Luftwaffe Bf 109s while paradropping supplies for units of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. The aircraft crashed after a fire broke out.
Date: 4 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л875
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Vnukovo to Khodynka. During the flight, one engine was shut down for training purposes, but it could not be restarted. The pilot then returned to Vnukovo but touched down too late and the crew performed a go-around, but before gain...
Date: 27 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4076
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared between Nikopol and Krivoi Rog while on a flight from Melitopol to an area behind German lines to support the 3rd Ukrainian Front offensive. All occupants of the aircraft, including both pilots, were declared MIA and presumed dead as the aircraft was never found.
Date: 17 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л847
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Tartu
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Kudrovo to the area of Tartu to paradrop a reconnaissance team behind German lines. Neither the crew nor the aircraft have been found.
Date: 13 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л846
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Kudrovo (near Leningrad) to an area behind German lines. Neither the crew nor the aircraft have been found.
Date: 12 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4068
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Novoyuryevka
Summary: Stalled at 30–40 m (98–131 ft), banked right and crashed shortly after takeoff. The elevator trim tabs were not set correctly before takeoff. The aircraft was operating a Gorky-Kuibyshev cargo service.
Date: 13 January 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л837
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Svoryn
Summary: The aircraft was operating a supply flight for the "Sikorski" partisan unit in the area near Svoryn. The aircraft attempted to take off from a short, waterlogged runway at low speed, but the left wing struck the ground and the aircraft crashed. The aircraft was abandoned becau...
Date: 21 December 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4032
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight both engines quit due to a design defect of a fuel tank, causing a loss of altitude and speed. The trainee pilot pulled back on the controls but this caused the aircraft to stall. The aircraft crashed in a forest 800 m (2,600 ft) from the air...
Date: 18 December 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л825
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Ramenye
Summary: While on a supply flight for partisans in the area of Lake Lubans in eastern Latvia behind German lines, the crew was not able to locate the target area due to fog and low clouds. The crew decided to return to Staraya Toropa, but while attempting to land, the aircraft crashed...
Date: 24 October 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л37
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Asha
Summary: Crashed and burned out.
Date: 24 October 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3050
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Salavat
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chelyabinsk-Kuybyshev (now Samara) cargo flight. Fifty minutes after takeoff, approaching the Ural Mountains, the crew realized that they could not overfly the mountains. The pilot turned left and slowly climbed to 1,200 m (3,900 ft). A f...
Date: 10 October 1943
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Bereznik
Summary: The aircraft left Segezha on a supply mission to a lake. While on approach to the target area, the aircraft came under attack from German anti-aircraft fire. After three unsuccessful attempts to approach the zone, the pilot left the area and flew east, climbing to 2,600 m...
Date: 20 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4029
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: The inexperienced crew deviated from the flight route by 68 km (42 mi) to the northwest. The crew then attempted to land at their destination on time, but by then the left engine had failed and the aircraft was low on fuel. The aircraft crashed into the ground while...
Date: 19 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4008
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yakhnovo Airfield
Summary: While between Khvoinaya and Leningrad the crew became disoriented. The crew then decided to return to Khvoinaya, but diverted to Yakhnovo due to poor weather at Khvoinaya. The crew abandoned the first landing attempt, then both engines quit because the flight engineer forgot t...
Date: 14 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4012
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Toropa
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a supply flight for partisans in Belarus when it was attacked by a Luftwaffe Bf 110 fighter. An in-flight fire resulted, and the aircraft crashed near the front line.
Date: 28 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3959
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya Airport
Summary: The aircraft returned to Khvoinaya due to poor weather at their destination of Lake Onega. Weather at Khvoinaya was even worse, with a thunderstorm in the area. During the first attempt to land the crew performed a go-around. The crew was then blinded by lightning and became d...
Date: 27 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4047
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vitebsk Region
Summary: Disappeared following an attack at 1,300 m (4,265 ft), 58 km (36 mi) southwest of Nevel, by a Luftwaffe fighter. Neither the aircraft nor the crew (declared MIA) have been found.
Date: 22 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3956
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Rechitsa
Summary: Thirty minutes after takeoff from "Airstrip No. 17", an engine failed at 200–300 m (660–980 ft). The crew attempted to return, but altitude was lost and the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a forest.
Date: 21 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4034
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Akhtyrka
Summary: Disappeared while on a flight from Oboyan to an area behind German lines, 20 km (12 mi) from Mirgorod. The aircraft was last seen flying over the front line near Akhtyrka. All crew declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 8 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3982
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Balashov Airfield
Summary: Stalled and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was carrying three Klimov M-105 engines. During takeoff one of the engines broke through the cabin floor, trapping the control cable of the horizontal stabilizer which ran under the floor. The pilot tried to steer the air...
Date: 30 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3489
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhukovka
Summary: While en route to an area behind German lines the aircraft was attacked by Luftwaffe fighters. The aircraft crashed following a fire; all six crew bailed out but one did not survive.
Date: 30 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3912
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mogilev Region
Summary: Caught fire and crashed in Belarus following an attack by a Luftwaffe fighter while on a supply flight for partisans. A crewmember and the sole passenger bailed out of the aircraft and survived; the remaining crew remain MIA.
Date: 18 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4000
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Osipovka
Summary: The aircraft was evacuating wounded partisan fighters. Because the area was soaked by rain, the aircraft could not take off and was moved and camouflaged near the landing site. German forces pounded the area for one hour and the aircraft was hit several times, suffering bullet...
Date: 29 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л403
Aircraft: Albemarle
Location: Yevlakh
Summary: The aircraft was on a route-proving flight from Moscow to Tbilisi. The crew decided to land at Yevlakh due to an oil leak on the left engine. However, due to a design fault in the 'Exactor' propeller control system, the propeller pitch increased, reducing engine thrust. The ai...
Date: 3 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3932
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: Thirty-five minutes after takeoff at 200–250 m (660–820 ft), the right engine lost power and quit, soon followed by the left engine. The pilot decided to make a forced landing but the aircraft struck trees and crashed and burned. The flight engineer had forgotten to...
Date: 2 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4024
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Trubchevsk
Summary: Struck by German anti-aircraft artillery fire and crashed after completing a supply mission for partisans on the Bryansk front. Three crew bailed out: one was captured by the Germans, another shot himself to avoid capture, and the third reached the partisans on 13 July, return...
Date: 29 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3499
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yegorevsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a flight from Krasnodar to Moscow. Five hours and 30 minutes into the flight, the oil pressure in the right engine began to drop; the engine was also vibrating slightly. The engine was shut down and the flight continued on the remaining engine. Ten m...
Date: 24 May 1943
Flight: URSS-B
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Zavodskoy Airfield
Summary: The aircraft took off from Saratov in the opposite direction due to crosswinds. The aircraft then lifted off near the end of the runway, but with a hill ahead the pilot banked left at low speed and low altitude to clear the hill, the aircraft stalled and crashed into an earthe...
Date: 20 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3909
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sochi
Summary: Struck a mountainside near Sochi 500 m (1,600 ft) from the coast while on approach in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a supply flight for partisans in the Crimea when the aircraft had to turn around due to poor weather over the drop targets. The crew could no...
Date: 11 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3931
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Molotov
Summary: The aircraft was on a test flight following an engine change. Shortly after takeoff, the flight engineer made a mistake in handling the fuel system, causing both engines to quit. The pilot attempted to return to the airport but the aircraft was flying too low, and it struck th...
Date: 27 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3440
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: near Khodynka Aerodrome
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the left engine began having problems, probably due to the use of low-octane fuel. The pilots decided to return but they performed a 180 degree turn to land in the opposite direction. While landing the aircraft came in too high and banked left to avoid a...
Date: 5 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3913
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Berdigestyakh
Summary: While en route to Olyokminsk from Yakutsk the aircraft encountered heavy snow while flying at 150 m (490 ft). Both engines lost power, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft crashed in a forest.
Date: 2 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3495
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Ketan-Dag
Summary: Caught in a downdraft, the aircraft struck the side of Mount Ketan-Dag, 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Yerevan. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Tbilisi passenger service.
Date: 23 January 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3443
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Myakinino
Summary: While on approach to Moscow, the crew could not locate Vnukovo Airport. The crew diverted to Khimki but were not able to land. While circling over northwest Moscow for an airfield, the aircraft lost altitude and struck a barn and crashed at the "16th Party Congress" sovkhoz (s...
Date: 22 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3903
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yanaul
Summary: En route to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), the crew encountered severe icing conditions while flying through clouds at 400 m (1,300 ft). The crew diverted to Yanaul, but the crew abandoned the approach and performed a go-around. The aircraft stalled in a steep turn...
Date: 14 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л760
Aircraft: PS-124
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Crashed after a passenger took the controls and disengaged the autopilot, sending the aircraft into a nosedive from 500 m (1,600 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat)-Tashkent passenger service.
Date: 8 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л5805
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Menshy Brat
Summary: The aircraft was being delivered to the Soviet Air Force when it crashed into a mountain following a loss of altitude in poor visibility and icing conditions.
Date: 17 November 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3965
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the aircraft entered a nosedive due to overloading and fuselage and wing icing and crashed . The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Kirensk passenger service, flying the ALSIB (Alaska-Siberia) route.
Date: 11 November 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2483
Aircraft: PS-35bis
Location: Shemakha
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Baku-Tbilisi flight. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, at 900 m (3,000 ft), the aircraft hit the side of a mountain.
Date: 25 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3432
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Due to pilot error, the aircraft lifted off at low speed. After flying at 3–5 m (10–16 ft) for some 250–350 m (820–1,150 ft), the aircraft banked left, causing the left wing tip and propeller to hit the ground. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 13 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л4007
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Verkhnyaya Akhtuba Airport
Summary: While flying over the airport the aircraft was attacked by German fighters, starting a fire. The aircraft landed in flames at the airport and then burned out following landing.
Date: 12 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3921
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhirkov
Summary: Shot down by anti-aircraft fire after on an ammunition air-drop mission for a Soviet army unit surrounded by German troops near Zhirkov.
Date: 10 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3492
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Stalingrad Airport
Summary: Destroyed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid.
Date: 27 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3983
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Paskovayka
Summary: Struck by German ground fire and crashed.
Date: 23 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3461
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed due to pilot errors.
Date: 11 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3981
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novokhopersk
Summary: Struck by German fire and crashed and burned out.
Date: 8 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3437
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelets
Summary: Shot down and caught fire following a German attack. The aircraft burned out. The sole passenger on board was the chief of staff of the 568th Regiment.
Date: 6 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3945
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khlevnoye
Summary: Crashed following a Luftwaffe attack.
Date: 6 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3954
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khlevnogo
Summary: The pilot became disorientated and flew too close to the German line. German fighters opened fire on the aircraft, shooting it down.
Date: 28 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3997
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevastopol Airport
Summary: While taxiing the aircraft ran into a bomb crater, collapsing the landing gear and damaging the propellers. The aircraft was burned a few days later.
Date: 26 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3948
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Iventsevo
Summary: While flying over the front line, the aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire from the ground. The left engine caught fire, forcing the crew to make a forced landing in a field near Ivantsevo. But while performing a right turn at low height, the right wing struck trees. The...
Date: 19 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3447
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff due to engine failure. The mechanic made an error in managing the fuel system, causing the left engine to quit.
Date: 18 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3423
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khodynka Field
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Moscow-Kazan-Khabarovsk flight. After takeoff the right engine began vibrating, and the crew attempted to correct this by adjusting the mixture control on the carburetor. The engine then failed altogether, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft s...
Date: 18 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3484
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelets
Summary: While on approach to Yelets from a partisan airstrip behind German lines the aircraft encountered poor weather. After circling the airport three times, the aircraft went into a dive on final approach at 40–50 m (130–160 ft) and crashed.
Date: 14 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л4001
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared during a mission near Vyazma.
Date: 13 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3961
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: During landing at the "Zuts" site the aircraft got stuck as the airfield was in poor condition. Because the area was surrounded by the Germans, the crew stripped and burned the aircraft.
Date: 12 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3933
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed on takeoff following right engine failure.
Date: 6 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3952
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kubinka Airport
Summary: Burned out during an air raid.
Date: 26 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3935
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down by an enemy fighter. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3999
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down while returning to Kubinka from Bolshoye Veregovo, behind German lines.
Date: 3 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3980
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vypolzovo
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the left wing struck a pole following a loss of power in the left engine and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 24 April 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: DB-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: The left engine lost fuel pressure and power in flight, followed by the right engine 18 minutes later. The pilot descended and made a forced landing in a swampy area after which the aircraft burned out. The crew had mismanaged the fuel system, causing both engines to quit.
Date: 21 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3339
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Yelets
Summary: Disappeared during a Moscow-Yelets flight.
Date: 21 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А3166
Aircraft: SP
Location: Slavyanoserbsk
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter en route a Rubizhnaya-Rostov flight.
Date: 19 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1732
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Gora Markou
Summary: Disappeared during a weather flight; the aircraft was found a week later on 25 April just below the top of Mount Gora Markou. The pilot probably lost control in extreme weather with clouds and turbulence.
Date: 19 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3541
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Mount Karzhantau
Summary: Disappeared while being ferried from Tashkent to Semipalatinsk (now Semey). Before taking off from Tashkent, ATC reported that the weather conditions were deteriorating, with clouds covering the mountains. The aircraft took off from Alma-Ata, although Tashkent Airport personne...
Date: 18 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-П520
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Belomorsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kolezhma-Sosnovets charter flight. Due to the excellent weather, the pilot flew west for about 45 km (28 mi) at a height of 10–15 m (33–49 ft) when the right wing struck a pine tree and the aircraft crashed in a forest, probably...
Date: 13 April 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: DB-3F
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to 70–75 m (230–246 ft), the aircraft nosed up, stalled and rolled to the right, after which it descended and crashed out of control. The pilot had not placed the elevator trim tab in the correct position for takeoff.
Date: 9 April 1942
Flight: 41
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tebleshi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a flight from Myachkovo to Alehovshchina. Before the flight, the pilot was told to return in case of poor weather. After passing Dmitrov, weather worsened with drizzle, rain and fog. The pilot continued for 10 minutes and then decided to return, but...
Date: 7 April 1942
Flight: 655
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Strugi
Summary: After dropping off wounded soldiers from the Western Front, the aircraft was returning to base when it was shot down by German flak. The pilot was hit and later lost consciousness, causing the aircraft to crash.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1101
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Dvorishchi
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: 50
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А738
Aircraft: AP
Location: Likhoslavl
Summary: En route to Khotilovo, the aircraft was attacked by three German fighters, after which control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 31 March 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire and crashed somewhere in western Russia. The passenger was an officer from the headquarters.
Date: 28 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А3122
Aircraft: SKF
Location: Lozovenka
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Krutoyarovka to Izyum. Five minutes into the flight, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter, crashed and caught fire. Although the pilot survived, he could not save the two passengers, who died when the aircraft burned...
Date: 26 March 1942
Flight: 34
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Pola
Summary: The aircraft was returning to base after a night mission to the Western Front when it encountered poor weather with snow, strong winds and icing. The aircraft iced over, lost control and crashed.
Date: 26 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2466
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Tatiny
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight from Myachkovo to Krasnodar. Twenty-five minutes into the flight, weather suddenly worsened with heavy snow. The pilot decided to return, but at 150 m (490 ft), the aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 25 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2586
Aircraft: SP
Location: Yelets
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yelets-Tchern mail flight. Six minutes after takeoff, while flying in poor visibility due to poor weather, the pilot lost control. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 24 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-К491
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Dmitrovka
Summary: Disappeared during a Uspenskoye-Dmitrovka flight.
Date: 22 March 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Ulyanovo
Summary: Shot down by four German Me 109 fighters.
Date: 21 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3975
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Medyn
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Monino to an area behind German lines.
Date: 20 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2008
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kerch
Summary: While in cruise, the aircraft suffered bird strikes (ducks). The engine began to vibrate and lost power and the pilot descended to make an emergency landing in a swampy area near Kerch. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 18 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-С3446
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning to base after a mission in western Russia.
Date: 17 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-П338
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Staritsa
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2700
Aircraft: SP
Location: Krymky
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А999
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2286
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1136
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А642
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Dovgenke
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 12 March 1942
Flight: 72
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Novy Mokh
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 12 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3355
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Uka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Ust-Bolsheretsk–Ust-Kamchatsk–Tilichiki charter flight. The aircraft completed the first leg, and the crew stayed overnight in Ust-Kamchatsk. At the airport, the crew drank and did not get enough sleep. The next day the aircraft took off for the se...
Date: 11 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3752
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Unknown
Summary: The crew encountered poor weather en route. In cloud, the pilot decided to return and began a left turn, but the left wing struck the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled and crashed. All on board were transferred to a Moscow hospital.
Date: 8 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1497
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Samarkand Region
Summary: The aircraft took off from Urgench, despite high winds on the flight route. Due to lack of weather information on the route to Tashkent, the crew diverted to Chardzhou, but did not fly on the flight route. Radio communication with the aircraft was not possible due to lightning...
Date: 7 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2595
Aircraft: SP
Location: Maloyaroslavets
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 6 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2495
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Kabul
Summary: On approach, the aircraft crashed in a snowy field. Due to complete a diplomatic mail flight.
Date: 5 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-П575
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Sestroretsk
Summary: The pilot got lost and the aircraft crashed on the frozen Gulf of Finland off Sestroretsk in enemy territory. Both occupants were never found and remain missing. The aircraft was operating a medevac flight. A second U-2 (CCCP-П103) also force-landed in the same circumstances;...
Date: 4 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3471
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gryadki
Summary: The propellers were bent while landing behind enemy lines. The next morning the aircraft was burned by the Germans.
Date: 4 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3497
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gryadki
Summary: During takeoff from an airstrip behind German lines, CCCP-Л3996 collided with CCCP-Л3497, killing two from CCCP-Л3996; all five on board CCCP-Л3497 survived. Both aircraft were later burned by the Germans.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: 69
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Oryol
Summary: The crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. The pilot began turning to leave the area, but the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А668
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed while evacuating wounded soldiers.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1264
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed while evacuating wounded soldiers.
Date: 28 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3149
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kresttsy
Summary: During a supply mission, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 28 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Ф128
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Slavyansk
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight to Barvenkovo when it crashed. The pilot survived and was captured as a POW.
Date: 27 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К468
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Beklemishevo
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 27 February 1942
Flight: 45
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Staraya Russa
Summary: Mid-air collision.
Date: 26 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1172
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Yuryevo
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 26 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2053
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft was on a communication flight when it was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 24 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Х314 (tail no. 15 )
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Privolye
Summary: During a bombing run, the aircraft passed behind lines when it was shot down by German flak.
Date: 24 February 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Yukhnov
Summary: En route from Plavsk to Aduevo, the pilot deviated from the flight route to Yukhnov. The aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed.
Date: 22 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2484
Aircraft: PS-35bis
Location: Vorontsovka
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a flight to an airfield near the 'Krasny Okytabr' sovkhoz (state farm) on behalf of the Political Directorate of the South-Western Front. After takeoff, the aircraft turned right, struck trees and crashed in a forest. The aircraft took off in a headw...
Date: 21 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К269
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 21 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3104
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 20 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К329
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Valday
Summary: The aircraft was flying wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 18 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-С3833
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Dorogobuzh
Summary: Went missing; probably crashed near Dorogobuzh.
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2680
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П679
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Kozhanka
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1149
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Tchern
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Tchern to Yelets when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 16 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3316
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Odudi Pass
Summary: En route from Stalinabad to Khorog, the weather deteriorated and visibility was poor. The pilot decided to continue despite the conditions. While flying in cloud, the aircraft struck a rock and crashed in deep snow. All on board survived the crash, but with no food and in extr...
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1414
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Yakutia
Summary: After climbing to 35 m (115 ft), the aircraft rolled right and crashed.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2631
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Andreapol
Summary: Crashed during a supply flight (ammunition) to Kaptelovka.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1278
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Andreapol
Summary: Crashed during a supply flight (ammunition) to Kaptelovka.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Kondrovo
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А978
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Tchern
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers to Tchern when it was shot down by two German fighters.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л189
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Frunze
Summary: On approach to Frunze (now Bishkek) the pilot encountered fog and was unable to locate the runway threshold area. The pilot began a go-around and a few seconds later, while in a turn, both engines quit at the same time. The aircraft stalled, struck an irrigation canal and cras...
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1116 (tail no. 302 )
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П673
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1147
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А913
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight evacuating wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 14 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2175
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Khorugh
Summary: Crashed on landing. Due to complete a Dushanbe-Khorugh cargo flight.
Date: 14 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К68
Aircraft: S-1
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed en route to Pustoshikha. The aircraft was carrying ammunition.
Date: 10 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-И175
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Went missing.
Date: 10 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А782
Aircraft: SP
Location: Zheltovka
Summary: Both aircraft disappeared while delivering food to the Zheltovka area.
Date: 6 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Ф90 (tail number no. 12)
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Ugra
Summary: After flying over enemy lines, the aircraft was shot down by a German Ju 88 fighter.
Date: 6 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К492
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 4 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1196
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П117
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff.
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2011
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Belomorsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight on behalf of the Red Army. While flying low over a wooded area, the right engine failed due to a broken crankshaft. The pilot attempted a forced landing, but the aircraft struck tree tops and crashed. All on board, including two Red Army co...
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3030
Aircraft: ANT-43
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad (now Volgograd) mail flight. After takeoff the aircraft climbed to 100 m (330 ft) over a forest and then began a left turn, apparently to return to Moscow. But on approach, at 200 m (660 ft), the aircraft began...
Date: 2 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3920
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kalinin Region
Summary: Disappeared while flying to a site in the Kalinin region, behind German lines.
Date: 1 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2506 (tail no. 6)
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared during a communication flight; the aircraft probably crashed in the Vyazma area.
Date: 1 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3334
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed while attempting an emergency landing in poor visibility.
Date: 31 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3986
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smolensk Region
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a mission on the Grabtsovo road behind enemy lines (2 km from Gorokhovo) when it was shot down by German flak on the front line.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-К72
Aircraft: S-1
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared somewhere in Russia during a mission.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3964
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Krivoi Rog
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Krasnodar to an area behind enemy lines. The pilot returned to Moscow on 23 October 1942 from a partisan detachment in the Zhitomir region. According to the pilot, the aircraft crashed near Krivoi Rog due to severe icing and the crew were captured...
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3963
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared near Smolensk, behind enemy lines.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3905
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Peremyshl Airport
Summary: Struck by a Soviet fighter while taking off. Four days later, the aircraft burned out during a German air raid.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3485
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and then accidentally shot down and burned out.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3476
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Przemysl to the Vyazma area, behind enemy lines.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3487
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: While taking part in the Vyazma landing operation the aircraft was fired upon and burned by the enemy.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3934
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhashkovo
Summary: Attacked by the Germans some 3–8 km (1.9–5.0 mi) from Zhashkovo Airport and burned out. All on board escaped unhurt.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3977
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Peremyshl
Summary: Attacked by the Germans some 3–8 km (1.9–5.0 mi) from Zhashkovo Airport and burned out.
Date: 25 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3479
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Molotov Airport
Summary: While on approach to Molotov the aircraft encountered heavy snow and poor visibility. After several attempts to land at a flying school, the pilot decided to land on a snow-covered field between Bolshoye Subottino and Ustinovo, but the aircraft crashed and broke up. The aircra...
Date: 22 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3968
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazemsky District
Summary: During a mission to a point behind enemy lines, the aircraft crashed at the landing site. The aircraft burned out after being shot at by German fire.
Date: 22 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3979
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yudino
Summary: While on a mission behind enemy lines, the aircraft was struck by German ground fire and force-landed near Yudino. This aircraft was previously damaged by German shelling near Mozhaysk on 13 October 1941.
Date: 21 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3404
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Plesnevo
Summary: After landing at Plesnevo during a mission, the aircraft could not take off due to deep snow. The Germans then bombed the area, damaging the aircraft, after which it burned out due to cannon and machine gun fire.
Date: 21 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3992
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lugi
Summary: The aircraft was taking part in the Vyazma landing operation. While landing at an airfield near Lugi, the aircraft tipped forward and rolled into a ditch. The aircraft was abandoned because it was behind enemy lines.
Date: 20 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3967
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lugi
Summary: While flying to Lugi for a mission, the aircraft was struck by German flak from the ground, caught fire and crashed.
Date: 13 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3438
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smelovka
Summary: While returning from behind German lines a fire started inside the cabin and spread quickly. The five crew bailed out at an altitude of 350 m (1,150 ft). Of these five, one was seriously injured and another died. The sole passenger failed to bail out and also died.
Date: 6 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Х31
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tula
Summary: Crashed on landing due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was completing a charter flight.
Date: 4 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-А645
Aircraft: DB-3F
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Omsk to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). En route, weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow. Despite this, the crew decided to continue. Approaching Sverdlovsk, the crew could not locate the airport and attempted to l...
Date: 30 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К287
Aircraft: SP
Location: Tsymlyanskaya
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 20–30 m (66–98 ft). The pilot, who was drunk, began a left turn when the aircraft stalled, struck a fence and crashed.
Date: 29 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2010
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Chardzhou Airport
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Chardzhou (now Turkmenabat), the pilot became disoriented and failed to hear the warnings from the co-pilot. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and struck the ground 10–12 kilometres (6.2–7.5 mi) from Chardzhou and came to rest in the Amu Darya...
Date: 27 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К2729
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared during a Moscow-Odoevo flight.
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2450
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared over western Russia, near German lines. Both pilots declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К320
Aircraft: Po-2S
Location: Zhigalovo
Summary: Disappeared during a flight from Irkutsk to transfer a patient to Nizhne-Illimsk. The crew stayed overnight in Balagansk, leaving the next day for Zhigalovo, but the aircraft never arrived there. The pilot probably entered fog on approach to Zhigalovo, overflew the airport and...
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3043
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Dmitriyevka
Summary: After takeoff from Alma–Ata (now Almaty) the aircraft encountered low clouds and fog with turbulence. The pilot returned to Alma-Ata due to severe icing, but the aircraft lost altitude while performing a steep left turn at 100–150 m (330–490 ft). Near Dmitriyeva (now...
Date: 21 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3958
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya
Summary: Five to six minutes after takeoff, the right engine failed. The aircraft, flying low, lost airspeed and crashed in a forest.
Date: 18 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3453
Aircraft: 14H Super Electra
Location: Khodynka Field
Summary: Stalled and crashed while making a left turn at a height of 90–100 m (300–330 ft) following engine failure during a test flight.
Date: 15 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2483
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Sok-Karmala
Summary: The crew waited for the weather to improve. When this happened, they took off from Kuybyshev (now Samara) to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). The aircraft was flying low at 50 m (160 ft) and encountered fog over Sok-Karmala. The aircraft struck trees, lost altitude an...
Date: 9 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3922
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya Airport
Summary: Struck a treetop 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Khvoinaya Airport, crashed into a forest and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Khvoinaya–Leningrad cargo service (food supply).
Date: 6 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3973
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was operating a Kuibyshev (now Samara)-Baku passenger service with stops at Saratov and Astrakhan. Shortly after takeoff both engines quit after the flight engineer mishandled the fuel system and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 5 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1262
Aircraft: SP
Location: Serpukhov
Summary: Shot down by four German fighters.
Date: 1 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2561
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Arsk
Summary: During the flight, weather worsened with poor visibility due to snow. Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue. The aircraft later crashed in a field.
Date: 30 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3987
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lake Ladoga
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Leningrad to the Soviet hinterland with at least six other PS-84s when it attacked by four German fighters while between Cape Maryin Nos and Kivgoda and crashed in Lake Ladoga. The crash is the joint-deadliest involving the Li-2/PS-84.
Date: 30 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л589
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kian
Summary: The pilot was to operate a Mineralnye Vody to Zimovniki but this was cancelled due to poor weather. Without permission, the pilot took off for a flight to Armavir. Approaching Kian the pilot encountered thick fog. In limited visibility the pilot decided to return and began a l...
Date: 29 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3989
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff during a test flight. On 7 November 1941, the aircraft's tail and ailerons were damaged in a storm while the aircraft was parked at Saratov. The aircraft was repaired on site, but during takeoff, the aircraft banked right and crashed. During repairs, the ail...
Date: 19 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1002
Aircraft: AP
Location: Naro-Fominsk
Summary: Disappeared while returning from a combat mission; the aircraft crashed in the Naro-Fominsk region.
Date: 19 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3955
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Komendatskiy Airfield
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Podborovye to Leningrad with seven other PS-84s when it was attacked by German Bf 109 fighters and crashed near Komendatskiy Airfield.
Date: 18 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2775
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Approaching Voronezh from Urazovo, the aircraft struck a cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Voronezh River.
Date: 17 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3985
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novaya Ladoga
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in bad weather.
Date: 17 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1109
Aircraft: SP
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Tushino to Monino Airport when it struck a cable of a barrage balloon and crashed.
Date: 15 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3444
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Salnitsy
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a special flight from Moscow to Khvoinaya. Just minutes after takeoff the aircraft was attacked by two Me 109s and caught fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but he had been killed during the attack. Control was lost and the aircraft cras...
Date: 15 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3927
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Podborovye Airfield
Summary: While parked, the aircraft was struck by two bombs during a Luftwaffe air raid and burned out.
Date: 14 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3488
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Akchernya
Summary: The aircraft drifted off course by 18 km (11 mi) and the crew could not locate their destination of Uryupinsk. The crew selected flaps in preparation for a forced landing near Akchernya, but the aircraft, which was being ferried from Voronezh, crashed immediately aft...
Date: 14 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3951
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Komendantskiy Airfield
Summary: Destroyed by a bomb during a German air raid while parked at Komendantskiy Airfield, near Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg).
Date: 11 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2131
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Unknown
Summary: Failed to take off and overran the runway. The aircraft had struck an obstacle during takeoff.
Date: 10 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-К153
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Nikol'skoye
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the pilot began turning when control was lost. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed.
Date: 9 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А865
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning to base. Both pilots were declared dead.
Date: 30 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3528
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Tashkent
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight. Shortly after takeoff, the left engine failed. The crew attempted to return to make an emergency landing, but the aircraft stalled and crashed on a lab of a textile factory northwest of the airport. The crew did not realize that the fuel...
Date: 27 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3930
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Shibenets
Summary: Lost control and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had taken off with snow on its wings.
Date: 27 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3472
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Podborovye
Summary: The aircraft was transferring 10 mechanics: two to Cherepovets to replace cylinders on the aircraft there and the rest to Tikhvin to repair two aircraft. No information on the fate of the aircraft was heard until 23 November, when one of the mechanics returned to Moscow. Accor...
Date: 23 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л157
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Vaziani
Summary: The aircraft flew from Tbilisi to Vaziani to pick up seven skydivers. During the takeoff roll at Vaziani, the aircraft rolled left and the pilot aborted the takeoff. A second takeoff was aborted for the same reason. Assuming that the mudguard was rubbing on the left wheel, the...
Date: 22 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1495
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: On approach to Kazan, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. The pilot continued the approach and descended too low. The aircraft struck the ground short of the runway and crashed.
Date: 22 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3751
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Chernokorova
Summary: En route to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) from Tyumen for a political party committee meeting, the left engine failed at 100 m (330 ft). Control was lost and the aircraft rolled left, entered a dive and crashed. The aircraft, which was overloaded, was flying too low.
Date: 21 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1022
Aircraft: AP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared during a reconnaissance mission.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3957
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ladoga
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3419
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Chornoye
Summary: During a flight from Leningrad to the Soviet hinterland, the aircraft was attacked by German forces.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3449
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kursk area
Summary: During a cargo flight to drop supplies in the Kursk area, the aircraft was struck by German anti-aircraft fire, damaging the right engine and hydraulic system. A forced landing was carried out, after which the aircraft caught fire.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3978
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Medyn
Summary: Attacked and hit by German fighters. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3970
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Dmitrovsk
Summary: While flying to an area in the Kursk region that was in German hands, the aircraft was shot down by German forces.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3496
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevsk
Summary: Struck by enemy fire (possibly ground fire) and crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3494
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kursk area
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3936
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gorlovo
Summary: Crashed following an attack by a German Me 109.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3925
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mozhaysk
Summary: Crashed and burned out following an attack by twelve German Me 109s.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3491
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevsk
Summary: While on approach to Soviet units encircled by Germans in the Bryansk area, the aircraft was hit by German fire, after which it force-landed near Sevsk and burned out.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: URSS-D
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Sankt Navlya
Summary: En route from Monino to the Bryansk area, the aircraft was struck by German ground fire and exploded in mid-air, breaking in two. Three of the five on board were thrown out of the aircraft by the blast; two of them (including the pilot) were taken prisoner by the Germans.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1296
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kasnya
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire during a Vyazma-Kasnya flight.
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3420
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed on takeoff during a test flight. The flight engineer had selected a near-empty fuel tank, causing both engines to quit.
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3917
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kozelsk
Summary: After a forced landing following an attack by German fighters, the aircraft took off again but crashed due to icing.
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3462
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Tikhvin
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to overloading.
Date: 8 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3937
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft took off from Bolshoi Dvor on a special flight on behalf of the Soviet Army. En route the crew encountered poor visibility due to snow. The crew attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft struck a telegraph pole, breaking off the left wing and crashed in a d...
Date: 7 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2591
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kasnya
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 4 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3928
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the right engine failed. The pilot told the mechanic to raise the landing gear, but for unknown reasons he never did so. The aircraft began to lose altitude and struck trees and crashed. The engine failure was caused by poor maintenance.
Date: 4 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1194
Aircraft: AP
Location: Vorochilovsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a Pyatigorsk–Vorochilovsk (now Stavropol)–Krasnodar delivery flight. Before takeoff for the second leg, the crew assumed the weather conditions were good, but a few minutes after takeoff, weather worsened and visibility was too low. Despite this, the pilot...
Date: 3 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3926
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma-Dvoyevka
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The crew attempted to take off at night from a 700 m (2,300 ft) runway; the aircraft was also overloaded by 1,114 kg (2,456 lb). After lifting off the runway the aircraft lost height and crashed after 100–150 m (330–490 ft), on...
Date: 28 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3542
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Pilno
Summary: The crew was returning following a mail flight. In poor visibility, the crew was unable to locate the airport. After flying for four hours, the crew bailed out of the aircraft that then crashed past enemy lines.
Date: 17 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-К406
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Volosta-Pyatnitsa
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 13 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2518
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Olenitsa
Summary: The aircraft was flying four wounded soldiers from Murmansk to Arkhangelsk. Two hours into the flight, the engine began losing power and ultimately failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed upside down in a bog. The aircraft later burned out fol...
Date: 10 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3908
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yedrovo
Summary: Destroyed on the ground during a German air raid.
Date: 6 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3923
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight from Komendantskiy Airfield to an area near Divenskaya railway station (Gatchinsky District, Leningrad region) behind German lines when it was struck by ground fire. A forced landing was performed after which the aircraft burned out.
Date: 6 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф89
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Bryukhovetskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Simferopol-Moscow. En route, the pilot descended too low and the landing gear hit the ground. The aircraft then struck and killed two people working in a field, after which the aircraft crashed.
Date: 30 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2551
Aircraft: MP-1bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: During a paratrooping mission, the aircraft landed on a lake behind enemy lines, but the hull was punctured and the aircraft sank.
Date: 29 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3412
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Nevskaya Dubrovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad (now Volgograd) charter flight. Approaching Leningrad the aircraft was accidentally hit by Soviet flak and the crew decided to make a forced landing, but the aircraft crashed 2.5 km (1.6 mi) further on.
Date: 27 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1996
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kizyl-Arvat
Summary: The crew was informed that their destination airport was lit when actually it was not, due to a blackout. The crew failed to locate the airport and flew northwest. Later a forced landing was attempted at Kizyl-Arvat, but the aircraft struck a hill at 70 m (230 ft) an...
Date: 26 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-К281
Aircraft: SP
Location: Shapki
Summary: The aircraft was operating a medevac flight, carrying two wounded soldiers. En route the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 26 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3410
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mga
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight carrying secret documents when it was shot down by a German fighter, after which it crashed in a wooded area and burned out.
Date: 24 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3764
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Sadovniki
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Myachkovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport. Some 15 minutes into the flight, weather worsened and the pilot became disorientated due to the limited visibility in rain. He descended and attempted an emergency landing in a muddy field near Sadovniki...
Date: 21 August 1941
Flight: URSS-H
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Mirgorod Airport
Summary: En route from Brovary at night, the aircraft approached the unlit Mirgorod Airport (which had not been informed of the flight). The crew did not realize the presence of radio masts on the approach path and attempted to avoid them, but in the process, the aircraft lost speed an...
Date: 19 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3483
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yastrebovo
Summary: Attacked by a German fighter, caught fire, and crashed in a forest. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Vyazma supply flight.
Date: 18 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2962
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Sofiysk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Nizhnetambovskoye–Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinski passenger service. About an hour into the second leg, the pilot noticed a leak on the right engine, between cylinders seven and eight. The engine quit shortly after and the crew decided to make...
Date: 18 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-К398
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Sevan
Summary: After dropping off an engineer at Sevan, the pilot took off to return to Yerevan. Shortly after lifting off, at 25–35 m (82–115 ft) the aircraft entered a sharp left turn then nosed down and crashed. The pilot died of his injuries four hours later.
Date: 13 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-С1181
Aircraft: SP
Location: Podmoshye
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 10 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3426
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Veimarn
Summary: Shot down by an enemy aircraft and made a wheels-up emergency landing on rough terrain.
Date: 8 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3919
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Bereznegovatoye
Summary: During a cargo flight in the Nikolaev region, the aircraft flew low near the front line where Soviet troops were retreating and was attacked by an unknown aircraft. The pilot descended almost to ground level, but the right propeller hit the ground and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 8 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3515
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: The aircraft was operating a meteorological (atmospheric sounding) flight. While at 5,000 m (16,000 ft), the right engine developed problems. On the mechanic's advice, the pilot shut down the engine and decided to return to Rostov. On final approach on one engine, sp...
Date: 6 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3432
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: In the early morning the two aircraft left Pakhomovo on a positioning flight to Moscow. Neither the crew nor Pakhomovo ATC knew about the weather at Moscow. CCCP-Л3480 encountered fog, performed a go-around and began circling. CCCP-Л3432 was attempting to land when it collided...
Date: 3 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-А770
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Mosaly
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3509
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. Due to begin a special night mission.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: URSS-B
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Kiev Airport
Summary: Caught fire and burned out during an enemy air raid.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3431
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Uman
Summary: The aircraft were part of a group of five PS-84s delivering ammo, weapons and fuel to encircled Red Army units near Teklievka (near Uman, Ukraine). Near Kirovograd (now Kirovohrad) both aircraft came under fire from German flak. CCCP-Л3429 crashed and burned, all on board died...
Date: 1 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3419
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and force-landed in a swamp.
Date: 30 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3459
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma Airport
Summary: Landed outside the airfield and overran into a ravine after the crew failed to locate the runway.
Date: 27 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3421
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight between two airfields at Vyazma when it was attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft, starting a fire. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 26 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3400
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lake Sabro
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Kholm to Kalinin (now Tver) with wounded soldiers on board. Flying too low over Lake Sabro, the propellers struck the water. The aircraft then struck a tree on an island in the lake and crashed on the island.
Date: 25 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3469
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Nikolayev
Summary: Accidentally shot down by Soviet Air Force fighters.
Date: 22 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3056
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: After takeoff, at 20–30 m (66–98 ft), the left engine lost power for reasons unknown. The aircraft rolled to the left, lost altitude, struck a tree and crashed. The engine was probably not warmed up before takeoff.
Date: 21 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-К474
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Kardymovo
Summary: Disappeared while returning from the Kardymovo region. Possibly shot down.
Date: 20 July 1941
Flight: URSS-G
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The aircraft was being flown to Novgorod to replace DC-3 URSS-K when it was destroyed by enemy action.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3504
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning from a supply mission; the aircraft was probably shot down over the North Front region. All crew declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2979
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed following right engine failure.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3427
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelnya
Summary: Disappeared while flying to Gomel from Vnukovo Airport for a mission. According to German archives, the pilot and radio operator were captured on 19 July 1941 near Yelnya. The radio operator died in captivity on 5 June 1942 while the pilot was returned in 1945.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: URSS-K
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Novgorod
Summary: Destroyed in a German air raid.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2529
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Spirovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Novgorod cargo service. While flying along the railway road to Kalinin (now Tver), the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 18 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф49
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kiev
Summary: While flying low, control was lost and the aircraft crashed on the west side of Kiev. The aircraft had been accidentally attacked.
Date: 17 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2698
Aircraft: SP
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared during a Vyazma-Smolensk flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 17 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-А864
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Roslavl
Summary: Disappeared during a Vyazma-Roslavl flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 16 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф95
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kalinin
Summary: While flying low, the pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 16 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3460
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Chkalovsky Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The engines had not been warmed up before takeoff.
Date: 15 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3055
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Ryabtsevo
Summary: Inbound from Belarus on a cargo flight to Smolensk, the aircraft was accidentally struck by Soviet flak. The fearful pilot reduced altitude and attempted a forced landing, but the aircraft crashed in rough terrain.
Date: 14 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1291
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared during a Smolensk-Unetsha flight.
Date: 14 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-С5006
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Orsha
Summary: Disappeared during a Orsha-Zubovo charter flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 13 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3464
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ruza
Summary: The aircraft was flying 19 wounded soldiers from Velikiye Luki to Moscow when it was attacked three times by a German fighter and caught fire. The crew reduced altitude and force-landed in an open field near Ruza. All on board were able to escape before the aircraft burned out.
Date: 13 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3939
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Velikiye Luki Airport
Summary: While on a supply flight (ammunition) from Moscow to Velikiye Luki the aircraft was attacked and shot down by four German fighters.
Date: 12 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3502
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Dmytrivka
Summary: On 29 June, during a flight from Moscow to Ternopil, the aircraft was struck by ground fire and landed at Proskurov. The same day the aircraft took off for Kiev but the aircraft was again attacked while approaching Kiev and the pilot decided to land in a rye field near Dmytriv...
Date: 12 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2267
Aircraft: SP
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Crashed during a Smolensk-Nevel flight.
Date: 11 July 1941
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Gomel
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 8 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3466
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Luga
Summary: Crashed near Luga (then in German hands).
Date: 7 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3470
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Rogachov
Summary: While on approach to Rogachov (then in German hands), the aircraft was accidentally shot down by a Soviet fighter, after which it crashed and burned out.
Date: 6 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф165
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Bryansk
Summary: Crashed on landing. Due to complete a mail flight.
Date: 6 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1493
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: After landing, the aircraft was taxiing with two engines shut down. At a high speed, the pilot realized that the aircraft could not taxi further and throttled down and began turning right when the right landing gear collapsed. The landing gear could not withstand the load plac...
Date: 2 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3467
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared after taking off from Vnukovo Airport for a mission; the aircraft probably crashed near Lipetsk. The pilot was located in a Tashkent hospital on 10 January 1942 with burns and injuries, but remembered nothing of the crash and the crew.
Date: 29 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3433
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vayenga
Summary: While on approach to Vayenga during a supply flight (ammunition), the aircraft was accidentally attacked by Soviet Navy fighters. A forced landing was performed and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 24 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2734
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 24 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1478
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Churan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Churan-Irkutsk passenger service. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft entered a nose-high attitude, pitched up, stalled and crashed in the Lena River. All four crew escaped, but the passengers did not and drowned when the aircraft sank. The pilot h...
Date: 23 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-К475
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 23 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-К467
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 14 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2986
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Gosh
Summary: Struck the side of a mountain in poor weather. The aircraft was operating a mail flight.
Date: 27 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л112
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kulob
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft was operating a Kulob-Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) passenger service. Ten minutes after takeoff at 940 m (3,080 ft) above a mountainous area, an engine failed. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing, but there was no suitable ter...
Date: 27 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1083
Aircraft: AP
Location: Budenovka
Summary: The pilot was spraying beet crops. Shortly after takeoff from the last flight, at 20–25 m (66–82 ft), the pilot began a sharp right turn. the aircraft rolled to a 45° angle when the pilot reduced engine power and the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 21 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Т435
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight. After several circuits over Minsk Airport, the pilot began the approach. The aircraft was not aligned with the runway and the pilot performed a go-around. The aircraft continued for 300 m (980 ft) at 50 m (160 ft), the...
Date: 18 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2988
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mestia
Summary: Crashed on landing due to pilot error. Due to complete a Kutaisi-Mestia mail flight.
Date: 25 April 1941
Flight: URSS-C
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed on takeoff in a snowstorm.
Date: 12 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1679
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Khoe
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinski–Khabarovsk passenger flight. Some 14 minutes into the flight, the pilot entered fog. Due to poor visibility, he descended fast when control was lost. The aircraft crashed on the icy Tatar Strait, some 3 km (1.9 m...
Date: 7 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2482
Aircraft: PS-35
Location: Khotmyzhsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv flight. En route the crew encountered severe icing conditions and decided to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field.
Date: 1 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3311
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Shala Pristan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Petrozavodsk–Pudozh cargo flight. Before the flight, the pilot was told that if weather worsened, he was to fly around Lake Onega. Weather did indeed worsen en route and visibility was too low when the aircraft crashed in a snowy field some 9 ...
Date: 23 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1243
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Verkhnyaya Kolybelka
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was operating a Voronezh-Moscow passenger flight.
Date: 14 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1496
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Begovat
Summary: While flying at 200–250 m (660–820 ft), the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The aircraft lost altitude and the aircraft stalled and crashed while trying to climb back to its previous altitude. The aircraft was operating a Tashkent–Fergana cargo service.
Date: 8 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3387
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Petropavlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Omsk-Petropavlovsk cargo flight. On approach, the aircraft descended too low to the right and the pilot began a left turn when control was lost. The aircraft crashed 950 m (3,120 ft) from the 'T'.
Date: 7 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л118
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Tula
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Moscow to Baku. En route the crew encountered poor weather and diverted to Tula. After landing the aircraft veered off the runway, breaking off the left engine.
Date: 13 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3505
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Oktyabrskaya
Summary: Before takeoff for a Leningrad (now Volgograd)-Moscow mail flight, the pilot was informed of weather conditions and was told to stay below 600 m (2,000 ft). Shortly after takeoff the aircraft returned due to a leak in the right oil tank and after repairs the aircraft...
Date: 11 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3374
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Samarovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tyumen-Samarovo (now Khanty-Mansiysk) passenger service. Approaching Samarovo weather worsened with snow reducing visibility. The pilot flew over Samarovo without visual contact and continued until weather improved, after which the pilot decided to...
Date: 6 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3530
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Trostyanka
Summary: During the second leg of a Moscow-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Almaty mail flight, the aircraft suffered technical problems and attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed in a pasture 70 km (43 mi) east of Kuybyshev.
Date: 6 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3522
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: En route to Kuybyshev (now Samara) the aircraft encountered icing conditions and the cockpit windows iced over. The pilot was forced to put his head out to land at Kuybyshev Airport, but the aircraft missed the runway in the process. The aircraft skidded off the runway after l...
Date: 16 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-F
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Suslovo
Summary: The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Omsk to Ulan-Ude. En route the engine failed and the pilot attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed in a prairie.
Date: 15 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1991
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Danghara
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 10 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3370
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Crashed and broke in two. The aircraft was operating a flight from Ust-Tsylma to Ukhta to collect election materials.
Date: 6 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2569
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: Crashed on approach. The aircraft was operating a Ust-Tsylma–Leshukonskoye passenger service.
Date: 23 November 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3405
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ordzhonikidze Krai
Summary: Struck a mountain in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Rostov-on-Don–Mineralnye Vody passenger service.
Date: 7 August 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3409
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Moscow–Omsk–Novosibirsk–Irkutsk passenger service.
Date: 30 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л2154
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk–Balagansk–Ust-Kut–Yakutsk passenger service. Approaching Ust-Kut an engine lost power and began to vibrate. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft clipped trees and crashed in a wooded area. The next day, the surviving...
Date: 16 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-А1289
Aircraft: AP
Location: Chernyshkovsky
Summary: The aircraft was spraying mustard plants. After his lunch break, the pilot made some low passes over the village and to show off the aircraft's capabilities. At 10–12 m (33–39 ft) he performed stunts, but then lost control and the aircraft crashed. The pilot was drunk.
Date: 9 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3523
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Novoe Selo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Rostov-on-Don–Sochi–Sukhumi–Kutaisi–Tbilisi mail flight. Fifty minutes into the flight, while flying through storms, control was lost and the aircraft entered a high-speed (600–700 km/h (370–430 mph)) dive, partially broke up in the air a...
Date: 16 May 1940
Flight: CCCP-Т3518
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Voronezh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Stalingrad (now Volgograd)-Moscow mail flight. After takeoff, the aircraft entered clouds and continued northwest. After flying some 350 km (220 mi) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in clouds, the aircraft entered a high-speed (750–800...
Date: 26 April 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3529
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Sinegubovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv-Mineralnye Vody cargo service. While flying at 300 m (980 ft) at a speed of 290 km/h (180 mph), weather conditions worsened with low clouds and rain. With no radio contact to obtain a weather briefing, the crew fl...
Date: 2 December 1939
Flight: СССР-К200
Aircraft: SP
Location: Dolgii Buerak
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Ganyushkino to Saratov after dropping off mice for a laboratory in the former city. Approaching Saratov the pilot encountered low visibility and flew over Saratov Airport without visual contact with the ground. He then turned north, but enco...
Date: 23 July 1939
Flight: СССР-А1072
Aircraft: AP
Location: Birakan
Summary: The pilot was completing a crop spraying flight on a cotton field. Control was lost inexplicably and the aircraft nosed down and crashed. The inexperienced pilot was unfamiliar with the area and should not have been flying on his own, which was against procedure.
Date: 20 July 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2460
Aircraft: ANT-40
Location: Birakan
Summary: While flying at 5,000 m (16,000 ft), the aircraft flew into thunderstorms and became uncontrollable due to severe turbulence. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out and the pilot jumped from the aircraft that crashed soon after. The pilot was found alive but the two...
Date: 19 April 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2221
Aircraft: SP
Location: Imişli
Summary: During a mail flight in Azerbaijan, the pilot encountered poor weather. Control was lost at 240 m (790 ft) in poor visibility and the aircraft dove into the ground. The inexperienced pilot may have been disorientated.
Date: 19 April 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2162
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Leninabad
Summary: The inexperienced pilot was cleared for takeoff on a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Leninabad (now Khujand) mail flight despite bad weather (thunderstorms) at Leninabad. Control was lost on approach and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 2 March 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2524
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Mezen
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Arkhangelsk–Mezen–Naryan-Mar cargo service. Approaching Mezen the crew encountered poor weather with low visibility. The pilot was unable to establish radio contact with Mezen Airport so he asked the co-pilot to check the radio system, but the pilo...
Date: 11 February 1939
Flight: СССР-Л527
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Omsk
Summary: On approach to Omsk in light snow, the pilot realized that the aircraft was not aligned with the runway and performed a go-around. After a short circuit the pilot began a second landing attempt, but on short final the aircraft rolled left, descended and crashed near the runway...
Date: 9 February 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2519
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Mozdok
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Grozny–Mineralnye Vody cargo flight. After taking off, the pilot realized that the mountains were shrouded in cloud and changed his route, flying to Gudermes and Mozdok. Approaching Mozdok the pilot encountered low clouds and decided to return, but...
Date: 30 January 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2295
Aircraft: SP
Location: Ust-Bolsheretsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky–Ust-Bolsheretsk mail flight, the pilot's third flight on this route. After passing Apacha, the weather worsened and visibility dropped to zero in heavy snow. Despite this, the pilot attempted to land at Ust-Bolsheretsk. On...
Date: 26 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-А701
Aircraft: AP
Location: Shulakkurgan
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Shymkent when it encountered worsening weather 45 km (28 mi) south of Shulakkurgan. The aircraft entered clouds and the pilot decided to return, but during a right turn the aircraft struck the side of a mountain and crashed.
Date: 20 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2171
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Ajikabul
Summary: En route to Yevlakh from Baku at 400 m (1,300 ft) during a cargo flight, the pilot encountered fog and climbed to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) when he encountered icing conditions. The pilot decided to return to Baku and descended, but the aircraft struck a hill and...
Date: 10 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л523
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Aramil
Summary: The aircraft took off from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) with cargo, mail and three passengers. Just minutes after takeoff the engine failed. The crew reduced altitude and attempted to perform an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed. The engine failure was caused by a...
Date: 4 November 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1622
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kokpekty
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Zaysan–Kokpekty–Semipalatinsk passenger service. The pilot took off from Kokpekty without information about weather conditions. A few minutes after takeoff the pilot entered snow and decided to return, but too late. Approaching Ko...
Date: 13 October 1938
Flight: CCCP-А988
Aircraft: AP
Location: Naurskaya
Summary: Before returning to Grozny, the pilot invited three farmers on board for a tour. After takeoff, at 35 m (115 ft), the pilot began a sharp left turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed and burned out.
Date: 10 October 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1560
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: The aircraft took off to locate a PS-40 that had gone missing on 23 September. After takeoff the aircraft entered clouds, but was able to climb above the cloud layer and continue after a few minutes. However, surrounding mountains remained shrouded in cloud and the pilot decid...
Date: 23 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2446
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Napareuli
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi–Rostov-on-Don–Moscow cargo flight. Radio contact was lost 33 minutes into the flight; the aircraft had struck the side of a mountain 22 km (14 mi) north-northeast of Napareuli. Wreckage was found on 28 October 1938; the aircraft h...
Date: 5 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-А774
Aircraft: AP
Location: Salyan
Summary: The aircraft conducted several crop spraying flights in the area of Ajikabul. The pilot allowed two passengers on board and flew some touring flights before having lunch and drinking vodka. He took off again and during a low pass, a horse was spooked, injuring a young boy. Aft...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1260
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Novoarkhangelsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kiev-Odessa passenger service. Eighty-seven minutes into the flight, at cruise, the aircraft was approaching storms (which were not forecast) when the right wing failed and separated. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. Cause...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1900
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Novoarkhangelsk
Summary: Before the flight, the pilot learned that weather conditions were deteriorating en route. Despite this, the pilot took off on a Novosibirsk-Omsk cargo service. Immediately after takeoff, the aircraft entered clouds and fog. The pilot continued for five minutes until the aircra...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Ш924
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Bataysk
Summary: Both aircraft were operating training flights. CCCP-Ш924 was following CCCP-Л956 when the first aircraft slowed down so the second aircraft could approach. At around 40 m (130 ft) CCCP-Л956 began a left turn when it collided with CCCP-Ш924. Both aircraft crashed. ATC...
Date: 19 August 1938
Flight: URSS-M131
Aircraft: ANT-35bis
Location: Bromma Airport
Summary: Failed to lift up and overran the runway. Due to begin a Stockholm-Saint Petersburg passenger service.
Date: 19 August 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2180
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Krasnoborsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kotlas-Arkhangelsk service. Some 40 km (25 mi) from Kotlas, the pilot flew into thunderstorms. Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue, but lightning began striking around him. Disorientated and scared, he shut down the magnet...
Date: 17 August 1938
Flight: СССР-Л2550
Aircraft: MP-1bis
Location: Lake Onega
Summary: Broke up in mid-air and crashed in Lake Onega near Suisarri Island. The aircraft was operating a Shunga-Petrozavodsk passenger service.
Date: 18 May 1938
Flight: СССР-Н122
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Spiraled out of control and crashed in the Dvina River following engine failure. The aircraft was operating a survey flight.
Date: 9 April 1938
Flight: СССР-Л190
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Shaki
Summary: While approaching Shaki inbound from Yevlakh during a cargo flight, the aircraft entered fog. The pilot decided to return but the aircraft crashed on the side of a mountain.
Date: 20 February 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2398
Aircraft: R-Z
Location: Karataly
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Karaganda-Balkhash mail flight. En route the aircraft struck the side of a mountain in thick fog. Wreckage found on 8 March 1938.
Date: 26 January 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1616
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kichik-Dekhna
Summary: While flying north during a training flight, the crew encountered low visibility in low clouds. The pilot saw a mountain and attempted to gain altitude, but the aircraft struck the mountain.
Date: 29 December 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1228
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Brovary
Summary: The aircraft was on a test flight following repairs. After takeoff, at around 100 m (330 ft), the crew performed a series of five turns when the aircraft rolled to the right, descended and crashed. The speed had dropped too much during the last turn.
Date: 16 November 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л561
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kharkiv
Summary: On approach to Kharkiv, visibility was poor due to fog, yet the crew continued the descent. The aircraft struck a 60 m (200 ft)-high chimney of a brickyard, rolled to the right, descended and crashed. Due to complete a Moscow-Orel-Kharkiv cargo flight.
Date: 12 November 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л163
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Chardzhou
Summary: Four to five minutes after an uneventful takeoff, at 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft), the right engine quit. The aircraft began to turn right and the pilot corrected it. The pilot decided to return to Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat) and performed a left turn. Concerned that t...
Date: 10 October 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1538
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Drachevka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kharkiv-Moscow mail flight. Fifty minutes into the flight, the engine began to vibrate. A fuel smell spread through the cabin and the engine caught fire. The pilot bailed out and the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed and burned out. The fir...
Date: 17 September 1937
Flight: CCCP-Т190
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both aircraft were on training flights, and each aircraft had their own training zone. Inexplicably, the pilot of CCCP-Т118 changed his heading and left his training zone, colliding with CCCP-Т190. Both aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 6 August 1937
Flight: URSS-M25
Aircraft: DC-2-152
Location: Herina
Summary: Crashed after a passenger lit a cigarette in the toilet, where avgas fumes had accumulated. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Prague–Cluj–Moscow passenger service.
Date: 10 July 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1232
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Nizhne Kazache
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Moscow-Yelets-Voronezh-Astrakhan passenger service. Fifteen minutes after takeoff from Yelets, the engine developed problems. The pilot descended and attempted an emergency landing in a rye field, but the aircraft struck an embank...
Date: 9 July 1937
Flight: CCCP-Ш630
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Alkakhatki
Summary: During a training flight, the pilot performed stunts at 800 m (2,600 ft). Control was lost and the aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 27 June 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л176
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Zaporozhye Airport
Summary: Collided on the runway with a PL-5 during takeoff. The PL-5 departed the airport for Moscow. A few minutes later for reasons unknown, the PL-5 decided to return. Meanwhile, the ANT-9 was preparing for the second leg of a Simferopol-Zaporozhye-Moscow passenger service. The PL-5...
Date: 27 May 1937
Flight: CCCP-Ш938
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Alkakhatki
Summary: The aircraft as operating a training flight. While cruising at 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in good weather, the aircraft began to break apart, after which it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. The student pilot probably made an error with the power lever while flyin...
Date: 18 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1731
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Orlik
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Uralsk-Guryev cargo flight. Weather conditions worsened en route and the crew made an emergency landing near Kalmykovo. About an hour later the aircraft took off again as visibility had improved. The aircraft never arrived at Guryev; wreckage was f...
Date: 10 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л167
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Tbilisi to Moscow for repairs. Despite low clouds, the aircraft took off for Grozny. Low clouds forced the pilot to fly low and just before reaching Grozny, the aircraft entered fog. The pilot turned around to exit the fog and after leaving...
Date: 9 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л2095
Aircraft: SP
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Approaching Vladivostok from the north, the pilot encountered poor weather with heavy snow. Flying low in limited visibility, the aircraft struck two trees and crashed. Due to complete an Iman-Vladivostok mail service.
Date: 26 December 1936
Flight: СССР-М50
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Akh-Dag
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Basargechar-Yerevan cargo flight. While in clouds over the Akhmangan Mountains, control was lost and the aircraft struck the side of Mount Akh-Dag. A search was initiated but suspended on 15 January 1937; wreckage was found on 26 August 1937. The p...
Date: 10 December 1936
Flight: СССР-Ш869
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Sukhotinka
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight from Tambov to Balashov. Some 15-20 minutes into the flight, while over Sukhotinka, the aircraft was following a road at low altitude when it entered clouds. The aircraft rolled to the left, descended to the ground and crashed.
Date: 21 November 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1892
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kulob
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kulob-Stalinabad cargo flight. The pilot circled over the airport to gain altitude and then set off for Stalinabad. Ten minutes later, at 300 m (980 ft), the engine failed. Due to unsuitable terrain, an emergency landing was not possible....
Date: 30 October 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1706
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 25 m (82 ft) and the pilot began a right turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed. The cause was not determined, but the pilot probably hurried his departure to allow another aircraft to depart immediately behind him....
Date: 4 August 1936
Flight: СССР-Л2122
Aircraft: ANT-7
Location: Malmyzh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky–Nizhnetambovskoye–Khabarovsk passenger service. The crew did not receive any weather bulletins for the route and destination before takeoff. Several instruments, such as the variometer, path finder and artificial horizon a...
Date: 31 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л416
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 31 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1918
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe)-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Moscow mail flight. On approach to Kuybyshev the pilot made a half-circle to reach the runway, but realized his position was incorrect. He began a go-around when he saw the chimney of a foundry. While...
Date: 27 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л192
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kulob
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Kulob passenger service. Following a downwind leg to Kulob Airport, while flying over the runway at 10 m (33 ft), the pilot performed a go-around. The aircraft climbed to 30 m (98 ft) in a nose-up atti...
Date: 22 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л2030
Aircraft: SP
Location: Mariupol
Summary: The aircraft was on a special cargo flight to deliver spare parts for combine harvesters to Ukrainian farmers. Several landings were made at Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) and Zaporizhia and then the pilot landed at the 'Azov' sovkhoz (60 km (37 mi) from Mariupol). The...
Date: 21 June 1936
Flight: СССР-Л996
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin
Summary: The aircraft was due to begin a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin–Viakhtu–Khabarovsk passenger service. The takeoff was delayed several times due to swells and strong winds. The crew also noted floating logs in the water. That evening, when the weather cleared up, the crew decided to tak...
Date: 6 March 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1078
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tyr
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Komsomolsk-on-Amur–Nizhnetambovskoye–Bogorodskoye–Nikolayevsk-on-Amur cargo flight. During the final leg, weather quickly worsened and visibility was less than 1 km (0.62 mi) due to snow. The pilot attempted an emergency landin...
Date: 25 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1781
Aircraft: SP
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Novgorod to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). After takeoff the aircraft entered clouds and the pilot became disorientated and realized he was flying towards Kresttsy and not Leningrad. Despite this, the pilot attempted to retur...
Date: 22 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1738
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Lukolovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Okha–Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin passenger service. Fifteen minutes into the flight, weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow. The pilot descended and continued along the shore. In the low visibility, the pilot did not realize that the airc...
Date: 10 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1532
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Doshtak
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khorugh-Stalinabad passenger flight. An hour into the flight, the pilot got lost after entering a valley and could not locate his position. As night fell the pilot saw the lights of Doshtak and decided to land but the aircraft struck the side of a...
Date: 7 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1571
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Khorog
Summary: Overturned after landing next to the runway. The pilot had adopted an incorrect approach configuration and missed the runway. Due to complete a Stalinabad-Khorog passenger flight.
Date: 31 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1196
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed. Exact date unknown.
Date: 30 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л971
Aircraft: SP
Location: Troitskoye
Summary: Disappeared during a Khabarovsk–Troitskoye–Komsomolsk-on-Amur mail flight. The wrecked aircraft was found on 13 April 1938 by hunters rotting away in a swamp 52 km (32 mi) from the mouth of the Khungari River on its left bank. The pilot was injured in the crash, but...
Date: 16 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1555
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Posolskoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating the first leg of an Irkutsk-Ulan-Ude–Mogocha cargo flight, but never arrived at Ulan-Ude. A search for the aircraft began, and three days later, the pilot of P-5 CCCP-Л1909 noticed a burned-out aircraft on an ice floe in Lake Baikal some 10–12 k...
Date: 25 November 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1980
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Mount Kyzyltas
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Balkhash-Karaganda passenger flight. En route weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow and fog. The pilot continued instead of returning to Balkhash. After flying at night for four hours the aircraft struck the side of Mount Kyzyltas. T...
Date: 27 September 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1902
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Arsen'evo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. While flying between Tula and Orel the pilot became disorientated because the light beacon was not working (they were turned off after midnight). After four hours in the air the pilot attempted an emergency landing but c...
Date: 30 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л19
Aircraft: F.13
Location: Faizobod
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Garm cargo flight. After takeoff the pilot found it difficult to gain altitude and while over mountainous terrain, the aircraft entered clouds. While in a valley the pilot attempted to turn around, but the aircraft crashed...
Date: 8 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1890
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Syrt
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Orenburg-Tashkent mail flight. During the Kuibyshev-Orenburg leg the pilot encountered poor weather with rain and thunderstorms. He decided to continue, descending to 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft). Control was l...
Date: 5 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1905
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tokmok
Summary: After a successful mail flight from Frunze to Karakol, the pilot wanted to return to Frunze, but weather conditions were poor. In a hurry, he took off for Frunze, but never made it there. Wreckage was found 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Tokmok at 2,800 m (9,200...
Date: 26 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Л840
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Lazarev
Summary: Struck a mountain while flying too low after the pilot became disorientated. The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky–Khabarovsk passenger service. Wreckage found in September 1935 and located again in August 1985. A 2015-2016 expedition to the crash site found s...
Date: 22 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1734
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Kazbek
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Mineralnye Vody-Tiflis (now Tbilisi) mail flight. After passing the Krestovy Pass, the crew encountered poor weather. The pilot decided to return and began turning, but the pilot became disorientated. Assuming that he passed the highest mountain, t...
Date: 8 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Ш913
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Ivanovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight from Balashov to Saratov. The crew was told to stay above 300 m (980 ft) and not to enter clouds. After takeoff, flying south, the aircraft entered clouds. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 10 March 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1170
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Slobodshikovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Arkhangelsk-Kotlas-Syktyvkar passenger service. Approaching Korovinskaya the pilot encountered sudden heavy snow for a period of 15-20 minutes at a time. Visibility was very poor, but the pilot decided not to return and continued. A few minutes la...
Date: 26 February 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1057
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kazan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Sverdlovsk-Yanaul-Kazan-Moscow mail service. The pilot stayed overnight in Yanaul, departing the next day for Kazan. At Kazan, weather worsened with limited visibility due to fog. At 70–80 m (230–260 ft) on approach, the...
Date: 25 February 1935
Flight: СССР-Л619
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Dnipropetrovsk
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) from Kryvyi Rih following a mail flight. Approaching Dnipropetrovsk the crew encountered thick fog with very low visibility. The pilot descended, probably to maintain visual reference with the ground, but the a...
Date: 11 January 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1522
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Aktyubinsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Guryev-Aktyubinsk service. En route, weather conditions worsened and the pilot encountered low visibility due to snow. While flying over an oil field, the pilot became disorientated and could not locate his position. He began a sharp right turn, ap...
Date: 25 December 1934
Flight: СССР-Л544
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Ananino
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yanaul-Sverdlovsk service. Weather conditions worsened en route and visibility was very low due to fog. Approaching Ananino the aircraft was at 4 m (13 ft) flying over houses. During a turn the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 15 November 1934
Flight: СССР-Л786
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kaduy
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk mail flight. After passing Nizhneudinsk, the pilot flew into a blizzard. He descended to maintain visual contact with the ground and decided to return to Nizhneudinsk. At about 20 m (66 ft), the aircraft struck the to...
Date: 5 October 1934
Flight: СССР-Л417
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 September 1934
Flight: СССР-М7
Aircraft: SP
Location: Basargechar
Summary: Following an uneventful flight from Yerevan, the aircraft was on approach when the pilot requested a straight-in approach, which was against procedure that request a circuit vertical to the airport. Because of this, the pilot deviated from the approach path. At 50 m (160&...
Date: 4 September 1934
Flight: СССР-Л997
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Olga Bay
Summary: Following a series of reconnaissance missions over the eastern portion of Primorsky Krai, the crew prepared to return to Vladivostok. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the crew decided to return to refuel. Landing at 140–150 km/h (87–93 mph), the right float struck an ob...
Date: 15 August 1934
Flight: СССР-Х2
Aircraft: SM.62bis
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Irkutsk-Bodaibo passenger service. On the Angara River, the aircraft traveled 100 m (328 ft) and made a 180 degree turn to begin the takeoff. The aircraft rotated and took off despite insufficient speed. Achieving a nose-up attitude, the...
Date: 27 July 1934
Flight: СССР-Л130
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Balkhash
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata (now Almaty)-Karaganda-Taldykorgan-Balkhash passenger service. On approach to Taldykorgan, the pilot made a series of mistakes and violations and landed the aircraft in a crosswind and the aircraft touched down on one landing gear. A go-a...
Date: 10 June 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1528
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kuschevka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Mineralnye Vody-Armavir-Rostov mail flight. Following technical problems, the pilot was forced to stay overnight in Armavir due to poor weather. The pilot departed Armavir, but while approaching Kutschevka, the aircraft encountered fog and the pilo...
Date: 6 June 1934
Flight: СССР-Л787
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Optukha
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. While at 50 m (160 ft) over the valley of Oka, weather deteriorated with havy clouds, drizzle and low ceiling. After completing two turns, the pilot did not realize that he was flying too low and the aircraft c...
Date: 18 May 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1075
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Karatkansk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Novosibirsk-Omsk mail flight. After passing over Tatarsk, weather conditions worsened with low ceiling, heavy rain and strong winds. After entering clouds, the pilot became disorientated and attempted to return to Tatarsk, but the local beacon was...
Date: 28 April 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1015
Aircraft: SP
Location: Akytubinsk
Summary: The aircraft took off from Akytubinsk on a mail flight. Ten minutes after takeoff the pilot decided to return because he thought there was a loss of hydraulic pressure. Due to an incorrect approach configuration, the pilot landed with a tailwind and the aircraft struck a parke...
Date: 26 April 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1125
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Ak-Su
Summary: At 1,000 m (3,300 ft) the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 12 March 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1502
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Povarovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad mail flight. A few minutes after takeoff, weather conditions worsened with low ceiling and intermittent snow. At 100 m (330 ft) the aircraft entered a right turn, descended and crashed.
Date: 11 March 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1127
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Zalivnaya
Summary: The aircraft was on a Moscow-Tashkent delivery flight. During the Samara-Orenburg leg, the engine failed and the crew made an emergency landing. Due to poor weather, technical problems and awaiting fuel from Orenburg, the crew was stuck for 18 days. Following repairs, the airc...
Date: 24 December 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш629
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Balashov
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight. After takeoff, the crew performed two turns and then climbed to 350 m (1,150 ft), eventually entering clouds. Five minutes after takeoff, the aircraft entered a high-speed descent. The crew attempted to regain control, bu...
Date: 17 November 1933
Flight: СССР-Л406
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Bataysk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the crew encountered engine problems and the aircraft climbed to 70 m (230 ft) before beginning a descent. The pilot attempted to find a spot for a forced landing but the aircraft nosed down and crashed and caught fire. The cause of the engine...
Date: 17 September 1933
Flight: СССР-Л538
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft took off from Moscow on a cargo flight. A few minutes after takeoff, at 200–300 m (660–980 ft), the crew encountered vibration and stability problems and decided to return to Moscow. On approach at 150 m (490 ft) the aircraft entered an uncontr...
Date: 5 September 1933
Flight: СССР-J5
Aircraft: R-6L
Location: Poldasnya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Moscow to Feodosia. En route, the aircraft encountered bad weather. Because of the low visibility, the pilot descended to establish a visual reference with the ground, but the aircraft struck a tree and crashed .
Date: 18 August 1933
Flight: CCCP-Л150
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kazan
Summary: Mid-air collision. The ANT-9 was on a test flight, and after 13 minutes, the pilot decided to return to the airport. On final approach, the aircraft collided with a Polikarpov U-2 (CCCP-S227) that had been completing a local flight. Both aircraft crashed, killing both pilots o...
Date: 13 August 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш480
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Balashov
Summary: The two aircraft were operating a training flight when they collided. Cause attributed to errors of both pilots.
Date: 27 June 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш566
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Michurinsk
Summary: While flying at 700–750 m (2,300–2,460 ft), the pilot lost control while performing stunts. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed. The inexperienced pilot had become disorientated.
Date: 11 May 1933
Flight: СССР-Л463
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kontuganovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg)-Yanaul-Kazan passenger service. While cruising at 800 m (2,600 ft), the weather worsened with snow showers, although the weather forecast called for rain. The pilot descended to 300 m (980 ft) and...
Date: 13 February 1933
Flight: СССР-Л455
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Moscow Region
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. Approaching Podolsk, the weather deteriorated and the pilot decided to return to Moscow, but the weather was also poor there. During the approach, at 110–120 m (360–390 ft), the aircraft struck an antenna, part...
Date: 8 February 1933
Flight: СССР-Л481
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Goychay
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Baku-Tiflis (now Tbilisi) passenger service. En route to Ganzhda and Yevlakh the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog. He descended to maintain visual contact with the ground and followed a rail line. While approaching Goychay at below 30&#...
Date: 27 January 1933
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 October 1932
Flight: СССР-Z1
Aircraft: SM.62bis
Location: Kulebyakino
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Irkutsk-Bodaibo cargo service. Some 40 km (25 mi) from Kirensk the weather worsened and visibility was poor from falling snow. The pilot descended, ostensibly to remain visual contact with the ground. Control was lost at 20–30 m (66–...
Date: 10 May 1932
Flight: СССР-Л128
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft took off from Frunze Central Aerodrome for a test flight. While cruising at 900 m (3,000 ft), the mechanic informed the pilot of an oil leak on the right engine. The pilot began descending and decided to divert to Oktyabrskoye Airfield. On approach, at 1...
Date: 23 February 1932
Flight: СССР-Л718
Aircraft: PS-5
Location: Nizhne-Tambov
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Okha–Nikolaevsk-on-Amur–Nizhne-Tambov–Khabarovsk passenger service. On takeoff from Ohka en route to Nikolaevsk-na-Amur, the aircraft was already overloaded by 336 kg (741 lb) and another 226 kg (498 lb) was added at Nikolaevsk-...
Date: 27 January 1932
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tambov
Summary: While flying upside down at 800 m (2,600 ft) during a training flight, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed.
Date: 26 May 1931
Flight: СССР-Л104
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.