Following is a list of accidents and incidents Aeroflot experienced in the 1960s. The deadliest event the Soviet Union's flag carrier went through in the decade occurred in, when an Ilyushin Il-18V crashed upside down shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport in Sverdlovsk, then located in the Russian SSR, killing all 107 occupants on board, prompting the temporary grounding of the type within the airline's fleet. In terms of fatalities, the accident ranks as the fifth worst involving an Il-18, .[1] Another aircraft of the type was involved in the second deadliest accident the airline experienced in the decade, this time in, when 87 people were killed when the aircraft struck a hillside on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The decade was also marked by the only deadly accident experienced by a Tupolev Tu-114, which entered commercial service on the Moscow–Khabarovsk route in .[2]
The number of recorded fatalities aboard Aeroflot aircraft during the decade rose to 1801; likewise, 175 of its aircraft were written off in accidents or incidents, split into six Antonov An-10s, 13 Antonov An-12s, 54 Antonov An-2s, two Antonov An-6s, 8 Antonov An-24s, two Avia 14s, one Ilyushin Il-12, 22 Ilyushin Il-14s, 31 Ilyushin Il-18s, 12 Lisunov Li-2s, 14 Tupolev Tu-104s, two Tupolev Tu-114s, and five Tupolev Tu-124s. Most of the fatal accidents took place within the borders of the Soviet Union.
Certain Western media conjectured that the Soviet government was reluctant to publicly admit the occurrence of such events, which might render these figures higher, as fatal events would have only been admitted when there were foreigners aboard the crashed aircraft, the accident took place in a foreign country, or they reached the news for some reason. However, no significant amount of unreported serious accidents have emerged after the dissolution of the USSR, in any of its then-constituent republics.
| Date | Location | Aircraft | Tail number | Airline division | Aircraft damage | Fatalities | Description | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didino | Li-2 | CCCP-19405 | Ural | W/O | /4 | 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 were dropping. After turning off the autopilot, the flight engineer reported that the right engine had failed. Despite the crew's efforts, the engine could not be restarted and the crew decided to return to Sverdlovsk and feathered the right propeller. The aircraft lost altitude during a left turn, and the crew began throwing cargo out of the aircraft in an attempt to slow its descent, but some of the larger cargo got stuck in the front door, worsening the aerodynamics but also causing a shift in the center of gravity. The aircraft was able to level out and continued flying, but the left engine began to overheat and later lost power, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft slowly lost altitude until it struck trees and crashed. | |||
| Berezovo | An-2V | CCCP-01271 | Ural | W/O | 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 of power for an engine failure. A forced landing was carried out. | ||||
| Moma Airport | An-2T | CCCP-98332 | Yakut | W/O | /13 | On takeoff, the aircraft entered a steep climb with a loss of airspeed. At 20m (70feet) 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. | |||
| Lvov | An-10A | CCCP-11180 | Ukraine | W/O | /33 | Crashed on approach to Snilow Airport, ahead of the runway threshold, in icing conditions. It was completing a domestic scheduled Kiev–Lviv passenger service as Flight 315. | |||
| Koltsovo Airport | Il-18A | CCCP-75648 | Ural | W/O | /5 | 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 nosegear, bounced again and struck the runway, but the propellers had struck the runway. The aircraft skidded to the side of the runway and caught fire. The pilot showed a passive behavior during the approach and the instructor had little experience on the Il-18. The rear cargo hold was also loaded with too little ballast and this had moved the center of gravity too far forward. | |||
| Enken | Li-2 | CCCP-84609 | Far East | W/O | /5 | 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 1207m (3,960feet) high Dzhugdzur ridge at 900m (3,000feet). | |||
| near Tkvarcheli | Il-14P | CCCP-91571 | North Caucasus | W/O | /31 | While en route to Tbilisi, the aircraft struck a mountain at 1200m (3,900feet) after the crew deviated north of the flight route by 17km (11miles). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Rostov-Sochi-Kutaisi-Tbilisi passenger service as Flight 207. | |||
| Aldan | An-2 | CCCP-98282 | Yakut | W/O | /4 | 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 caught fire. The next day, the two surviving crew left in different directions to seek help. The flight operator was able to walk to a helicopter landing site and was flown to a hospital in Aldan, but the navigator was never seen again; his body was found on 16 July in taiga some 4km (02miles) from the crash site. | |||
| Il-14M | CCCP-61696 | Komi | W/O | /23 | 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 off the destination city. | ||||
| Minsk | Il-12P | CCCP-01405 | Ukraine | W/O | /28 | 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 into a motor depot, the aircraft struck several trucks and a fence and broke up. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad-Minsk-Lviv passenger service as Flight 414. | |||
| Tarasovich | Il-18B | CCCP-75705 | 235 Sep. Aviation Detachment | W/O | /34 | 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 offered a diversion to nearby Zhuliany Airport. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a forest in a nose down, right bank attitude. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Cairo–Moscow passenger service as Flight 036. | |||
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hijacking episode. | ||||
| Il-14M | CCCP-04200 | Polar | W/O | /18 | 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, away from Zikhnovo. | ||||
| Brest Airport | Il-14M | CCCP-41866 | Belarus | W/O | /27 | 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, the aircraft had deviated from the approach and ATC ordered the crew to perform a go-around. Instead of a go-around, the crew continued the approach. The flaps and landing gear were lowered. ATC ordered a missed approach, but the crew did not respond and landed at high speed. The aircraft overran the runway and destroyed the VHF direction finder booth. The aircraft struck a pond, breaking off the nose gear. On the opposite bank of the pond the right engine separated. The aircraft came to a stop on the opposite side with a destroyed cockpit. The aircraft was completing a Moscow-Mogilev-Minsk-Brest passenger service as Flight 607. | |||
| Ust-Orda | Tu-104A | CCCP-42452 | Far East | W/O | /68 | 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 left turn to climb but the aircraft struck sloping terrain and caught fire. | |||
| Penza | Avia 14P | CCCP-52025 | Privolzhsk | W/O | /5 | 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 the right engine. The aircraft crashed in a plowed field and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft was operating a Leningrad-Penza-Saratov cargo service as Flight 534. | |||
| Zyryanka Airport | Li-2 | CCCP-84748 | Magadan | W/O | /6 | 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 and crashed in a snow-covered field 440m (1,440feet) past the runway. The aircraft was operating a Magadan–Seymchan–Zyryanka–Nizhny Kresty–Bilibino–Pevek cargo service as Flight 213. | [3] | ||
| Leningrad Region | Il-14FK | CCCP-91610 | Northern | W/O | /9 | 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 200m (700feet), too low to allow recovery from the dive, and it crashed on a bank of a stream near Dachnoe. | |||
| Chernovo | Il-14M | CCCP-52091 | Komi | W/O | /14 | 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. | |||
| Semipalatinsk | An-2T | CCCP-33181 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /12 | 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 500m (1,600feet) and crashed. | |||
| Yamburg Airport | An-2T | CCCP-01245 | Ural | W/O | /3 | 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 begin a Yamburg-Tazovsky cargo service. | |||
| Ulyanovsk Airport | Il-18A | CCCP-75651 | Ulyanovsk Flight School | W/O | /17 | The aircraft was approaching Ulyanovsk when it suddenly nosed down at 120m-150mm (390feet-490feetm) 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-18 was vulnerable in icing conditions. | |||
| Dnepropetrovsk Airport | Avia 14P | CCCP-61610 | Ukraine | W/O | /34 | Crashed 150m (490feet) 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. | |||
| Vladivostok Airport | Tu-104A | CCCP-42357 | MUTA | W/O | /58 | 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 down too late and too fast. The brakes were ineffective due to the high speed and the brakes were applied, but the pilot did not use much braking to avoid tire blowouts. The pilot then began turning and ran off the runway and the left engine was shut down. The aircraft struck two trucks before crashing into a ditch. | |||
| Sverdlovsk | Tu-104B | CCCP-42438 | West Siberia | W/O | /51 | 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 vibration. A crew member manipulated the left engine throttle to attempt to hear the difference in engine power to determine which engine had failed, but the engine was shut down by mistake. The aircraft lost altitude and the crew made a forced landing on a frozen pond. Two people on the ground died when a home was destroyed. | |||
| Bogoroditsk | Il-18B | CCCP-75672 | MUTA | W/O | /97 | 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. | |||
| Sosnovy Bor | Il-14P | CCCP-41848 | Ukraine | W/O | /26 | 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. | |||
| Odesa | Tu-104B | CCCP-42447 | Northern | W/O | /94 | 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. | |||
| Riga | Il-18B | CCCP-75653 | Ulyanovsk Flight School | W/O | /8 | Overshot the runway on landing at Riga International Airport in fog. | |||
| Tashkent | Tu-104A | CCCP-42388 | Uzbekistan | W/O | Hard landing at Tashkent Airport. | ||||
| Oymyakon | Li-2 | CCCP-16154 | Yakut | W/O | /6 | Crashed away from Oymyakon after running out of fuel. The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Oymyakon cargo service. | |||
| Yakutsk Airport | Li-2 | CCCP-63857 | East Siberia | W/O | Struck in the tail by Li-2T CCCP-71199 that had veered off the runway; CCCP-63857 was written off. | ||||
| Smorodinny | Il-14M | CCCP-61712 | Yakut | W/O | /5 | The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk–Sangar cargo service. The flightcrew mistook the lights of Smorodinny for the lights of the destination city during a power blackout there. It descended until, where it crashed into mountainous terrain. | |||
| Vladivostok | Tu-104B | CCCP-42504 | Far East | W/O | Made an emergency landing following an engine failure after hitting an antenna on approach to Vladivostok Airport. | ||||
| Chebotovka | Il-18B | CCCP-75654 | MUTA | W/O | /59 | Crashed off Chebotovka, after the flight engineer inadvertently modified the position of the flaps at a cruising altitude of, causing the aircraft to dive uncontrollably. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Moscow–Sochi passenger service as Flight 245. | |||
| Olyokminsk | Li-2 | CCCP-84603 | Yakut | W/O | Crashed. | ||||
| Il-18V | CCCP-75757 | Armenia | W/O | /119 | 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 disorganized, with tickets not being checked. The aircraft was also overloaded. While on approach at 250m (820feet), the crew reported that they did not see the runway or approach lights. The pilot aborted the approach and made a go-around. The aircraft turned to the right and crashed in hilly terrain. | ||||
| Ulyanovsk | An-10 | CCCP-11148 | Ulyanovsk Flight School | W/O | /14 | 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 off the airport. | |||
| Shymkent | Li-2 | CCCP-84575 | Kazakhstan | W/O | 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, entered a descending turn, struck a ditch next to the runway and crashed outside the airport. | ||||
| Kirensk | Li-2 | CCCP-84685 | East Siberia | W/O | 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. | ||||
| Unknown | Il-14P | CCCP-41852 | West Siberia | W/O | Severely damaged after the left flap failed to extend on landing during a training flight. | ||||
| Karpun Mountain | An-2SKh | CCCP-23700 | Magadan | W/O | /2 | The aircraft was being ferried from Palyavaam to Pevek. The crew did not follow the Palyavaam River but deviated to the left by 12km (07miles). Encountering poor visibility (snow), the aircraft struck the side of a mountain. | |||
| Magadan | An-2R | CCCP-49262 | Magadan | W/O | /2 | Crashed while crop-spraying. | |||
 Sofia | Tu-104B | CCCP-42491 | Moscow | W/O | /5 | Experienced the failure of the port 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, northeast of the airport. Due to operate a Sofia–Moscow cargo service. | |||
| Tu-104A | CCCP-42370 | Far East | W/O | /84 | Accidentally shot down by a training missile while en route from Irkutsk to Omsk as Flight 902. | ||||
| Il-14M | CCCP-91554 | Uzbekistan | W/O | /38 | 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 away from Tashkent Airport. | ||||
| Sochi | An-10A | CCCP-11186 | Ukraine | W/O | /81 | Crashed at into a mountain while on approach to Sochi Airport in clouds, inbound from Simferopol as Flight 415. | |||
| Moscow | Tu-114D | CCCP-76479 | MUTA | W/O | /0 | Nosegear retraction while standing on the apron at Vnukovo Airport undergoing maintenance. | |||
| Kishinev Airport | An-2T | CCCP-98218 | Moldova | W/O | /0 | The aircraft were written off after being blown over in a storm while parked at the airport. | |||
| Li-2T | CCCP-65680 | Moldova | W/O | ||||||
| Li-2P | CCCP-54920 | Moldova | W/O | ||||||
| Tu-104A | CCCP-42366 | Far East | W/O | /86 | The aircraft became uncontrollable after rolling and yawing several times at an altitude of . Crashed in a swamp, some away from Khabarovsk. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service as Flight 03. | ||||
| near Cherskiy | Il-14M | CCCP-61628 | Magadan | W/O | /32 | 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 procedure called for a circling climb to the proper altitude, but the crew failed to follow the procedure and instead headed for mountainous terrain while flying too low. The aircraft entered clouds at 800m (2,600feet) and collided with a mountainside at 975m (3,199feet). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Magadan-Berelakh-Zyryanka-Cherskiy-Bilibino service as Flight 213. | |||
| Moscow | Tu-104B | CCCP-42495 | Moscow | W/O | /10 | On a test flight, the aircraft crashed at Sheremetyevo Airport upon takeoff. The rudder controls were apparently cross-connected. | [4] | ||
| Unknown | Il-18V | CCCP-75843 | Moscow | W/O | Unknown | Crashed. | |||
| Syktyvkar | An-10A | CCCP-11193 | Komi | W/O | /7 | Stalled and crashed upon takeoff, following the icing of the intake in three of the engines. | |||
| Bukhta Yemlinskaya | Il-18V | CCCP-75732 | Polar | W/O | /10 | The aircraft was operating a Cape Schmidt-Anadyr-Magadan cargo service. While en route to Magadan both left side engines failed at 7000m (23,000feet). The crew made an emergency landing on the icy surface of Shelikhov Gulf near Bukhta Yemlinskaya. The aircraft was destroyed and sank. Three occupants survived the crash but later died in the below-zero temperatures. | |||
| Ashgabat | Il-18V | CCCP-75765 | Turkmenistan | W/O | /55 | Inbound from Krasnovodsk as Flight 191, struck power lines on approach to Ashgabat Airport, crashed some 300- short of the runway, broke up, and caught fire. | |||
| Richardson Lakes | An-6 | CCCP-98341 | Polar | W/O | /0 | 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. | |||
| Magadan | An-12 | CCCP-11338 | Polar | W/O | Ran off the snowy runway at Magadan Airport after the pilot failed to correctly align the aircraft for takeoff. | ||||
| Urakhcha | Il-18V | CCCP-75866 | Krasnoyarsk | W/O | /67 | There was a failure in the pitch control mechanism of one of the starboard engines while en route a domestic scheduled Moscow–Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 25. Unable to determine which of the propellers were causing the drag forces, the flightcrew decided to feather both of them, causing the aircraft to enter a high speed descent in which the elevators broke off. The airplane crashed southwest of Urakhcha. | |||
| Leningrad | Tu-104B | CCCP-42483 | Northern | W/O | Stalled on approach to Smolnoye Airport and crashed off the airfield. | ||||
| Irkutsk | Tu-104B | CCCP-42492 | East Siberia | W/O | /35 | Crashed 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 crew was unaware of the weather conditions, and to complicate matters, water had entered into the cockpit electrical system, causing false airspeed and altitude readings. | |||
| Karaganda Airport | An-2T | CCCP-43833 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /1 | 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 Lenin monument next to the terminal building and crashed upside-down and burned out. | |||
| Leningrad | Tu-124 | CCCP-45021 | Moscow | W/O | /52 | 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 gear to fully lock in the extended position with a pole from the cloak closet. On the eighth and final circuit engine number one failed, followed shortly by engine two. The crew then ditched in the Neva River. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tallinn-Moscow passenger service as Flight 366. | |||
| Nadymsky District | An-2V | CCCP-35359 | Ural | W/O | /14 | Fifty-five minutes into a flight from Tazovskoye to Salekhard the engine failed at 300m (1,000feet). 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 100m (300feet) from the lake. | |||
| Kapan | An-2T | CCCP-01154 | Armenia | W/O | /16 | The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kapan–Goris passenger service, deviated from the flight route by 5.5km (03.4miles). 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 1250m (4,100feet), after which it then crashed on a mountain slope and burned out. | |||
| Il-14M | CCCP-04197 | Polar | W/O | /7 | Flew into the slope of a glacier during a survey flight; the crew lost spatial orientation in the polar night. | ||||
| Kuybyshev Airport | Il-18B | CCCP-75686 | Uzbekistan | W/O | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Kirensk | An-12B | CCCP-11347 | East Siberia | W/O | /6 | 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. | |||
| Batagay | An-2T | CCCP-23740 | Yakut | W/O | /2 | Crashed short of the runway during a night time training flight. | |||
| Kenkiyak | An-2T | CCCP-13651 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /9 | Struck a hill in poor weather following a premature descent. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Baiganin–Kenkiyak–Aktyubinsk passenger service. | |||
| Dhzigda Airport | An-2T | CCCP-55541 | Far East | W/O | /3 | 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. | |||
| Svetilnoye | An-2R | CCCP-09259 | Ukraine | W/O | /3 | After completing a crop-spraying flight the aircraft came in too high for landing. The aircraft landed hard 9m (30feet) short of the runway, nosing over and catching fire. | |||
| Cheremshan | An-2SKh | CCCP-25467 | Privolzhsk | W/O | /5 | 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 160m (530feet) outside the airfield. | |||
| Novosibirsk | Tu-104B | CCCP-42476 | West Siberia | W/O | 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 braking parachute. The throttles were closed and the aircraft touched down hard on the left main landing gear, breaking off the left wing. A fire erupted, but all on board survived. The aircraft was completing a Moscow-Chelyabinsk-Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 35. | ||||
| Krasnodar | Il-18B | CCCP-75661 | Moscow | W/O | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Urtazym | An-2R | CCCP-09242 | Privolzhsk | W/O | /2 | 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. | |||
| Magadan Airport | Il-18V | CCCP-75824 | Far East | W/O | 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 runway, collapsing the main landing gear. The aircraft touched down on the nosegear and the rear of the fuselage contacted the runway. The aircraft had been notorious for premature descents as well as requiring more engine power on approach. | ||||
| Il-18V | CCCP-75531 | Krasnoyarsk | W/O | /93 | Crashed into a hillside at while on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, inbound from Khabarovsk as Flight 721, following a premature descent. | ||||
| Cape Khorgoy | Li-2 | CCCP-04370 | Polar | W/O | /5 | Struck a hill near the Anabar River, Tiksi Region in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a second hill after flying for 650m (2,130feet), bounced off of it and crashed after 60m (200feet), breaking off an engine. | |||
| Nikolayevsk-na-Amure | An-2T | CCCP-01231 | Far East | W/O | /2 | 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 190m (620feet). The aircraft was operating a Nikolayevsk-na-Amure–Okha cargo service (mail). | |||
| Gavanoasa | An-2SKh | CCCP-43915 | Moldova | W/O | /4 | 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. | |||
| Murmansk Airport | An-2V | CCCP-09275 | Northern | W/O | /2 | En route to Umba the aircraft deviated 3km (02miles) to the right of the flight route in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a snow-covered hill 3m (10feet) from the top some 20km (10miles) from Murmansk. | |||
| Surami | Il-14P | CCCP-41883 | Georgia | W/O | /15 | 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 into a mountain, near Surami, after the actual airspeed was incorrectly reported to the flightcrew and a descent was initiated still over mountainous terrain, amid a cloudy environment. | |||
| Darvaza Airport | Li-2 | CCCP-63842 | Turkmenistan | W/O | /24 | 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 4km (02miles) from the airport and 600m (2,000feet) to the right of the runway and caught fire. This accident remains the deadliest in Turkmenistan. | |||
| Alma-Ata | Il-18B | CCCP-75685 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /103 | 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 crashed 75m (246feet) short of the runway, crossed a ditch, and struck trees. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Omsk/Semipalatinsk-Alma Ata passenger service as Flight 101/X-20. | |||
| Unknown | An-2R | CCCP-45218 | Belarus | W/O | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Krasnoyarsk Region | Li-2 | CCCP-54971 | Krasnoyarsk | W/O | /31 | Lost control following a failure of the left wing in severe turbulence. The aircraft was operating a Abakan―Kyzyl passenger service as Flight 542. The crash is the deadliest known accident involving the Li-2. | |||
| Kuybyshev | Tu-124V | CCCP-45028 | Privolzhsk | W/O | /39 | 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. | |||
| Frunze | Il-18B | CCCP-75690 | Kyrgyzstan | Repaired | Damaged in a wheels-up landing at Frunze Airport. The crew forgot to lower the landing gear after several landing attempts. | ||||
| Khanty-Mansiysk | An-24 | CCCP-46764 | Ural | W/O | /47 | Undershot the runway on landing at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport inbound from Tyumen, breaking up after hitting a snowdrift, and catching fire. | |||
| Gorny | An-2T | CCCP-01201 | Far East | W/O | /12 | While flying the Briakan–Komsomolsk-na-Amure leg of a Poliny Osipenko–Khabarovsk passenger service, the aircraft encountered poor weather. The crew deviated 17km (11miles) to the right of the flight route, entering clouds. The aircraft contacted tree tops on a mountain slope at about 600m (2,000feet) and crashed. | |||
| Šilale | An-2R | CCCP-05856 | Lithuania | W/O | /1 | The co-pilot, who was drunk, took off at dusk. The aircraft struck a tree top 7km (04miles) from the airstrip, crashed and burned out. | |||
| Loukhi | An-2V | CCCP-98320 | Northern | W/O | /2 | 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 4m (13feet) of water. The co-pilot was rescued by a boat; the pilot did not survive. | |||
| Ulan-Ude | An-12 | CCCP-11337 | Polar | W/O | /8 | 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 aircraft crashed into a wooded mountain side at 1200m (3,900feet). | |||
| Murmansk | Tu-124V | CCCP-45086 | Northern | W/O | /64 | The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Murmansk passenger service as Flight 99 when it crashed off Murmansk Airport, on approach. The pilot mistook lights near the Middle Marker Beacon for runway lights and began descending, but by the time the pilots noticed the mistake, it was too late. The aircraft crashed on a frozen lake. | |||
| Ust-Maya | An-2SKh | CCCP-01189 | Yakut | W/O | Unknown | Main undercarriage broke off upon landing in snow. | |||
| Magadan | Il-18B | CCCP-75688 | Moscow | W/O | The airframe sustained irreparable damages when it dived from . | ||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hijacking episode. | ||||
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Il-14P | CCCP-61618 | Magadan | W/O | /23 | While flying at 3300m (10,800feet), 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 2900m (9,500feet) after passing Sobolevo. The co-pilot suggested a wheels-up landing at Ust-Bolsheretsk, but the pilot again decided to continue. The aircraft cleared high terrain but flew into poor weather. The aircraft lost altitude until it struck a mountain at 2049m (6,722feet). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Magadan-Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky passenger service. | |||
| Shamurat | An-2T | CCCP-02185 | Uzbekistan | W/O | /11 | 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 aircraft lost altitude due to strong winds and struck a mountainside at 930m (3,050feet). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Nurata–Samarkand passenger service as Flight 330. | |||
| Pechora | Il-14M | CCCP-52058 | Komi | W/O | /35 | 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, causing the aircraft to bank left, crashing moments later into a forest, north of the city. | |||
| Moscow | Tu-114 | CCCP-76491 | International | W/O | /48 | 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–Brazzaville service as Flight 065, crashed and caught fire. This was the only fatal accident involving a Tu-114. | [5] [6] [7] | ||
| Mys Nalycheva | An-2T | CCCP-79910 | Far East | W/O | /3 | The aircraft encountered poor weather, with poor visibility and heavy snow. The crew deviated to the left of the flight route by 17km (11miles); the aircraft then crashed at 589m (1,932feet) on the snow-covered summit of a hill on Mys Nalycheva. | |||
| Golubichnoye | An-2T | CCCP-79860 | Far East | W/O | /2 | Crashed during a training flight. The cause of the crash was not determined, but an in-flight fire or spatial disorientation were theorized. | |||
| Il-14P | CCCP-61772 | Azerbaijan | W/O | /33 | 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 temperature in both engines was dropping. Three minutes later the crew radioed that they were flying at 200m (700feet). Unbeknownst to the crew, they had overflown Baku and were now over the Caspian Sea south of the Absheron Peninsula. The crew then sent an SOS signal and reported they were ditching the aircraft in the sea. A few months later, Navy divers searching for a sunken object accidentally found the wreckage 18- south of Nargin Island in 23m (75feet) of water; the cause of the engine problems was never determined. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Baku–Makhachkala passenger service as Flight 2723. | ||||
| Labinsk | An-2R | CCCP-02807 | North Caucasus | W/O | /3 | During a crop-spraying flight, the aircraft lost altitude while turning at low altitude. The aircraft crashed in a 50-60-degree bank. | |||
| Minsk | Tu-124 | CCCP-45017 | Belarus | W/O | Overran wet runway on landing at Minsk-1 International Airport. | ||||
| Arteni | An-2SKh | CCCP-01127 | Armenia | W/O | /3 | Struck a high-voltage power line and crashed during a crop-spraying flight. | |||
| Zaporizhia Oblast | Tu-124V | CCCP-45038 | Privolzhsk | Repaired | /90 | During the Kharkov–Simferopol leg of a Kazan–Kharkov–Simferopol passenger service as Flight 67, the aircraft unexpectedly entered storm clouds at 7200m (23,600feet), after which it rolled 60-70° and entered a high-speed dive for 10 seconds. The crew were able to recover at 2800m (9,200feet) and the aircraft landed safely at Simferopol. One passenger died and several crew and other passengers suffered various injuries during the incident. | |||
| Arkhangelsk | Il-18V | CCCP-75552 | Latvia | W/O | /121 | 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. | |||
| Semipalatinsk | An-2T | CCCP-79816 | Tajikistan | W/O | /6 | The aircraft was on a Dushanbe–Murghab flight in support of a geological expedition. While flying through the Murghab River valley the aircraft caught fire. The pilot attempted to force-land in the area where the Murghab and Zapadny Pshart rivers meet, but while performing a left turn the aircraft struck the slope of the gorge and crashed. | |||
| Off Tsikhisdziri Cape | An-2TP | CCCP-96224 | Georgia | W/O | /12 | Ditched in the Black Sea following engine failure. Ten minutes after takeoff, at 250m (820feet), 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-. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Batumi–Poti–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight G-72. | |||
| Alma-Ata | Il-18B | CCCP-75665 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /68 | The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma Ata-Semipalatinsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight X-19. During the takeoff roll at Alma-Ata Airport the number three engine was shut down and its propeller feathered, due to malfunction which was probably caused by water and wet snow ingestion. The takeoff was continued but the aircraft veered off the runway to the right. The aircraft then got briefly airborne at a high angle of attack until the tail struck a 70cm (30inches) mound. The aircraft then struck a shore of a river and came to a rest on a hillside. | |||
| Zafarabad | An-2R | CCCP-46601 | Tajikistan | W/O | /2 | 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. | |||
| Novosibirsk | An-12B | CCCP-04343 | Polar | W/O | /6 | 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. | |||
| Salekhard | An-12B | CCCP-11007 | Polar | W/O | /6 | 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, off the airport. Due to operate a Salekhard–Tarko-Sale cargo service. | |||
| Il-14P | CCCP-61657 | Yakut | W/O | /19 | One of the engines caught fire while en route an Olyokminsk–Yakutsk service as Flight 1799. The aircraft crashed after it hit trees away from Yakutsk when the crew attempted to force-land the aircraft amid snowy weather in darkness. | ||||
| Black Sea | An-2P | CCCP-04959 | North Caucasus | W/O | /1 | 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. | |||
| Moscow | Il-18V | CCCP-75563 | 235 Separate Aviation Detachment | W/O | /8 | 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 2km (01miles) to the right of the runway. | |||
| Nizhniye Kresty | Li-2 | CCCP-04213 | Polar | W/O | 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 3.5km (02.2miles) from the airstrip. The aircraft was completing an Egvekinot–Nizhniye Kresty service. | ||||
| Alexeyevka | An-2SKh | CCCP-05604 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /12 | En route to Alexeyevka the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and rain. Entering clouds, the aircraft deviated 6km (04miles) from the flight route. The aircraft struck the side of Mount Aina-Sulak at 970m (3,180feet). | |||
| Blagoveshchensk | An-12TP-2 | CCCP-04366 | Polar | W/O | Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Blagoveshchensk Airport. | ||||
| Gazimurski Zavod | An-2R | CCCP-49345 | East Siberia | W/O | /3 | Lost altitude while turning and crashed while crop-spraying. | |||
| Karaganda Airport | Li-2 | CCCP-71220 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /34 | After touching down at Karaganda, the aircraft lifted off again due to elevator control problems. The aircraft climbed to 10- at which the pilot then decided to perform a go-around. The aircraft stalled at 20-, crashed back on the runway and caught fire. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Tselinograd (now Astana)–Karaganda passenger service as Flight X-447. | |||
| Meschura Airport | An-2 | CCCP-42615 | Komi | W/O | /13 | During 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. | |||
| Aldan Airport | Li-2 | CCCP-16150 | Yakut | W/O | /5 | 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 past the runway, but the aircraft stalled over the left wing and crashed from a height of 15m-20mm (49feet-70feetm). | |||
| Moscow | Il-18 | Unknown | Unknown | W/O | /4 | Crash-landed. | |||
| Sverdlovsk | Il-18V | CCCP-75538 | Ural | W/O | /107 | 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. | [8] | ||
| Liepaya | An-24B | CCCP-46215 | Latvia | W/O | /51 | 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 aircraft was operating a Riga-Liepaya passenger service as Flight L-51. | |||
| Voronezh | An-24B | CCCP-46201 | Moscow SPiMVL | W/O | Crashed short of the runway on approach to Voronezh Airport. | ||||
| An-24B | CCCP-47733 | Yakut | W/O | /45 | The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic Olekminsk–Lensk passenger service as Flight 1668, when it broke up at and crashed from Olyokma, likely shot down by a missile. | ||||
| Karaganda | Il-18V | CCCP-75519 | Northern | W/O | Landed short of the runway at Karaganda Airport. | ||||
| Yakutsk | An-12B | CCCP-11015 | Yakut | W/O | Hard landing at Yakutsk Airport. | ||||
| Nekrasovka | An-2R | CCCP-28946 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /6 | En route to Ayaguz the aircraft encountered snow. The aircraft then crashed into the side of Mount Tikasu at 1850m (6,070feet) 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 were rescued by an Mi-4 helicopter. | |||
 Baghdad | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | W/O | /2 | Hit a building on landing. | |||
| Il-18D | CCCP-74252 | Far East | W/O | /84 | Broke up in-flight during an emergency descent, crashing and bursting into flames 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. One passenger, whose seat was attached to a large portion of the fuselage, survived the accident. | ||||
| Volgograd | Tu-124 | CCCP-45019 | North Caucasus | W/O | /49 | Crashed upon takeoff from Volgograd Airport due to pilot error. The aircraft was due to operate a Volgograd-Rostov on Don-Odessa passenger service as Flight 3153. | |||
| Mount Getantag | Il-14 | CCCP-41840 | Georgia | W/O | /5 | The aircraft was flying a Tbilisi–Yerevan cargo service when the flightcrew decided to fly back to Tbilisi as they had lost visual because of the weather. The aircraft crashed into Mount Getantag at . | |||
| Moscow | Il-18V | CCCP-75526 | Moscow | W/O | /5 | Hit power lines while on a training flight and crashed near Domodedovo Airport. | |||
| Maryinka | An-2M | CCCP-05977 | Moscow SPiMVL | W/O | /1 | 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. Some 8km (05miles) later the aircraft banked left, inverted, and crashed in a field at the "Polibino" sovkhoz (state farm) and burned out. | |||
| Tenginskaya | An-2R | CCCP-45228 | North Caucasus | W/O | /2 | While crop-spraying, the aircraft lost altitude while turning. The aircraft crashed and burned out. | |||
| Slobodovka | An-2R | CCCP-45209 | Ukraine | W/O | /2 | Crashed while crop-spraying. | |||
| Semikarakorsk district | An-2M | CCCP-05989 | North Caucasus | W/O | /2 | 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. | |||
| Breusovka, Kozelshchyna Raion, Poltava Oblast | An-2M | CCCP-02332 | Ukraine | W/O | /3 | During a crop-spraying flight 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 vodka. The pilot then flew back with two mechanics and performed more crop-spraying. After this second flight the pilot drank again. The pilot and mechanics got back on the aircraft and took off. After performing a right turn at 25- the engine failed due to contaminated fuel. The pilot force-landed in a wheat field, collapsing the landing gear. The aircraft continued to slide on its belly, breaking up as it went along. The fuselage collapsed and wings separated. | |||
| Sufi-Kurgan | An-2R | CCCP-32209 | Kyrgyzstan | W/O | /14 | Crashed on a mountain slope. The pilots became disorientated in bad weather and deviated west of the flight route by 10km (10miles). | |||
| Psebai | An-2SKh | CCCP-01118 | North Causasus | W/O | /14 | 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 1050m (3,450feet). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar–Psebai passenger service as Flight 961. | |||
| Mirny | An-10 | CCCP-11172 | East Siberia | W/O | Hit a vehicle after running off the runway of Mirny Airport following the failure of the main starboard undercarriage. | ||||
| Seymchan | An-2TP | CCCP-91763 | Yakut | W/O | /8 | 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 25km (16miles) and began descending in cloud over mountains until it struck the side of Mount Khapchagai some 61km (38miles) northwest of Seymchan. | |||
| Mary | An-24B | CCCP-46552 | Turkmenistan | W/O | Unknown | Forced landing due to engine failure while flying at 4200m (13,800feet). | |||
| Krasnoyarsk | Il-18D | CCCP-75436 | West Siberia | W/O | Crashed on an emergency landing in bad weather. | ||||
| Lensk | An-12B | CCCP-11349 | East Siberia | W/O | /6 | Controlled flight into terrain on approach to Lensk Airport, off Lensk. | |||
| Li-2T | CCCP-04214 | Polar | W/O | Damaged on landing; subsequently destroyed by strong winds. | |||||
| Malka | An-2T | CCCP-70940 | Far East | W/O | /13 | 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 1230m (4,040feet) in the Ganalskiye gory range, slid for 700m (2,300feet) down the slope, ending up in the valley of the Zubastaya River. | |||
| Rubashovka | An-2M | CCCP-06214 | Moscow SPiMVL | W/O | /2 | 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 140m (460feet) from the Rubashovka airstrip and caught fire. | |||
| Alma-Ata | An-24 | CCCP-46751 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /31 | 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 domestic scheduled Alma-Ata–Karaganda passenger service as Flight 2305. | |||
| Sagirdasht | An-6 | CCCP-98316 | Tajikistan | W/O | /13 | En route to Tavildara the aircraft encountered poor weather over mountainous terrain with cloud-covered summits. The aircraft deviated 8km (05miles) to the left of the flight route, striking the side of a mountain in the Darwaz Range. The wreckage was found on 31 March and survivors rescued two days later. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kalaikhum–Tavildara–Dushanbe passenger service as Flight W-84. | |||
| Sergeyevka | An-2R | CCCP-29320 | Ukraine | W/O | /4 | 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. | |||
| Shcherbinovsky District | An-2R | CCCP-13667 | Northern | W/O | /3 | 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. | |||
| Otar | An-2R | CCCP-09193 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /7 | 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. | |||
| Irkutsk | Tu-104B | CCCP-42436 | East Siberia | W/O | Unknown | Landed short of the runway at Irkutsk Airport. | |||
| Novotitarovka | An-2SKh | CCCP-32607 | Georgia | W/O | /2 | 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 7m (23feet) tall tree. The aircraft then struck more trees and a power line pylon before it finally crashed into a house and caught fire. | |||
| Il-14M | CCCP-52018 | Ukraine | W/O | /24 | 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, over the Poroslitsy village, Yukhnovsky District. The accident killed all 120 occupants aboard both aircraft. | ||||
| An-12TB | CCCP-11380 | East Siberia | W/O | Starboard main landing gear broke off upon landing at Mirny Airport. | |||||
| Magadan | Il-14M | CCCP-91527 | Magadan | W/O | /5 | 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. | |||
| near Talas | Il-14 | CCCP-91495 | Kyrgyzstan | W/O | /40 | 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 3150m (10,340feet) some 8.7km (05.4miles) to the left of the flight route. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Talas-Frunze (now Bishkek) passenger service as Flight F-28. | |||
| Udokan Range | An-2R | CCCP-09168 | Far East | W/O | /4 | 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 1800m (5,900feet) in the Udokan Range. Wreckage was found on 16 July 1969. The aircraft was operating a Tynda–Ust-Nyukzha–Chara cargo service. | |||
| Preobrazhenka | An-24B | CCCP-46248 | Ukraine | W/O | /55 | 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 and crashed near Preobrazhenka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. | |||
| Novosibirsk | An-12B | CCCP-11018 | Polar | W/O | /6 | 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, away from the airfield, and caught fire. | |||
| Mostki | An-2R | CCCP-96176 | Belarus | W/O | /5 | 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 NaN0NaN0. The aircraft crashed and caught fire. | |||
| Moscow | Il-18B | CCCP-75708 | Moscow | W/O | /102 | 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. | |||
| Moscow | An-2T | CCCP-41971 | Krasnoyarsk | W/O | /14 | 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 1940m (6,370feet). The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kyzyl–Khovu-Aksy passenger service as Flight 545, was found a day later. | [9] | ||
| near Zaliv Kresta Airfield | Il-14P | CCCP-61731 | Magadan | W/O | /27 | 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 aircraft struck a mountain at 235m (771feet), bounced off the top, and slid down the other side to 170m (560feet). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Anadyr-Egvekinot passenger service as Flight 55. | |||
| Amderma | An-12B | CCCP-11377 | Polar | W/O | /8 | 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 flames. Seven people lost their lives in the accident, of whom two were aboard the military aircraft. | |||
| Yakutsk | Il-18V | CCCP-75791 | Krasnoyarsk | W/O | Collided with a vehicle after landing at Yakutsk Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Yakutsk passenger service as Flight 93. | ||||
| off Tiksi | An-2 | CCCP-44984 | Polar | W/O | /6 | Ditched in Tiksi Bay due to engine failure (caused by a manufacturing defect) while approaching Tiksi at night in poor weather. | |||
| Mirny | An-10 | CCCP-11169 | East Siberia | W/O | Landed on icy runway at Mirny Airport. | ||||
| Nizhnevartovsk | An-24B | CCCP-47772 | Tyumen | W/O | /56 | Crashed some 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 service as Flight 227. | |||
| Kazalinsk | An-2T | CCCP-43847 | Kazakhstan | W/O | /26 | 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 nose-high altitude on takeoff, lost airspeed, stalled and crashed. | |||
| Amderma | An-12TB | CCCP-11376 | Polar | W/O | /9 | Crashed on approach to Amderma Airport, away from the airfield, due to icing conditions. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Amderma-Yakutsk cargo service as Flight 5009. | |||
| Mukachevo | An-2 | CCCP-44995 | Ukraine | W/O | /5 | 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 420m (1,380feet). The aircraft was operating a Uzhgorod–Irshava–Bushtyna passenger service as Flight 3841. | |||
| Khatanga | An-12PL | CCCP-11381 | Polar | W/O | /8 | The aircraft was completing a Syktyvkar–Khatanga cargo service as Flight 5135 when it crashed off Khatanga Airport, on approach, due to icing. | |||
| off Makhachkala | Avia 14P | CCCP-52010 | Georgia | W/O | /17 | Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft was cleared to climb to 2100m (6,900feet) when the pilot reported clouds over the sea, which was not forecast. The aircraft suddenly nosed down and crashed into the sea 3.5km (02.2miles) from the shore. The wreckage was found the next day in 10m (30feet) of water. While climbing through 400m (1,300feet) the aircraft suffered bird strikes, breaking the windshield and incapacitating the pilots. The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi–Makhachkala–Astrakhan passenger service as Flight 2953. | |||
| Unknown | Il-18B | CCCP-75669 | Moscow | W/O | Damaged beyond repair due to the stresses the airframe underwent when it flew in heavy turbulence. | ||||
| Unknown | Il-18B | CCCP-75699 | Ural | W/O | En route to Tashkent from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) the crew mishandled the trim tabs and autopilot. The aircraft entered a dive at 8800m (28,900feet) and descended to 6600m (21,700feet) before the crew regained control. The aircraft was able to make a safe landing, but it had suffered structural damage during the dive and was written off. The fuselage was used to rebuild Il-18V CCCP-74297 after it had been damaged in a fire. |