Ilyushin II-14

On final approach to Moscow-Myatchkovo Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low. On short final, the aircraft struck a sand dune located short of runway threshold. Upon impact, the right main gear was torn off and the aircraft landed on its belly, slid for few dozen meters and came to rest. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane departed Magadan-Sokol Airport on a scientific flight to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, carrying seven crew members and four scientists who were in charge to proceed with temperature measurements of the water surface in the Okhotsk Sea. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the decision to return was taken too late. While cruising at an altitude of 140 meters in limited visibility, the crew initiated a right turn in a slight climb when the airplane struck the slope of a hill (152 meters high) located in the southwest part of the Utichiy Island (Shantar Islands), in the west part of the Okhotsk Sea. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 11 occupants were killed.

The airplane departed Severomuysk Airport at 1441LT on a schedule service to Ulan-Ude with an intermediate stop in Nizhneangarsk, carrying 44 passengers and a crew of four. Bound to the west, while cruising to an altitude of 3,600 meters, the crew was informed about poor weather conditions at destination. As the Nizhneangarsk Airport was closed to traffic, the crew was instructed to divert to Ust-Barguzin Airport located on the east shore of Lake Baykal, in the Svyatoi Nos peninsula. While descending to Ust-Barguzin Airport at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain and crashed 30 km northwest of Ust-Barguzin. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and all 48 occupants were killed.

The aircraft was completing a flight from Myachkovo to the Krenkel Airstrip located on the Heiss Island (Franz-Joseph Land archipelago, Arkhangelsk oblast) with intermediate stops in Vorkuta and Dikson, carrying six crew members, seven passengers (scientits) and various equipments for a scientific team located in Krenkel. On approach at dusk, the crew twice lost visual contact with the runway lighting. Instead of initiating a go-around, the pilot-in-command decided to continue the approach when the airplane touched down in deep snow (one meter deep) about 32 metres to the left of the runway. On impact, the nose gear collapsed, the lower part of the nose was damaged and the long-range fuel tanks in the cabin broke away, hit and killed two passengers. The other 11 occupants were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

On final approach to Bereznik by night, the left engine lost power. The crew initiated a go-around manoeuvre but the aircraft banked left, descended and struck tree tops at a speed of 160 km/h before crashing in a wooded area. All 4 crew and 4 out of 16 passengers were injured while all other occupants escaped uninjured.

The crew was completing a local training flight out from Varadero Airport. While flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 500 meters offshore. All three crew members were killed.

After takeoff from Molodezhnaya Ice Station, while climbing to a height of some 70-80 meters, the aircraft lost height and crashed on an icy terrain located 1,000 meters past the runway end and 500 meters to the left of the runway centerline. Three crew members were killed while 11 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

After takeoff from Petrozavodsk Airport on a flight to Vaskovo Airport in Arkhangelsk, while climbing, the airplane entered clouds when the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in the iced Urozero Lake. The airplane partially sank and all seven occupants were killed.

The airplane was engaged in an ice survey flight over the Vilkitsky Strait, carrying four scientists and seven crew members. The goal of the mission was to facilitate the passage of ships in the Laptev Sea. After overflying Peter Island, while cruising by night at an altitude of 250 meters, the navigator made a mistake, causing the aircraft to fly to the wrong direction. Approaching the shore at an insufficient height, the airplane struck the icy and snow covered ground, slid for about 180 meters and came to rest, about 38 km southeast of Cape Chelyuskin. All 11 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was engaged in a training flight out from Novosibirsk-Severny Airport. En route, while in cruising altitude, the crew simulated a failure of the left engine and gave maximum right rudder, leading to an aerodynamic overbalancing and resulting to a side-slip (it was impossible to return the rudder to the neutral position in this situation). The aircraft went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a snow-covered swampy bush land located near the village of Penyok, some 91 km of the Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport. All six crew members were killed.