Country
Russia

Crash of a Tupolev PS-35bis near Shemakha: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1942 at 1300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35)
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2483
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Baku – Tbilisi
MSN:
2/0
YOM:
1938
Location:
Shemakha
Daghlig Shirvan
Country:
Azerbaijan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew left Baku-Bina Airport at 1245LT on a flight to Tbilisi. Fifteen minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 900 meters in clouds, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located near the city of Shemakha, just above the Dzheirankechmaz River. The passenger and the copilot were injured while all other crew members were killed. The pilot died from his injuries a day later.

Crash of a Tupolev ANT-35bis near Vorontsovka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1942 at 0345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35)
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2484
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
3/0
YOM:
1940
Location:
Vorontsovka
Voronezh oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
484
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in an urgent mission from a temporary airfield located by the sovkhoz of Krasny Oktyabr, in the region of Vorontsovka, on behalf of the Political Directorate of the South-Western Front. After takeoff, the airplane turn to the right, collided with trees and eventually crashed 180 metres further in a forest. The captain was killed while three other occupants were injured, two of them seriously.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew took off against the wind, but in the wrong direction given the location of the airfield.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-35 in Khotmyzhsk

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35)
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2482
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moscow - Kharkiv
MSN:
1/0
YOM:
1937
Location:
Khotmyzhsk
Belgorod oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Moscow to Kharkiv, the crew encountered severe icing conditions and decided to make an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field located near the village of Khotmyzhsk, about 50 km west of Belgorod. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Tupolev ANT-35bis in Stockholm

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35)
Operator:
Registration:
URSS-M131
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Stockholm – Saint Petersburg
MSN:
02
YOM:
1937
Location:
Stockholm-Bromma
Uppland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll, the airplane was unable to rotate. It overran and came to rest against an embankment. There were no casualties and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
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