Bratsk

The single engine airplane departed Zhelenogorsk-Ilimsky Airport on a flight to Achinsk with an intermediate stop in Taseyovo, carrying one passenger and two pilots. After 43 minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of about 1,200 metres, the engine lost power and the oil temperature increased from 70° to 150° C. The aircraft lost height, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft hit tree tops and eventually crash landed in a wooded area located 60 km northeast of Bratsk. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all three occupants escaped unarmed.

The single engine aircraft departed Lensk at 0813LT on a flight to Bratsk. While cruising at 4,200 metres over the cloud layer, the engine failed. The crew elected to divert to Kirensk Airport but was unable to maintain a safe altitude. Eventually, the captain attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located 37 km west of Kirensk. All nine occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft departed Moscow on a cargo flight to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with an intermediate stop in Bratsk, carrying nine passengers, nine crew members and a load of 36 tons of cargo including one aircraft engine and constructions materials. While cruising at an altitude of 9,600 metres, the crew declared an emergency and informed ATC about an in-flight fire. The crew initiated an emergency descent when, at an altitude of 7,000 metres, the aircraft broke into three and crashed in a wooded area located in Novaya Inya. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 18 occupants were killed.

After touchdown at Bratsk Airport, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties.

The airplane departed Moscow-Vnukovo Airport on a schedule service to Bratsk with an intermediate stop in Omsk. On approach to Bratsk Airport, the crew encountered limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. One second after touchdown, the reverses were activated on all three engines and the airplane rolled for about 800 meters when it started to veer to the left. The pilot-in-command attempted to counteract the deviated but the airplane rolled another 526 meters when it veered off runway. It rolled few dozen meters on soft ground then came to rest, broken in two. All occupants escaped uninjured.

The crew was completing a flight from Chita to Bratsk with an intermediate stop in Irkutsk. While descending to Bratsk Airport, the crew was instructed to divert to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimski Airport because weather conditions at Bratsk Airport were below minimums. Few minutes later, for unknown reasons, the crew decided to return to Bratsk when the airplane ran out of fuel. The left engine flamed out so the crew attempted an emergency landing on the iced Tareva Bay located on the north shore of the Bratsk Reservoir, about 40 km southwest of Vidim. All six crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

En route from Irkutsk to Bratsk, weather conditions worsened with thunderstorms. The crew deviated from the prescribed route when few minutes later, the fuel alarm sounded. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a wooded area. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a flight on behalf of the MSP – Ministerstvo Sudostroitelnoi Promyshlennosti (Soviet Ministry of Naval Construction). While cruising by night, the pilot informed ATC that he lost the artificial horizon. Shortly later, control was lost and the airplane entered a dive. It partially disintegrated during the descent and eventually crashed in a pasture. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all seven occupants were killed.

The three engine aircraft departed Irkutsk-Magan Airport at 2229LT bound to the north, cruising at an altitude of 6,000 meters. Weather conditions en route were good. While descending to Bratsk Airport, the crew was informed about the last weather bulletin with no precipitations and a visibility of 50 km. However, during the night approach, weather conditions deteriorated with heavy mixed rain/snow showers and a visibility limited to one km. On short final, the airplane lost height then struck trees and crashed in flames 225 meters further, about 1,250 meters short of runway threshold. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 18 occupants were killed.