Gomel | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The aircraft was transferred from Gomel to Kunovice for maintenance purposes. On approach to Kunovice, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to divert to Brno-Tuřany Airport where the conditions were poor as well. Two approaches were abandoned. During the third attempt to land, in a gear up/flaps up configuration, the aircraft crashed 3,5 km from the runway threshold and was destroyed upon impact. Both pilots were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced to 50 metres due to thick fog.

Ground accident of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Gomel

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1990

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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Registration:

CCCP-70511

Flight Phase:

Parking

Flight Type:

Test

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

1G144-22

YOM:

1973

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Parked at Gomel Airport, the aircraft was subject to engine test runs. In unknown circumstances, it went out of control and collided with another parked AN-2 registered CCCP-40842. There were no injuries while both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26B in Saransk

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1986 at 2323 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-26095

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Nizhnevartovsk – Sverdlovsk – Saransk – Gomel

MSN:

27312302

YOM:

1972

Flight number:

SU14454

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Aircraft flight hours:

3088

Aircraft flight cycles:

1301

Circumstances:

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Nizhnevartovsk to Gomel with intermediate stops in Sverdlovsk and Saransk, carrying six crew members and a load of 2,100 kilos of various goods. Less than one minute after takeoff from Saransk Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 150 meters, the aircraft entered a left turn then lost height and crashed at a speed of 390 km/h (rate of descent of 4,3 meters per second) two km past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the pilot-in-command misinterpreted red lights on the localizer and inner marker beacon for the anti-collision lights of an approaching aircraft and initiated a left turn to avoid collision when control was lost. No aircraft was approaching Saransk Airport at the time of the accident. It was also determined that the mass and balance was incorrect as the total weight of the cargo was 3,500 kilos instead of 2,100 kilos.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Yelnya: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

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CCCP-L3427

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Moscow - Gomel

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6 5 11

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1940

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The airplane was on a supply mission from Moscow to Gomel when it crashed in unknown circumstances in Yelnya. Two crew members and the passengers were killed while two other crews became PoW, among them the pilot Leonid M. Kulshchikov.