Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV off Sukhumi: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1977 at 2139 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-24
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-46847
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Sukhumi - Kirovograd
MSN:
27307505
YOM:
1972
Location:
Sukhumi-Babushara
Abkhazia
Country:
Georgia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Aircraft flight hours:
5698
Aircraft flight cycles:
16941
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training flight from Kirovograd to Sukhumi and back to Kirovograd. Following a night takeoff from Sukhumi-Babushara Airport, while climbing at an altitude of 120 meters and a speed of 250 km/h, the crew raised the flaps when the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent until it struck at a speed of 370 km/h the water surface and crashed into the Black Sea about 690 meters offshore. A crew member was rescued while six other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and sank.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty. However, the assumption that the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation was not ruled out.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Kirovograd

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1970
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-45215
Flight Phase:
Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1G44-04
YOM:
1964
Location:
Kirovograd
Kirovograd oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While flying at low height, the single engine aircraft hit a telephone line and crashed. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Kirovograd: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1963 at 2132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-71229
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Malaya Viska – Kirovograd
MSN:
60 03
YOM:
21
Location:
Kirovograd
Kirovograd oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing a training mission from Malaya Viska to Kirovograd, carrying five crew members and six passengers, one instructor, three auditors and two employees of the company. While approaching Kirovograd Airport by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a limited visibility due to fog, a worse situation than predicted. On final, while at an altitude of 40 meters, the instructor in command was unable to locate the runway and decided to continue the approach. Doing so, he failed to realize that the airplane banked right to an angle of 20° and lost altitude when it struck the ground and came to rest in flames 400 meters to the right of the approach path. Four crew members were killed and seven other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Wrong decision on part of the instructor who decided to continue the approach in below minima weather conditions. Taking into consideration the fact that the crew was unable to locate the runway at decision height, the instructor should make a go around and divert to another airport or returning to his departure point.
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