Kuybyshev | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

When weather conditions improved, the crew was cleared for takeoff and departed Kuybyshev Airport at 1127LT on a flight to Sverdlovsk. The pilot continued the flight at an altitude of 50 metres and once he arrived over the village of Sok-Karmala, he encountered foggy conditions. In low visibility, the airplane impacted trees, lost height and crashed 135 metres further, bursting into flames. The flight engineer was seriously injured and the pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the pilot who continued the flight at an unsafe altitude in insufficient visibility caused by foggy conditions until the airplane collided with obstacles.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 near Dubrovka: 24 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

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Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Moscow - Kuybyshev

MSN:

184 16 08

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1941

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The airplane departed Moscow-Khodynka Airport on a flight to Kuybyshev, carrying four crew members and 20 passengers, in connection with the evacuation of GAZ n°1 to Kuybyshev. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, fog and freezing drizzle. Some 25 km east of Kuznetsk, the crew flew some circles over a forest located on a 340 metres high hill near Lake Beloye when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons near Golodyayevka (now Dubrovka). All 24 occupants were killed, among them the aircraft designer Vsevolod Tairov.

Probable cause:

The cause of the accident could not be established

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41 in Trostyanka

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41)

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CCCP-L3530

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Moscow – Kuybyshev – Almaty

MSN:

3/215

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1939

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En route from Kyubyshev to Almaty, the crew encountered technical problems and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a pasture located in Trostyanka, about 70 km east of Kuybyshev. The crew was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41 in Kuybyshev

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41)

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Registration:

CCCP-L3522

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Moscow – Kuybyshev – Almaty

MSN:

15/234

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1939

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The crew was completing a mail flight from Moscow to Almaty. En route, weather deteriorated with icing conditions, causing the windshield to be covered by ice and frost. To land at Kuybyshev Airport, the pilot was forced to put his head out of the cockpit, but doing so, he missed the runway. After touchdown, the airplane skidded off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 in Kuybyshev: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1936 at 0930 LT

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov P-5

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Registration:

CCCP-L1918

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Aktyubinsk – Kuybyshev – Moscow

MSN:

9466

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1935

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The pilot, sole on board, departed Aktyubinsk on a mail flight to Moscow with an intermediate stop in Kuybyshev. On approach to Kuybyshev Airport, the pilot completed a haft-circle to reach the runway when he realized his position was incorrect. He decided to initiate a go-around procedure when he saw the pipe of a foundry. While trying to get height, the airplane collided with the pipe and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was the result of a wrong approach configuration caused by pilot fatigue combined with poor piloting techniques.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 in Syrt: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1935 at 1700 LT

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov P-5

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1890

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Moscow – Kuybyshev – Orenburg – Tashkent

MSN:

9480

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1935

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Aircraft flight hours:

167

Aircraft flight cycles:

113

Circumstances:

The pilot, sole on board, departed Moscow on a postal flight to Tashkent with intermediate stops in Kuybyshev and Orenburg. On the leg to Orenburg, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and heavy rain falls. He decided to continue, descended to an altitude of about 400-500 metres when control was lost. The aircraft crashed in a wheat field located 4 km south of the village of Syrt, some 40 km northwest of Orenburg Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control while flying in stormy weather and turbulences.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- Poor flight preparation as the pilot departed Kuybyshev Airport without any information about weather conditions at destination,
- Decision of the pilot to continue in unfavorable weather conditions rather than to return to Kuybyshev or to land asap.