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The engine failed en route, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Orel

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1978

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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CCCP-40717

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Flight

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

Site:

Plain, Valley

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1G171-54

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1976

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Smoke spread in the cabin during flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. Erroneous crew actions caused the aircraft to crash. Occupant fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 near Oryol

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1942

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Polikarpov Po-2

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The crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. To leave the area, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Kalinin K-5 in Kharkiv: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Kalinin K-5

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Registration:

CCCP-L561

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Moscow – Orel – Kharkiv

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1930

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Aircraft flight hours:

2291

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The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Moscow to Kharkiv with an intermediate stop in Orel, carrying two crew members and a load consisting of 52 metal plates for a total weight of 499 kg. On approach to Kharkiv Airport, the visibility was poor due to fog. The crew continued the descent when, at a distance of four km west from the airfield, the airplane collided with the 60 metres high chimney of a brickyard. The airplane rolled to the right and descended to the ground, bursting into flames. The female copilot was killed and the captain was seriously injured. He died an hour later from injuries sustained.

Probable cause:

The accident was the consequence of the combination of the following factors:
- The crew decided to continue the approach while the visibility was poor due to fog,
- Negligence on part of the employees of the Kharkov meteorological service which resulted in their inability to issue timely bulletins concerning the current weather conditions at destination.