Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Tula: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1997
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Tula Air Enterprise - Tulskoe Aviapredpriatie
Registration:
RA-84700
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Tula - Shakhty
MSN:
1G192-18
YOM:
1981
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Tula Airport, while climbing, the crew noticed that the engine oil temperature increased while the engine pressure dropped. In such conditions, the captain decided to return to Tula Airport for an emergency landing and completed a turn when the engine failed. The aircraft lost speed and height then struck power cables and crashed. The captain and three passengers were killed while three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The following factors were identified:
- Engine failure as a result of the destruction of the bushing of the crankshaft of the main connecting rod due to a manufacturing defect in the absence of adhesion of bronze to the steel base of the bushing on a sufficiently large section,
- An unused chip-in-oil signaling system, due to the fact that the engine was not equipped with a chip signaling filter during repair, which deprived the crew of information about the beginning of the collapse of the sleeve and did not allow a timely decision to return to the departure point;
- Difficult terrain with the presence of various obstacles.

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

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1976
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-01626
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1G82-20
YOM:
1967
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the pilot made a mistake in handling the fuel system, causing the engine to flame out. The aircraft crash landed in a field near Tula and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12BP in Tula: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1972 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-12
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Tula - Tula
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane was completing a local training flight at Tula Airport with six crew members on board. On approach in marginal weather conditions, the airplane collided with a second Antonov AN-12BP of the Soviet Air Force (Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP). Inbound from Sestsha Airbase located in Bryansk, the second aircraft was carrying 14 passengers and a crew of six. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located few km from the airport. All 27 occupants in both aircraft were killed.
Probable cause:
It was reported that a radar failed and ATC was unable to determine the exact position of both aircraft. Poor visibility due to marginal weather conditions was considered as a contributing factor.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12BP in Tula: 20 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1972 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-12
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Sestcha - Tula
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
20
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane was completing a flight from Sestsha Airbase located in Bryansk, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of six. On approach to Tula Airport in poor weather conditions, the airplane collided with a second Antonov AN-12BP of the Soviet Air Force (Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP). With six crew members on board, the second aircraft was completing a local training flight in Tula. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located few km from the airport. All 27 occupants in both aircraft were killed.
Probable cause:
It was reported that a radar failed and ATC was unable to determine the exact position of both aircraft. Poor visibility due to marginal weather conditions was considered as a contributing factor.

Crash of an Antonov AN-8 at Tula AFB

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1959
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-8
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
9340205
YOM:
1959
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Tula AFB. There were no casualties but the aircraft with no registration was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an airplane in Tula: 34 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Unknown
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Tula - Berlin
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
34
Circumstances:
On landing at Tula Airport, an Aeroflot's airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with the Soviet Air Force aircraft that was holding for takeoff to Berlin. Both aircraft exploded and all 70 occupants on both aircraft were killed, 36 on board Aeroflot and 34 on board the Soviet Air Force airplane, among them 30 Army cadets. The exact circumstances of this ground collision remains unclear.

Crash of an airplane in Tula: 36 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Unknown
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Odessa – Toula – Moscow
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
32
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
36
Circumstances:
On landing at Tula Airport, the Aeroflot's airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a Soviet Air Force aircraft that was holding for takeoff to Berlin. Both aircraft exploded and all 70 occupants on both aircraft were killed, 36 on board Aeroflot and 34 on board the Soviet Air Force airplane, among them 30 Army cadets. The exact circumstances of this ground collision remains unclear.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 in Tula

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov P-5
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-X31
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
8212
YOM:
1934
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered a fuel exhaustion and crashed upon landing, coming to rest in a ravine. The pilot, sole on board, escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Tupolev ANT-9 in Tula

Date & Time: Mar 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-9 (PS-9)
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L118
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Moscow - Baku
MSN:
114
YOM:
1931
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a ferry flight from Moscow to Tula, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to divert to Tula Airport. After touchdown, the three engine airplane veered off runway, lost its left engine and came to rest. The crew was uninjured.
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