Volgograd

Volga Airlines - Aviakompania Volga

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Registration:

RA-68142

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Volga Airlines - Aviakompania Volga

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Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1G195-47

YOM:

1982

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Volgograd. Occupant's fate unknown.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Rostov-on-Don

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1995 at 1506 LT

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev Yak-40

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RA-87464

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Volgograd - Rostov-on-Don

MSN:

9 43 03 37

YOM:

1974

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After landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, the three engine aircraft encountered difficulties to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its undercarriage, struck a concrete wall and came to rest 870 past the runway end. All 10 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Following a wrong manipulation, the flight engineer activated the thrust reversers on engine n°1 and n°3 but not on the engine n°2 that was providing full power. Such configuration reduced the braking action and the crew was unable to stop the aircraft within the landing distance available.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12BP in Nalcik: 13 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1994 at 1116 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-12

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Registration:

RA-11118

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Cargo

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Site:

Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

Schedule:

Saint Petersburg - Volgograd - Nalcik

MSN:

01 348 002

YOM:

1971

Flight number:

FV9045

Location:

Nalcik

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

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The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from St Petersburg to Nalcik with an intermediate stop in Volgograd, carrying seven passengers, six crew members and a load of 12,5 tons of coins minted in St Petersburg. On final approach, at a distance of 8 km from the airport, at a speed of 260 km/h, flaps were selected down to an angle of 35°. Thirty seconds later, the aircraft started to pitch up and down then nosed up to an angle of 15°. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at a speed of 414 km/h in a nose down angle of 55° in an open field located 4,5 km short of runway threshold. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 13 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the loss of control was the consequence of an excessive accumulation of ice on stabilizers. Information transmitted to the crew regarding weather conditions at destination did not reflect the actual situation and did not mention any icing conditions.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-42 in Sverdlovsk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1990 at 0153 LT

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev Yak-42

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Registration:

CCCP-42351

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Volgograd – Sverdlovsk – Ekaterinbourg

MSN:

18 11 379

YOM:

1988

Flight number:

SU8175

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124

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Aircraft flight hours:

4509

Aircraft flight cycles:

2824

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Volgograd, the crew started a night descent to Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport. On final approach, the crew failed to realize he was misaligned and that his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck trees. It descended until it crashed in an open field located 1,700 meters short of runway 08 threshold and came to rest, broken in two. Three passengers and a crew member were killed while all other occupants were evacuated, among them 40 were wounded.

Probable cause:

The accident was the consequence of the combination of the following factors:
- Crew fatigue due to excessive duty calendar,
- The crew neglected several procedures and adopted a wrong approach configuration,
- The aircraft was not properly aligned on the glide and was approaching at an insufficient altitude,
- The crew failed to initiate a go-around procedure,
- Lack of crew coordination,
- Absence of crew crosscheck on approach.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Krasnodar: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1989 at 1125 LT

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CCCP-09679

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Cargo

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Krasnodar – Volgograd – Uralsk – Sterlitamak

MSN:

1G76-13

YOM:

1966

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Aircraft flight hours:

16770

Aircraft flight cycles:

18909

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The single engine aircraft was engaged in a cargo flight from Krasnodar to Sterlitamak with two intermediate stops in Volgograd and Uralsk, carrying two pilots, two passengers (beekeepers) and a load of boxes containing thousands of bees. Just after liftoff, at a height of about 1,5 meter, the aircraft's speed dropped and the tail stalled, hitting the runway surface. Out of control, the aircraft flew/rolled for few hundred meters then crashed 420 meters past the runway end. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. A passenger died from his injuries few hours later.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew failed to prepare the flight according to procedures and all boxes were not properly weighted. Due to a misevaluation of the box weight, the crew allowed a too high number of boxes to be stored in the cargo compartment. At the time of the accident, the total weight of the aircraft was 6,081 kilos which means 831 kilos above the max allowable takeoff weight. Also, the CofG was 40,8% over the aft limit. In such conditions, the aircraft could not be flow in a safely manner.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 near Volgograd

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1983

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CCCP-32320

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

MSN:

1G97-32

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1968

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in the district of Kikvidzensky, north of Volgograd city, while flying in below weather minima conditions.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 near Kletsko-Poshtovskiy: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1980 at 1110 LT

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Registration:

CCCP-91775

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Positioning

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Volgograd - Kletsko-Poshtovskiy

MSN:

1G38-22

YOM:

1963

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Aircraft flight hours:

17292

Aircraft flight cycles:

25606

Circumstances:

Two PZL-Mielec AN-2 CCCP-91775 and CCCP-91762 left Volgograd on a positioning flight to Kletsko-Poshtovskiy for a crop spraying mission. CCCP-91775 was carrying one mechanic of the company and two pilots. While approaching Kletsko-Pochtovskiy at an altitude of about 300 meters, the propeller of 91762 struck the left stabilizer of 91775. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located 10 km south of Kletsko-Pochtovskiy while the crew of 91762 was able to complete an emergency landing 2 km from the scene. All three occupants on board 91775 were killed while on board 91762, they escaped uninjured.

Probable cause:

Failure of both crew to maintain a safe separation between both aircraft, lack of caution and insufficient attention to flight operations.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Tbilisi

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1978

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev Yak-40

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Registration:

CCCP-87544

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Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka)

Schedule:

Ulyanovsk - Volgograd - Tbilisi

MSN:

9 53 09 42

YOM:

1975

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Tbilisi City District

Country:

Georgia

Region:

Asia

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On the leg from Volgograd to Tbilisi, while flying by night, both primary and emergency hydraulic systems failed. Only the nose gear could be lowered while stabilizers and flaps remained in neutral position. The aircraft landed on its belly at a speed of 250 km/h and the nose gear touched down 1,264 meters past the runway threshold. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the airplane overran at a speed of 165 km/h, struck the localizer antenna, a concrete wall and came to rest in a ravine, broken in three. All 30 occupants were injured, three of them seriously.

Probable cause:

Failure of both primary and emergency hydraulic systems in flight after some water that mistakenly leaked in a tank due to a seal problems froze.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-124 in Volgograd: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 7, 1968 at 1021 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-124

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Registration:

CCCP-45019

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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