Voroshilovgrad | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The captain allowed three passengers to board the aircraft despite the fact this was prohibited by the company. He asked the copilot to seat in the main cabin and the passengers took place in the cockpit. After takeoff, while flying at low height, he initiated a left turn when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. A pilot and a passenger were killed while three other occupants were injured.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134Sh2 near Donetsk: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1984 at 1834 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-134

Operator:

Registration:

01 (Red)

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Zhdanov - Vorochilovgrad

MSN:

2 35 02 02

YOM:

1972

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Aircraft flight hours:

3173

Aircraft flight cycles:

2370

Circumstances:

Twelve minutes after its takeoff from Zhdanov Airport (Mariupol), while cruising at an altitude of 4,200 meters on a flight to Voroshilovgrad, the crew informed ATC about stability problems while some instruments were unserviceable. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and 38 seconds later, at an altitude of 2,750 meters, it disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in a field located near Donetsk. All 3 crew members and the sole passenger (the commander of VVVAUSh) were killed.

Probable cause:

The cause of the accident was that the back-up DR-134M yaw damper power wires had been cross wired to the wrong contacts during overhaul at Chelyabinsk facilities and the damper induced yaw instead of damping it when it kicked in during severe atmospheric turbulences, overstressing the airframe after 38 seconds.

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

Date & Time: May 21, 1984

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-07293

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1G148-54

YOM:

1973

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While completing a turn at low height, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed in a ravine. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2M near Voroshilovgrad

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1981

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-02357

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MSN:

7 014 45

YOM:

1967

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The pilot initiated a local flight without permission and while flying at an insufficient altitude, the airplane crashed. The pilot was injured.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-124Sh in Voroshilovgrad

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1977

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-124

Operator:

Registration:

53 red

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

3 35 01 05

YOM:

1963

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On final approach to Voroshilovgrad Airport, the crew forgot to lower the undercarriage. The airplane landed on its belly, slid for few dozen meters and came to rest in flames, broken in two. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in 1977.

Probable cause:

Belly landing after the crew forgot to lower the undercarriage on approach.

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

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1972 at 0815 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-42621

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Site:

City

MSN:

1G40-22

YOM:

1963

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Aircraft flight hours:

9044

Aircraft flight cycles:

9242

Circumstances:

Parked at Voroshilovgrad Airport, the single engine aircraft was stolen by a pilot who decided to commit suicide due to marital problems. He took off alone and directed his aircraft into a 4-floor building where he was living (house # 10 in the 27th district of Voroshilovgrad). The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and the pilot was killed. The building was partially destroyed as well but no one was injured.

Probable cause:

Pilot suicide.

Crash of an Antonov AN-10 in Voroshilovgrad: 65 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1971 at 1259 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-10

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-11145

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Kuybyshev - Voroshilovgrad - Odessa

MSN:

8 4 007 01

YOM:

1958

Flight number:

SU1969

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Aircraft flight hours:

14337

Aircraft flight cycles:

9081

Circumstances:

On approach to Voroshilovgrad Airport, while descending from 1,200 to 600 meters, the airplane went out of control. It dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 13 km from the runway threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all 65 have been killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that a portion of 13 m2 detached from the upper surface of the right wing during the approach, causing the aircraft to be uncontrollable. Investigations were unable to determined the exact cause of this 'structural' failure as no technical problems or any structural issues with rivet was apparently found.