Russia

While on a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz 'Mars' located in the Bogatyye Saby district of Tatarstan, the captain fall asleep in the cockpit and let the second pilot in command. During flight, the copilot failed to detect a forest belt in time while flying a turn at low height. The aircraft collided with trees of the forest belt 2 km west of Satyshevo, crashed 170 metres further on, caught fire and burnt out. While a pilot was killed, the second occupant was injured.

The crew attempted to takeoff from an airstrip located at Indra Lake bound for Verkhnyaya Salda with the MTOW exceeded by 170 kg and the center of gravity being out of the envelope (too far aft). With an intoxicated captain and an intoxicated passenger at the controls (the 2nd pilot was in the passenger cabin), the aircraft stalled at a height of some 15 metres, crashed, caught fire and burnt out. One pilot and nine passengers were killed. The aircraft was owned by the MOM – Ministerstvo Obshchestvo Mashinostroyeniya – Minobshchemash and operated by the NIITP (Nauchno-Issledovatelskom Institute Teplovykh Protsessov), the Research Institute for Thermal Processes.

The single engine airplane departed Akhty Airport at 0932LT on a return flight to Makhachkala with an intermediate stop in Derbent. While cruising at an altitude of 1,800 meters, the weather conditions deteriorated with more and more clouds. As the aircraft was flying in the direction of the Mt Gestinkil (2,785 meters high), the captain decided to climb to and altitude of 2,150 meters when the airplane struck the 45° slope of a mountain located in the region of Magaramkent, south part of Dagestan. As the copilot was slightly injured, he walked away to find help. On scene, rescuers were able to evacuate four injured people while two passengers died from their injuries.

On a crop-spraying flight from Guran (Tulun district of the Irkutsk region) for the kolkhoz 'Zavyety Ilyicha', the intoxicated crew made a steep turn at very low height when the aircraft lost speed and height and crashed. A pilot and the sole passenger (the director of the collective farm) were killed while the second pilot was seriously injured.

On a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) 'Nekrasovo' in the Mikhailov district of the Ryazan region, the pilot-in-command initiated a steep left turn at a height of some 20-30 metres in order to avoid collision with a high-voltage powerline. The aircraft lost height, crashed in a field 340 metres from Natalinka, came to rest upside down and caught fire. Both pilots were killed.

Crashed on takeoff from an airfield located in the region of Rostov and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

The crew was engaged in a crop spraying flight on behalf of the sovkhoz of Kuban. Following six successful mission in the morning, the crew embarked two passengers, a member of the farm and an employee of the pesticide company. While cruising at low height, the copilot-in-command initiated a turn to the right when the airplane banked right to 45° then stalled and crashed in a field. The copilot and a passenger were killed while both other occupants were injured.

The aircraft departed Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport at 0342LT and its crew was cleared to climb to 4,200 meters, altitude reached at 0353LT. At this time, the crew was cleared to continue to climb to the assigned altitude of 6,000 meters. Shortly later, while flying at an altitude of 5,400 meters, the airplane collided with a radiosonde weather balloon operated by the Hydrometeorological Service. The balloon struck the windshield and the nose cone and partially destroyed the cockpit. The airplane went out of control, entered a dive and partially disintegrated at the altitude of 2,000 meters before crashing in an open field located 20 km southeast of Toguchin. The airplane struck the ground at a speed of 300 km/h and was totally destroyed. All 45 occupants were killed. Some debris from the nose and the weather balloon were found more than 6 km from the main point of impact. The windshield was not recovered.

The crew was completing a crop spraying flight on behalf of the kolkhoz 'Krasny Partizan' located north of Taganrog, in the Rostov oblast, without any ATC authorization. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions (below minima) with very low visibility due to thick fog. He suffered a spatial disorientation and lost control of the airplane that crashed in a snow-covered field located some 5,750 metres west of Nikolayevo-Kozlovski, while completing a right turn at low height. Both pilots were killed.

Shortly after takeoff, during initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed by the runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all five crew members were injured.