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Crash of an Ilyushin II-14 near Chersky: 32 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1962 at 0632 LT
Type of aircraft:
Ilyushin II-14
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-61628
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Magadan – Berelekh – Zyryanka – Chersky – Bilibino
MSN:
1460 009 29
YOM:
1956
Flight number:
SU213
Location:
Chersky
Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
27
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
32
Aircraft flight hours:
9868
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a flight from Magadan to Bilibino with intermediate stops at Berelekh, Zyryanka and Chersky. Due to poor weather at Bilibino, the aircraft, the crew and the passengers were grounded at Chersky for four days. Eventually, weather seemed to improve so the crew decided to depart Chersky in the morning of September 18. Few minutes after takeoff, the airplane entered a cloud area and while cruising at the altitude of 800 meters, it struck the snowy slope of Mt Belaya Strelka (975 meters high) located 46 km southeast of Chersky. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forced and a post crash fire and all 32 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The crew decided to modify his route without prior permission and continued the flight at an insufficient altitude in low visibility without any visual contact with the ground.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-104A near Kurun: 86 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1962 at 2142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev TU-104
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-42366
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moscow – Khabarovsk – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
MSN:
8 66 011 03
YOM:
27
Flight number:
SU003
Location:
Kurun
Khabarovsk Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
79
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
86
Aircraft flight hours:
4426
Aircraft flight cycles:
1760
Circumstances:
After departure from Khabarovsk-Novy Airport, the crew was cleared to climb to the altitude of 4,000 meters. Once this altitude was reached, ATC cleared the crew to continue to climb to 8,000 meters. While climbing to the altitude of 4,500 meters, the copilot was able to send a brief distress call, reporting severe vibrations and that control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and eventually crashed in a 50-60° nose-down attitude in a huge explosion some 15 km southwest of the village of Kurun, some 96 km northeast of Khabarovsk. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 86 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the aircraft struck the ground in a 50-60° nose-down attitude, at high speed and on a slight left bank. Investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident and the civil investigators were not authorized to access some documents that were classified. It is possible that a technical problem occurred with the autopilot or ailerons or elevators. The assumption that the aircraft may have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile shot by Soviet forces conducting an exercise from the Litovko Training Center was not ruled out.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24 in Moscow

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1962
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-24
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-46708
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Moscow - Moscow
MSN:
0006
YOM:
1962
Location:
Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Moscow oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport consisting of takeoff and landings in strong cross winds. At takeoff, the right engine was voluntarily shut down. After liftoff, the airplane banked right, causing the right wing to struck the ground. On impact, the wing was sheared off and the airplane crashed in flames 300 meters farther. All eight crew members were injured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Poor flying techniques on part of the crew who decided to take off with one engine off in difficult flight conditions.

Crash of an Antonov AN-10A near Sochi: 81 killed

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1962 at 1541 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-10
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-11186
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Lviv – Simferopol – Sochi
MSN:
0 4 020 03
YOM:
8
Flight number:
SU415
Location:
Sochi
Krasnodar Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
74
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
81
Aircraft flight hours:
1358
Aircraft flight cycles:
1059
Circumstances:
While approaching Sochi-Adler Airport on a flight from Simferopol, the crew was cleared to descend to 1,200 m, 600 m and then 500 meters. Once this altitude was reached, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and the four engine aircraft went through a cloudy area when it struck tree tops and crashed in flames in a dense wooded area located 21 km southeast of the airport. The airplane was totally destroyed and the debris were scattered on a distance of 300 m by 150 m. All 81 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
At the time of the accident, the crew was following an approach route that was not used by ATC based at Sochi-Adler Airport. Investigations determined that the Sochi Airport authorities decided to change the approach pattern and procedures while this was not approved by Soviet State Aviation Authority. Also, the crews were no aware of these modifications.The following factors were considered as contributing:
- Poor coordination between State and Airport Authorities,
- Lack of visibility due to clouds,
- Lack of assistance on part of ATC,
- Inadequacies and wrong decisions on part of ATC,
- Lack of knowledge about the Sochi area,
- Lack of crew training in mountainous terrain.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Gayvoron: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1962 at 2030 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-05833
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gayvoron - Gayvoron
MSN:
1G15-21
YOM:
28
Location:
Gayvoron
Primorsky Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
319
Circumstances:
From 0645LT to 1330LT, the crew completed herbicides spraying mission in the region of Spassk-Dalni and returned to Gayvoron at 1715LT to resupply with 375 kg of pollinisation products. A second resupply with 900 kg was made later and the airplane took off at 2020LT to spray a wheat field. While flying at a height of 6-7 meters, the pilot-in-command made a turn to the left at 45-50° when the left low-wing touched the ground, causing the aircraft to crash in flames. The airplane was destroyed by fire and both pilots were killed.
Probable cause:
Wrong techniques on part of the pilot who made sharp turn to the left at an insufficient height, causing the aircraft to crash.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-104A near Krasnoyarsk: 84 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1962 at 2053 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev TU-104
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-42370
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Khabarovsk – Irkutsk – Omsk – Moscow
MSN:
8 66 013 01
YOM:
22
Flight number:
SU902
Location:
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
76
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
84
Aircraft flight hours:
3726
Circumstances:
While cruising at an altitude of 9,000 meters, the copilot was able to send a short distress call and control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and the descent took about two minutes and thirty seconds before the airplane disintegrated in a wooded area located in Voznesenka, about 28 km east of the Krasnoyarsk Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 84 occupants were killed. It was later reported that all bodies shows traces of high temperature and burns.
Probable cause:
It was determined that several units of the Soviet Army Forces were involved in a training exercise in the region of Magansk and shot several ground-to-air missiles. One of them struck the left side of the airplane, penetrated the fuselage and caused a hole of 20 cm. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and crashed.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Gorki: 20 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1962 at 1853 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-54997
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Magnitogorsk – Ufa – Kazan – Gorki – Moscow
MSN:
23443509
YOM:
1953
Flight number:
SU056
Location:
Gorki
Nizhny Novgorod oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
17
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
20
Aircraft flight hours:
14427
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Gorki-Strigino Airport, while climbing to a height of 140-150 meters, the left engine failed. The crew was unable to feather the propeller and the captain elected to make an emergency landing when he was forced to make a sharp turn to the left to avoid obstacles (building and factory's chimney) when the airplane banked left, causing the left wing tip to struck the ground. The airplane crashed in flames in a field located in Bolchoye Doskino, some 7 km southwest of the airport. A passenger was slightly injured while all 20 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine during initial climb for undetermined reason, maybe due to a carburetor issue.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Magadan: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1962 at 0530 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-49262
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1G10-05
YOM:
31
Location:
Magadan
Magadan oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
110
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a crop spraying flight at the Duksha sovkhoz (252 acres) located about 72 km north from Magadan. Five to six minutes after takeoff, while flying to the spraying area at an altitude of 10-20 meters, the pilot-in-command made a turn to the right on approach to a forest. The right wing struck tree tops and the airplane stalled and crashed in flames 60 km from Magadan, near the Khasyn River. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Violation of the published procedures on part of the crew who was flying at an insufficient altitude and misjudged the distance with obstacles.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 on Mt Karpung

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1962
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-23700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Palyavam – Pevek
MSN:
1 85 473 15
YOM:
1957
Location:
Mt Karpung
Magadan oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Palyavam at 0744LT on a ferry flight to Pevek. en route, he encountered poor weather conditions and failed to return to Palyavam. The aircraft deviated from the prescribed route along the Palyavam River by 12 km to the north when, in snow falls, it struck the slope of Mt Karpung. Both crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The accident was probably the consequence of the decision of the crew to continue under VFR mode in IMC conditions (snow falls and low clouds). The following factors were considered as contributing:
- Poor flight preparation,
- Poor flight organization.
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