Russia

While flying in clouds, the aircraft struck the slope of a rocky mountain and crashed. The occupant's fate remains unknown.

The single engine airplane departed Srednekolympsk Airport at 1147LT on a schedule service to Orlovo, carrying 12 passengers and two pilots. Weather conditions were excellent with a visibility of 50 km. About 19 minutes into the flight, weather conditions deteriorated with fog and a visibility below 1,000 meters. Instead of returning to Srednekolympsk, the crew decided to continue and reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground, without success. During 46 minutes, the crew circled in the area of Orlovo to locate the landing field without success and eventually decided to return to Srednekolympsk. On approach of Srednekolympsk Airport, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed 4 km short of runway. All 14 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The four engine aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Tiksi to Irkutsk with an intermediate stop in Batagay, carrying six crew members and a load of 15,5 tons of apples. The descent to Batagay Airport was initiated by night and marginal weather conditions. Thus, the visibility was limited and the crew was unable to establish a visual contact with the ground or the airport. For unknown reasons, the crew and especially the captain failed to follow the approach procedures and preferred to follow a schema dedicated for VFR approach only. This caused the aircraft to descent below the minimum prescribed altitude when the GPWS warning sounded in the cockpit. The captain disengaged the GPWS alarm system and decided to continue the descent when, at a speed of 355 km/h, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 25 km from the Batagay Airport. In a right bank of 22°, the aircraft crashed and disintegrated in a snow covered ground. All six occupants were killed.

The aircraft departed Moscow-Domodedovo at 1838LT on a cargo flight to Baku with an intermediate stop in Lviv, carrying five crew members and a load of various goods for a total weight of 400 kilos, among them metallic hoses. Nine minutes after takeoff, while climbing to a height of about 3,600 meters, the crew noticed discrepancies in the fuel system which resulted in a slight reduction of the fuel pressure in the fuel supply line connected to the left engine. The left part of the aircraft was visually inspected and as nothing abnormal was noted, the crew decided to continue the flight. 18 minutes later, while approaching the altitude of 7,200 meters, the crew noticed an important increase in the fuel consumption while the fuel supply system pressure dropped. An analysis of the system made it possible to detect a leak and as the crew was attempting to shut down the left engine, a fire started in the bottom of the left engine nacelle. At 1914LT, the captain informed ATC about the failure of the left engine and was cleared to return to Domodedovo Airport. Less than two minutes later, the captain reported to ATC that the left engine was on fire and requested to be vectored to the nearest airport. At that time, the nearest airport was Tula-Klokovo located 140 km from his position. Few minutes later, the left engine, engulfed by flames, detached and fell away. As the captain realized it would not be possible to reach Tula Airport, he continued the descent with a rate of descent of 100 meters per second in an attempt to land in an open field. The aircraft entered clouds and at a height of 300 meters, the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation. The aircraft nosed down by an angle of 80° and crashed at a speed of 612 km/h in a wooded area located 3,5 km northeast of Sosensky. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all five occupants were killed.

For unknown reasons, the TU-154M landed hard at Norislk-Akylev Airport and was considered as damaged beyond repair due to severe fuselage deformation. There were no injuries.

After takeoff from Tompo, en route to Topolinoye, the engine emitted a thick white smoke then failed. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the left main gear collided with rocks on the bank of the Tompo River. Our of control, the aircraft cartwheeled and crashed. All five occupants were rescued, two of them were injured, including the copilot.

The aircraft departed Belkachi at 0851LT on a cargo a flight to Aiykam (Ayan district of the Khabarovsk region) with a load of diesel fuel on board for a total weight of 1,100 kilos (ETA in Aiykam was 0955LT). En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew continued the flight into clouds. After the crew deviated from the planned flight path, he missed Aiykan Airfield and elected to return. While cruising at an altitude of 1,090 meters in clouds, the aircraft struck the eastern slope of a mountain (1,100 meters high) located some 10 km east of Aiykam, at N58°00'15" E134°10'09". The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire and both occupants were killed.

On final approach to Privolzhskiy AFB, while at a height of some 300 meters, the four engine aircraft stalled and crashed close to the airfield. All eight crew members were killed. For unknown reason, the crew deviated from the approach pattern when control was lost.

The crew initiated the descent to Irkutsk-Intl Airport by night and was cleared to 3,000 meters then 2,100 and 1,800 meters. The crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck trees and crashed on the top of a hill (700 meters high) located 21 km southeast of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.

The single engine airplane departed Zhigansk at 0506LT on a survey flight over the Dzhardzhan River to identify possible pollution in a water protection program. The mission was conducted over the water at a height of 100 meters, sometime down to 50 meters to inspect boats. En route, the captain asked the copilot to make some calculation for a new route to Sangar. Doing so, the copilot's attention was not focused on the flight and the captain also got distracted, leaving the aircraft descending until it struck the surface of the water. The aircraft crashed and sank. Both pilots and a passenger were able to evacuate the cabin while the second passenger drowned.