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38 seconds after the crew started the takeoff procedure, at a speed of 230 km/h and after a course of 1,450 meters, a warning sounded in the cockpit, informing the crew about the failure of the right engine. The captain took over control and initiated an emergency braking procedure. Thrust reversers were activated seven second later and the aircraft started to slow down. As the end of the runway was approaching the captain wanted to avoid any collision with the approach lights and ILS system, he veered off runway to the left. While contacting soft ground, the airplane lost its undercarriage then struck a drainage ditch and came to rest, broken in two, about 530 meters from the runway end and about 47 meters to the left of its centerline. Seven passengers were injured while 57 other occupants escaped uninjured. A passenger died from a heart attack.

Following an uneventful flight from Chelyabinsk to Moscow in relative good weather conditions, the crew started the descent to Moscow-Domodedovo when the weather conditions worsened. While descending to an altitude of 3,600 meters, the aircraft entered an area of heavy rain falls and icing (a cold front was passing over Moscow at that time). The Pitot tubes became obstructed, modifying some instruments settings. The airspeed indicator fell to zero and the crew thought the aircraft was near stall conditions so he initiated an emergency descent with a rate of descent of 100 meters per second and a speed of 813 km/h. The aircraft encountered positive acceleration of 3,2 g and suffered structural damages. The crew was able to divert to Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport where an emergency landing was completed. All 185 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was later declared as damaged beyond repair due to irreparable damages to the main structure (fuselage).

The aircraft suffered an incident at Chita Airport last April 18 when the nose gear collapsed on landing. Following repairs, the crew (three pilots and two engineers) was engaged in a local test flight out from Khanty-Mansiysk Airport. While cruising at an altitude of 6,000 meters, the ailerons were deployed to an angle of 8,5° then the aircraft turned to the right. Eight seconds later, it went out of control, overturned and entered a dive. With a rate of descent of 100 meters per second, the aircraft reached the speed of 620 km/h. With a positive acceleration of 5,25 g the left wing separated and struck the base of the tail that was torn off. The aircraft continued its uncontrolled descent until it crashed in an open field located near the Ob River, about 19 km northwest of the Khanty-Mansiysk Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all five crew members were killed. The wreckage was found a day later.

The crew was completing a cargo/supply mission to local scientists based in the Franz-Josef Archipelago. On approach to Ledovaya Baza airfield located about 53 km north of the Graham Bell Island, the crew encountered whiteout conditions when the aircraft crashed short of runway and came to rest. All five crew members escaped uninjured and the aircraft was repairable. A team was dispatched to recover the plane and on May 13, while trying to get it out from his position, the aircraft went through the ice and sank.

Upon landing at Chita-Kadala Airport, the right main landing gear collapsed. This caused the right wing to struck the ground and the aircraft slid several yards then veered off runway to the right and came to rest. While all 32 occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The four engine aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Tbilisi to Omsk, carrying three passengers, six crew members and a load of 10,400 kilos of various goods. On final approach to Omsk-Severnyy Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to bad weather conditions. On short final, the captain continued below the minimum descent altitude when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located 2,130 meters short of runway threshold, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed by fire and all nine occupants were killed.

On approach to Bugulma Airport by night, the left propeller autofeathered. The aircraft speed dropped and the aircraft started to veer to the left. The crew elected to maintain directional control but the speed continued to drop. At a speed of 140 km/h, the aircraft banked left to an angle of 110° then stalled and crashed in a field located 8 km from the runway threshold and 500 meters from its extended centerline. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 38 occupants were killed.

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Nizhnevartovsk to Gomel with intermediate stops in Sverdlovsk and Saransk, carrying six crew members and a load of 2,100 kilos of various goods. Less than one minute after takeoff from Saransk Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 150 meters, the aircraft entered a left turn then lost height and crashed at a speed of 390 km/h (rate of descent of 4,3 meters per second) two km past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were injured.

The crew received a special permission for an ambulance flight as the weather conditions were poor and the visibility was below minimums. En route, the crew encountered snow falls and icing conditions when the aircraft crashed in the region of Nazimovo. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the four occupant was found. The wreckage was found on 18 June 1986 in an isolated area. It was determined that the aircraft struck tree tops in a 30° nose-down angle and crashed in a wooded area.

Struck a hill and crashed near Ugohan River, south of Khabarovsk krai, while cruising at an insufficient altitude. Occupant fate unknown.