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The crew was engaged in a local crop spraying mission in Krasnogvardeyets. The aircraft took off at 0658LT and the crew continued at a relative low height (50 meters), below the minimum safety altitude for the area. While making a right turn (30° bank), the crew saw a power line and elected to make an evasive maneuver when the aircraft descended and collided with the concrete block of the the power tower. The copilot was killed and the captain was seriously injured but died few hours later.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew was flying at a too low altitude at the time of the accident and that he was distracted. His decision to avoid collision was taken too late. There was no alcohol in the pilots blood.

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

Date & Time: May 21, 1982 at 1725 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-35151

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Belyy - Belyy

MSN:

1G112-33

YOM:

1969

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Aircraft flight hours:

9969

Aircraft flight cycles:

58665

Circumstances:

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local spraying mission on rice paddy field. One minute after takeoff, while flying at a height of about 50 meters, the airplane entered a left turn then banked left to an angle of 30°, descended and crashed in a field at a speed of 130 km/h. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control in flight due to an engine failure caused by a fuel starvation. Investigation were unable to determine the cause of the fuel starvation.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24T in Petrovsk: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-24

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Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Petrovsk - Petrovsk

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The crew was completing a local training mission at Petrovsk Airport. On final approach, the instructor simulated the failure of the left engine. Following several crew errors, the airplane lost speed and height, descended below the glide and crashed upside down near the runway threshold, caught fire and burnt out. All 5 crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Crew error and wrong approach configuration.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 near Tashtagol: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1982 at 2042 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-02183

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Kemerovo – Novokuznetsk – Tashtagol

MSN:

1122 473 02

YOM:

1959

Flight number:

SU6758

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Aircraft flight hours:

16746

Aircraft flight cycles:

20227

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On the leg from Novokuznetsk to Tashtagol of a flight from Kemerovo to Tashtagol, the crew encountered below minima weather conditions with low clouds and rain/snow falls. The crew decided to continue and deviated from the prescribed flight path to the left by 8 km when the airplane crashed at a height of 1,050 metres into the wooded slope of the cloud covered Mt Pustag (1,570 metres high) located some 25 km north of Tashtagol. All three crew members including a check pilot and both passengers were killed.

Probable cause:

The crew decided to continue the flight in below weather conditions and failed to return.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12V in Novyy Urengoy

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-12

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-11107

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Novy Urengoy - Tarko-Sale - Surgut

MSN:

01 347 809

YOM:

1971

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Aircraft flight hours:

20359

Aircraft flight cycles:

6710

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During the takeoff roll at Novy Urengoy-Yagelnoye Airport, the airplane deviated from the centerline to the right then veered off runway. It struck an earth bank, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in flames. All seven crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the crew failed to follow the pre-takeoff checklist and forgot to position the nosewheel to the neutral position.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T in Yakutia

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1982

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-62489

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

1G42-37

YOM:

1964

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Suffered an accident in unknown circumstances somewhere in Yakutia. Went through the ice and partially sank. There were no casualties.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 near Anapa: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-26

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Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Anapa - Kacha

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Following a night takeoff from Anapa Airport, the crew retracted flaps prematurely. This caused the aircraft to lose height and to strike trees located 1,250 meters past the runway end and 150 meters to the right of its extended centerline. The airplane suffered damaged to its left engine and stabilizer but the crew was able to continue to climb. Following a short traffic pattern, the crew was returning to the airport when the airplane stalled and crashed in shallow water near Vityazevo, about 6 km west of Anapa Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all nine occupants were killed. The accident occurred six minutes and 464 second after liftoff.

Probable cause:

Premature retraction of flaps after takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1982 at 1311 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-44952

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Makhatchkala – Derbent

MSN:

1G25-25

YOM:

1962

Flight number:

SU1525

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Aircraft flight hours:

14364

Aircraft flight cycles:

22387

Circumstances:

The single engine airplane departed Makhatchkala at 1259LT on a cargo flight to Derbent with two pilots on board. While cruising along the west coast of the Caspian Sea at an altitude of about 400 meters, the crew encountered limited visibility due to low clouds when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Shcherabash (521 meters high) located near Izberbach. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 390 meters and both occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident resulted from the crew's decision to follow an unauthorized route through reduced visibility due to the presence of low clouds.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Krasnogvardeyskiy: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-26172

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

1 54 473 04

YOM:

1955

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After takeoff from Krasnogvardeyskiy in strong winds, the single engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It struck a high power transmission tower and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The pilot was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

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