Scheduled Revenue Flight

Shortly after takeoff from Lindbergh Field, while climbing at a height of 50 feet, the pilot made a sharp turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed ion flames. A passenger was seriously injured while three other occupants were killed.

The aircraft departed Olyokminsk Airport at 1810LT bound for Lensk. Eighteen minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 4,500 meters, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent until it crashed in a near vertical attitude (80°) in a dense wooded area located 92 km west of Olyokminsk. The aircraft partially disintegrated in the air and debris scattered on a large area. There was no fire on board prior to final impact. None of the 45 occupants survived the accident.

While approaching Vologda on a scheduled flight from Ust-Kubinsk, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was limited due to snow falls. While cruising at an altitude of 200 meters at a speed of 174 km/h, the airplane collided with another Aeroflot PZL-Mielec AN-2 registered CCCP-96226. En route to Ust-Kubinsk, the airplane was completing a cargo flight with two pilots on board. Following the collision, both aircraft crashed in a swampy area located 23 km north of Vologda and both wreckage were found 220 meters from each other. All 16 occupants in both aircraft were killed.

While approaching Voronezh by night and marginal weather conditions, the crew was informed about clouds down to 80 meters above ground and an horizontal visibility of 1,280 meters which was below the minima of 1,500 meters. Despite this, ATC cleared the crew to continue the descent. Once the aircraft reached the altitude of 100 meters on descent, the crew was cleared to land when the airplane dropped below the glide path, touched down 300 metres behind the inner marker, bounced and crashed into trees 150 metres further on. While the aircraft was destroyed, there were no casualties.

On final approach to Liepaja Airport, while at an altitude of 300 meters at a speed of 300 km/h, the crew was unable to locate the runway nor the approach lights. In such conditions, the captain decided to make a go-around and increased engine power when the left engine failed. The aircraft banked left to an angle of 40°. Due to high drag, it lost height then struck the snow covered ground 1,800 meters past the outer marker, bounced and struck a telegraphic pole that torn off three meters of the left wing. Out of control, it continued for 1,410 meters before crashing in flames in an open field. Eight occupants survived while 43 others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

On approach to runway 36, the pilot-in-command was hampered by insufficient visibility due to fog and decided to abandon the landing and to make a low pass over the airport. Few minutes later, he was cleared to make an approach to runway 18 and decided to refer to three roads but referred to the wrong road. On final, the airplane was unstable and banked left, causing the left engine to struck the ground. The airplane crashed 200 meters short of runway threshold and came to rest. Four passengers were killed.

On landing at Hamar Airport, the airplane went out of control and came to rest upside down. All six occupants were injured, two of them seriously. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

After touchdown at Akron-Canton Airport, the four engine airplane encountered difficulties to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its undercarriage and went down an 23 feet embankment before coming to rest 400 feet further. A passenger was seriously injured while all other occupants escaped uninjured. The aircraft was written off.

Few minutes after takeoff from Huánuco-Alferez David Figueroa Fernandini Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 10,000 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Montañas de Carpish Mountain Range, some 50 km north of Huánuco. The wreckage was found few hours later about 30 meters below the summit. The aircraft was destroyed and all 67 occupants were killed, among them 45 Peruvians, 5 French, 2 Britons ,5 Italians, 2 Belgians and 8 US citizens. They were on their way to the Tingo Maria National Park located west of Las Palmas.

On the leg from Teeli to Mugur-Aksy of a flight from Kyzyl to Mugur-Aksy, the crew entered clouds while approaching Mugur-Aksy Airport and deviated from the approach path in the direction to the mountains. The decision to go around was correct but taken too late as the aircraft crashed at a height of 300 metres above the airport's elevation into the snow-covered slope of a mountain (2,123 metres) located some 7 km west of the airport. The aircraft caught fire and burnt out. While six passengers were killed, all eight other occupants, including both pilots, were seriously injured.