Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. Occupant fate unknown.

The airplane was engaged in a spraying mission on behalf of the sovkhoz of Rossiya. On landing, the airplane collided with an automobile and crashed. There were no casualties.

The crew departed Smolensk on a positioning flight to Klimshchina to perform a spraying mission on behalf of the sovkhoz of Klimshchina. When they arrived in Klimshchina, both pilots were informed that the mission was cancelled so they passed the afternoon at the airport with local farmers and consumed alcohol. At the end of the afternoon, both pilots and three farmers decided to make a local flight and took off from Klimshchina. Ten minutes after takeoff, while flying at a height of eight meters, the captain initiated a right turn when the airplane struck the concrete support of a power transmission line and crashed in flames. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed. Three days later, the only survivor died from his injuries.

Crashed following an engine failure. No casualties.

Following an uneventful flight from Kotlas, the crew started the descent to Arkhangelsk-Talagi Airport. On approach at an altitude of 600 meters, the crew was instructed by ATC to hurry the last and third turn. This caused hasty actions of the crew. The captain asked the flight engineer to reduce power on all three engine to idle but once the altitude of 580 meters was reached on descent, the flight engineer mistakenly shut down all three engines. The pilot tried to restart them but without success because the approach speed was too low. The captain attempted an emergency landing on a road. Upon touchdown, the airplane collided with the support of a power transmission tower and came to rest. All 27 occupants were rescued, among them 23 were injured.

Following a night takeoff from Almaty Airport, while climbing to a height of 120-150 meters, at a speed of 355 km/h, the airplane entered an area of very high outside temperatures (between +30 and +40° C.). High winds and downdrafts were encountered as well. The airplane nosed down then descended and struck the ground at a speed of 400 km/h some 3,996 meters from the end of the runway. It struck a farm, exploded and crashed. None of the 166 occupants survived the crash and nine people on the ground were injured, three seriously. Debris scattered on 840 meters long and 130 meters wide.

During crop spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Novomartynovski" in the Bolshaya Martynovka district of the Rostov region, an intoxicated aircraft mechanic wanted to demonstrate he was able to pilot an aircraft. He stole the keys of CCCP-02599 and took off with a local. As the 'pilot' did not cope, the aircraft struck tree tops in a forest belt located 1,7 km from the airstrip (2.5 km from Krivoi Liman), crashed at N47°13' E41°46', caught fire and burnt out. Both occupants were killed.

Crashed following an engine failure. There were no casualties.

The three engine aircraft deviated from the prescribed flight path by 67 km while circumnavigating a thunderstorm over the mountains with neither crew nor ATC realizing the deviation. At this time, the radio compass did not work properly due to the interference caused by the proximity of the thunderstorm, and the wind component was different than forecast. When the crew reported overflying the outer marker, the aircraft was in fact still 43 km away from it. While descending in clouds, the aircraft crashed at a height of 2,840 metres into the slope of a mountain located 44 km northwest of Dushanbe Airport. All 29 occupants were killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances following a pilot error. There were no casualties.