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The single engine aircraft was approaching Shatyrkul in foggy conditions when it crashed in a snow covered field located 1,2 km south of the landing zone area, some 20 km north of Shatyrkul. SAR arrived on scene at 1701LT. A female passenger was seriously injured and was evacuated to a local hospital while six other occupants were killed. The four passengers were employees of the Kazakhmys Mining Company. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to fog.

Probable cause:

The crew descended without visual contact to the ground and without having fed the air pressure of the airstrip into the barometric altimeter, causing the aircraft to impact the ground on final approach.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T In Taraz: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1989 at 0713 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-44953

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Taraz - Zhezkazgan

MSN:

1G25-26

YOM:

1962

Flight number:

SU587

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Aircraft flight hours:

19637

Aircraft flight cycles:

39499

Circumstances:

Four minutes after take off from Taraz Airport, the crew encountered freezing fog and severe icing conditions and decided to return to Taraz. Shortly later, the engine lost power and the aircraft rolled to the left to an angle of 20-25° then crashed on the embankment of a canal located some 7,5 km northwest of Taraz Airport. It eventually came to rest upside down in one meter deep water. A pilot was killed while all 11 other occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the engine lost power after the carburetor iced. The poor weather conditions including freezing fog and severe icing conditions have not been forecasted by the met office.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Shyganak: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1974 at 0558 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-91788

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Desert

Schedule:

Shyganak – Kiyakhty – Kuygan – Bakanas – Borailday

MSN:

1G39-05

YOM:

1963

Flight number:

SU1123

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Aircraft flight hours:

8947

Aircraft flight cycles:

15197

Circumstances:

Shortly after takeoff from Shyganak, one of the passenger entered the cockpit and sat down with both pilots. After the door was closed, the airplane started unusual manoeuvres. At a height of 150 meters, the crew changed heading to 270° when three minutes after departure, the airplane crashed in a desert area located 2 km west of the village. Four passengers were seriously injured while six other occupants including both pilots were killed. Few hours later, three of the four survivors died from their injuries.

Probable cause:

It was determined that after a poor flight organization, the crew allowed a passenger to enter the cockpit without official permission. In unclear circumstances, the crew initiated unusual manoeuvres and full power was set on the engine that may have partially drowned. The airplane pitched down to 5° then banked right to an angle of 40° and struck the ground at a speed of 210-220 km/h before coming to rest 110 meters further.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Otar: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1969 at 1930 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-09193

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Otar - Otar

MSN:

1G21-01

YOM:

1962

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Aircraft flight hours:

4585

Aircraft flight cycles:

12119

Circumstances:

On an unauthorized pleasure flight during crop-spraying operations for the kolkhoz (collective farm) im. Kalinina in the Kurdai district of the Dzhambul region, the intoxicated pilot performed unauthorized manoeuvres at low height. He eventually lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field located 1,500 meters from Otar. The pilot and all 6 passengers were killed.

Probable cause:

Intoxicated pilot.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Karatau: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1950 at 1715 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lisunov LI-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L4003

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Tashkent – Chardzhou – Urgench – Nukus – Dzhusaly – Turkestan – Tashkent

MSN:

184 34 06

YOM:

1942

Location:

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Aircraft flight hours:

7072

Circumstances:

The airplane left Dzhusaly Airport at 1552LT bound for Turkestan before returning to Tashkent for the last training leg of that day. Weather conditions were marginal with clouds, icing and a visibility estimated between 4 and 10 km. Six minutes after takeoff, the crew requested the permission to climb to 2,400 meters when the aircraft started to deviate from the prescribed flight plan. After passing over Kyzylorda, the airplane was 72 km off course to the north when, at an altitude of 2,050 meters, it hit the slope of Mt Mynzhilgi located in the region of Karatau. The wreckage was found a day later about 126 meters below the summit, and all eight crew members, among them three navigators, were killed. At the time of the accident, a strong wind was blowing from the west and the crew did not realized he was off course due to the lack of visibility.