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Kharkiv oblast

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Kharkiv: 15 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1953 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L4732
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rostov-on-Don – Kharkiv – Moscow
MSN:
184 325 09
YOM:
26
Location:
Kharkiv
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Aircraft flight hours:
5181
Circumstances:
During the final approach to Kharkiv-Osnova Airport completed by night and marginal weather conditions, the pilot-in-command descended too low when he saw a railway. To avoid any collision with the electric poles, he attempted a turn to right when the aircraft stalled and crashed nose first in a garden located near houses, 2,300 meters short of runway and 150 meters to the right of its extended center line. A passenger was seriously injured while 15 other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew adopted a wrong approach configuration and that both engine were running at idle when the pilot wanted to avoid obstacles. Poor approach techniques on part of the flying crew and against the published procedures according to the weather conditions.

Crash of a Polikarpov SKF in Lozovenka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A3122
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Krutoyarovka - Izyum
Location:
Lozovenka
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Krutoyarovka on an ambulance flight to Izyum, carrying one pilot and two wounded soldiers. About five minutes into the flight, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field, bursting into flames. The pilot was injured and unable to help both passengers who died in the burning wreckage.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 in Dovgenke: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A642
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
7763
YOM:
1936
Location:
Dovgenke
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Dovgenke. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Kalinin K-5 in Kharkiv: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Kalinin K-5
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L561
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Moscow – Orel – Kharkiv
MSN:
52
YOM:
1930
Location:
Kharkiv
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
2291
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Moscow to Kharkiv with an intermediate stop in Orel, carrying two crew members and a load consisting of 52 metal plates for a total weight of 499 kg. On approach to Kharkiv Airport, the visibility was poor due to fog. The crew continued the descent when, at a distance of four km west from the airfield, the airplane collided with the 60 metres high chimney of a brickyard. The airplane rolled to the right and descended to the ground, bursting into flames. The female copilot was killed and the captain was seriously injured. He died an hour later from injuries sustained.
Probable cause:
The accident was the consequence of the combination of the following factors:
- The crew decided to continue the approach while the visibility was poor due to fog,
- Negligence on part of the employees of the Kharkov meteorological service which resulted in their inability to issue timely bulletins concerning the current weather conditions at destination.

Crash of a Kalinin K-7 in Kharkiv: 15 killed

Date & Time: Nov 21, 1933
Type of aircraft:
Kalinin K-7
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Kharkiv - Kharkiv
MSN:
1
YOM:
1933
Location:
Kharkiv
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
20
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Aircraft flight cycles:
8
Circumstances:
This first prototype was built last August 11, and successfully completed seven sorties. While performing a test flight over the area of the Kharkiv Airport with 20 engineers and pilots on board, the pilot-in-command lost control of the heavy bomber that crashed in a field. Fifteen occupants were killed and five others were injured. Aircraft was destroyed and the project was abandoned.
Probable cause:
It seems that the loss of control was caused by a structural failure on one of both tails but this was never confirmed. Ukrainian authorities did not rule out the possibility of an act of sabotage.
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