Kirovograd oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The crew took off from a road located in Onikeyevo, Kirovograd oblast. After liftoff, the engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed near a farm, bursting into flames. Both pilots and the passenger, the owner of the farm, escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. It appears that the flight was illegal as the CofA expired 26 April 2008.

Probable cause:

Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Kirovograd

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1970

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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CCCP-45215

Flight Phase:

Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1G44-04

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1964

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While flying at low height, the single engine aircraft hit a telephone line and crashed. There were no casualties.

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

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1966 at 1542 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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CCCP-02851

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Lelekovka - Lelekovka

MSN:

1G55-36

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1965

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Aircraft flight hours:

496

Aircraft flight cycles:

1985

Circumstances:

On a training flight from Lelekovka at a height of 100 meters in poor visibility when the trainee pilot (who sat at the controls of an An-2 for the first time) left zone No. 2 inadvertently and lost height continuously. When he saw a triangulation tower in front of him he turned steeply to the right. As the instructor interfered too late, aircraft collided with the ground near km 63 of the railway line (close to Velyka Vyska) and came to rest upside down. A pilot was killed while all five other occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

Pilot error and poor supervision on part of the instructor.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Kirovograd: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1963 at 2132 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lisunov LI-2

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Registration:

CCCP-71229

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Malaya Viska – Kirovograd

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60 03

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The aircraft was completing a training mission from Malaya Viska to Kirovograd, carrying five crew members and six passengers, one instructor, three auditors and two employees of the company. While approaching Kirovograd Airport by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a limited visibility due to fog, a worse situation than predicted. On final, while at an altitude of 40 meters, the instructor in command was unable to locate the runway and decided to continue the approach. Doing so, he failed to realize that the airplane banked right to an angle of 20° and lost altitude when it struck the ground and came to rest in flames 400 meters to the right of the approach path. Four crew members were killed and seven other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Wrong decision on part of the instructor who decided to continue the approach in below minima weather conditions. Taking into consideration the fact that the crew was unable to locate the runway at decision height, the instructor should make a go around and divert to another airport or returning to his departure point.

Crash of a Polikarpov AP in Budenovka: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1941 at 1100 LT

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

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CCCP-A1083

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Budenovka - Budenovka

MSN:

14256

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1939

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The pilot, sole on board, was engaged in a crop spraying mission on beets field located near the village of Budenovka. Shortly after takeoff (last flight as the operation started at 0500LT), at a height of 20-25 metres, the pilot initiated a sharp turn to the right. The airplane rolled to an angle of 45° when the pilot reduced the engine power, causing the aircraft to stall and to crash. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

Poor piloting techniques on part of the pilot who initiated a sharp turn to the right at an insufficient height (below the minimum height of 50 meters) and reduced power too early.

Crash of a Putilov Stal-3 in Novoarkhangelsk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1938

Type of aircraft:

Putilov Stal-3

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CCCP-L1260

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kiev - Odessa

MSN:

260

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1936

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The single engine airplane departed Kiev on a flight to Odessa, carrying one passenger and two crew members. About an hour and 27 minutes into the flight, while in cruising altitude, the aircraft was approaching an area of storm when the right wing suffered a structural failure and detached. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a pasture. All three occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The cause of the crash was an insufficient structural strength of the upper core of the fuselage frame n°3, which caused the frame to collapse under the conditions of flight in a pre-thunderstorm front and the subsequent collapse of the entire aircraft.
The following factors were identified:
- Insufficient strength of some elements of the airplane according to the conditions set by the strength standards of 1937,
- Failure of the design bureau of Plant n°81, which allowed the frame n°3 of the fuselage to have insufficient strength,
- Failure of the weather station at Kiev Airport, which did not indicate thunderstorm phenomena in the weather forecast for the Kiev - Odessa route, as it was according to the weather service sector in reality.