Lipetsk oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The pilot departed Yelets Airport at 0520LT on a mail flight to Tchern. About six minutes later, while cruising in poor visibility due to marginal weather conditions, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the pilot who initiated the flight in the early morning without sufficient visibility and his decision to continue under VFR instead of IFR mode.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 near Lipetsk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1941

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

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CCCP-L3467

Flight Phase:

Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

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8 5 16

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1941

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The airplane departed Moscow-Vnukovo and is believed to have crashed near Lipetsk. Three crew members were killed while the pilot was injured and found in a field hospital in Tashkent on January 10, 1942 after he was transported there from Lipetsk.

Crash of a Putilov Stal-3 in Verkhnyaya Kolybelka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941 at 1430 LT

Type of aircraft:

Putilov Stal-3

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1243

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Voronezh - Moscow

MSN:

243

YOM:

1936

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The single engine airplane departed Voronezh Airport at 1355LT on a schedule service to Moscow, carrying four passengers (three adults and one child), two crew members and 104 kg of cargo. About half an hour later, it crashed in unknown circumstances in a pasture located 1,500 metres west of the village of Verkhnyaya Kolybelka. Both crew members were killed and all four passengers were injured, one seriously.

Crash of a Putilov Stal-3 in Nizhne Kazache: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1937 at 1047 LT

Type of aircraft:

Putilov Stal-3

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1232

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Moscow – Yelets – Voronezh – Astrakhan

MSN:

232

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1936

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Aircraft flight hours:

489

Circumstances:

The airplane departed Moscow on a flight to Astrakhan with intermediate stops in Yelets and Voronezh, carrying three passengers, two crew members and a load of 319 kg of mail. About 15 minutes after takeoff from Yelets Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 660 metres, the engine started to fail. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a rye field when the airplane impacted an embankment, lost its undercarriage and crashed. All five occupants were injured, the mechanic seriously. He died the next day from his injuries.

Probable cause:

The engine failure resulted from the destruction of the connecting rods on cylinders n°2 and 6 due to the fact that the fuel used had a too low octane rate and that the oil was not compliant.