Nizhny Novgorod oblast

The airplane was on a flight from Kazan to Moscow when it crashed for unknown reasons in Arzamas. The pilot Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov, aviation designer, was killed.

The airplane was on a delivery flight on behalf of the Plant #18 in Kuybyshev, carrying three crew members. The airplane passed over the village of Yaz at an altitude of 150-200 metres then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area located 6 km south of the village, bursting into flames. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all three crew members were killed.

Without any permission, the pilot took off at 1542LT from Vyksa Airfield with two passengers on board. The purpose of the flight was to land at the new airfield under construction that should be deserving the Drugs Factory in Vyksa. The pilot completed two low approaches, one of them passing below high tension cables. While on a third approach, the airplane passed over houses then the pilot made a sharp turn when he lost control of the airplane that crashed onto houses, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed and there were no casualties on the ground. Two hours, eight apartments and one grange were destroyed. The airplane was owned by Narkomzdrav, the People's Commission for Health.

Crashed in unknown circumstances.