Pavlodar

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MSN:

9 73 03 55

YOM:

1977

Location:

Pavlodar

Country:

Kazakhstan

Region:

Asia

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Aircraft flight hours:

17930

Aircraft flight cycles:

12388

Circumstances:

On approach to Pavlodar Airport, the crew was instructed by ATC to turn left in order to provide enough space for another aircraft that was approaching the same airfield. On short final, at an altitude of 50 meters and some 300 meters short of runway threshold, the aircraft was 51 meters to the left of the runway centerline. Instead of initiating a go-around procedure, the crew decided to continue the approach and the aircraft landed on the right half of the runway, some 7-10 meters from the left edge, at a speed of 205 km/h and with a rate of descent of 2.5 m/sec. The aircraft bounced and touched down 30 meters further. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the right and eventually collided with another Yakovlev Yak-40 registered CCCP-87451 that was parked on the apron. Both aircraft were destroyed and all 22 occupants were evacuated safely.

Probable cause:

Failure of the crew to recognize he was landing on a non paved runway and his failure to initiate a go-around procedure as the landing maneuver was obviously missed.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Ivanovka

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1989

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

CCCP-40593

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MSN:

1G84-46

YOM:

1967

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Circumstances:

Upon landing, the aircraft lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a ravine. There were no casualties.

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

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1988

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-07291

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

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Site:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

Schedule:

Bayanaul - Bayanaul

MSN:

1G148-52

YOM:

1973

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Circumstances:

After completing several spraying missions in the region, the crew allowed two unauthorized passengers to board the aircraft. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 30-40 meters, the engine failed. The aircraft lost height and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was killed while three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

Engine failure during initial climb for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Shoptykol

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1984

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-35434

Flight Phase:

Flight

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MSN:

1 135 473 02

YOM:

1960

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Circumstances:

The aircraft was engaged on an aerial survey flight, carrying three passengers and three crew members. While flying at low height over hilly terrain near Pavlodar, the aircraft got caught in a strong downstream and the crew counteracted too late, causing the left main wheel and the left lower wing to touch the slope of a hill. The crew managed to make a forced landing at Shoptykol where the aircraft sustained further damage. All six occupants escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair by "Aviaremont".

Probable cause:

Caught by downdrafts.

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

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-33209

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

Survivors:

Site:

Landing (descent or approach)

Schedule:

Pavlodar - Pavlodar

MSN:

1G58-14

YOM:

1965

Location:

Pavlodar

Country:

Kazakhstan

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

The crew was engaged in a local spraying mission in Pavlodar. After takeoff, the captain passed the controls to the copilot and fell asleep. The copilot completed the entire mission on his own and, after finishing the process, transferred control of the aircraft to the commander. In unclear circumstances, the single engine airplane went out of control, lost height and crashed in a field. Both occupants were injured. In order to hide the true cause of the accident, the crew went into criminal conspiracy and set fire to the plane to explain the cause of the accident as an engine failure.

Crash of an Antonov AN-30RR in Semipalatinsk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 5, 1978

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-30

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Flight Type:

Military

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Semipalatinsk - Semipalatinsk-21

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Circumstances:

On a flight from Semipalatinsk to the Semipalatinsk-21 nuclear test site at night when the pilot decided to divert to Chagan because of below-minima weather conditions (snowfall and poor visibility). But the commander of the test site (who was on board) insisted on landing at Semipalatinsk-21. The crew continued the approach but encountered a snow flurry with zero visibility on final approach. Aircraft crashed close to the runway, broke in two parts and caught fire. Two crew were seriously injured while all 7 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Approach continued below minima weather conditions with no visual contact with the runway.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-18B near Semipalatinsk: 63 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1973 at 0437 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-18

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-75687

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

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Site:

Desert

Schedule:

Baku - Tashkent - Novosibirsk

MSN:

189 0012 02

YOM:

1959

Flight number:

SU6551

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Aircraft flight hours:

21663

Aircraft flight cycles:

11787

Circumstances:

While cruising by night at an altitude of 7,800 meters in good weather conditions, the pilot-in-command initiated a turn to the left when control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and spiraled to the ground. At an altitude of 5,000 meters, some elements of the upper wing surface and the stabilisers detached and the airplane disintegrated in the air before crashing in a steppe located about 84 km south of Semipalatinsk. Wings and stabilisers parts were found at a distance of some 3.5 km from the crash site. All 63 occupants have been killed.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined. The assumption that the aircraft collided with an object was not ruled out. It is believed the crew may have start an emergency descent but the reason of this manoeuvre could not be established. FDR could not be read properly as it was seriously damaged in the crash.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Semipalatinsk: 32 killed

Date & Time: Feb 28, 1973 at 1859 LT

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev Yak-40

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-87602

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Semipalatinsk-Ust-Kamenogorsk

MSN:

9120118

YOM:

1971

Flight number:

SU167X

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Aircraft flight hours:

1798

Aircraft flight cycles:

1814

Circumstances:

Shortly after takeoff from Semipalatinsk Airport, while climbing to a height of 100 meters, the airplane lots height then struck the ground in a relative flat attitude and crashed in a huge explosion in a snow covered field located 1,457 meters past the runway end. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 32 occupants were killed, among them 11 female members of the Kyzylorda Basketball Team accompanied by their coach and one judge.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty. Eyewitnesses among them the air traffic controller working in the tower saw a huge flash in the sky prior to the accident. Various analysis did not find any trace of explosives.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Semipalatinsk

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1972

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-33233

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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