Ryazan oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed Dyagilevo AFB (Ryazan) on a night flight apparently to Belgorod, carrying nine crew members. After takeoff, the engine n°4 caught fire. The crew elected to return for an emergency landing but the aircraft went out of control and crashed about one km from the airbase, bursting into flames. Four crew members were seriously injured and five others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.

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

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1989

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

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Registration:

CCCP-33463

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

1G228-13

YOM:

1988

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On final approach, the single engine aircraft entered foggy conditions, struck the ground and crashed. There were no casualties.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Pitelino: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1974 at 0143 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-35029

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Pitelino - Pitelino

MSN:

1G109-35

YOM:

1969

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Aircraft flight hours:

1865

Aircraft flight cycles:

8681

Circumstances:

The crew departed Pitelino at 0124LT for a night training flight when the trim tab of the left aileron deflected fully upward for unknown reasons while the aircraft was flying at a height of some 500-600 metres. The single engine aircraft banked steeply to the left, entered a downward spiral and crashed in a rye field 200 metres from Temirevo, 4.5 km northeast of Pitelino Airfield. All 3 crew (1 instructor and 2 trainee pilots) were killed.

Probable cause:

Aileron failure.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Malakhovo: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1971 at 0400 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-32076

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Tuma - Tuma

MSN:

1G92-32

YOM:

1968

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Aircraft flight hours:

2628

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On an unauthorized pleasure flight before sunrise during crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) at Tuma (Spas-Klepiki district of the Ryazan region), the intoxicated crew (the alcohol content of the captain's blood was 3.3 ‰) performed unauthorized manoeuvre at low height and lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a wooded area located 3 km southeast of Malakhovo. The aircraft caught fire and burnt out. Both pilots and the sole passenger were killed.

Probable cause:

Intoxicated crew.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2SKh in Natalinka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1970 at 1739 LT

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-15935

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Spraying (Agricultural)

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Natalinka - Natalinka

MSN:

1149 473 05

YOM:

1960

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Aircraft flight hours:

6700

Aircraft flight cycles:

12160

Circumstances:

On a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) 'Nekrasovo' in the Mikhailov district of the Ryazan region, the pilot-in-command initiated a steep left turn at a height of some 20-30 metres in order to avoid collision with a high-voltage powerline. The aircraft lost height, crashed in a field 340 metres from Natalinka, came to rest upside down and caught fire. Both pilots were killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control while performing a sharp turn at an altitude below 50 meters.