Samara oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route from Kyubyshev to Almaty, the crew encountered technical problems and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a pasture located in Trostyanka, about 70 km east of Kuybyshev. The crew was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41 in Kuybyshev

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41)

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CCCP-L3522

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Moscow – Kuybyshev – Almaty

MSN:

15/234

YOM:

1939

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The crew was completing a mail flight from Moscow to Almaty. En route, weather deteriorated with icing conditions, causing the windshield to be covered by ice and frost. To land at Kuybyshev Airport, the pilot was forced to put his head out of the cockpit, but doing so, he missed the runway. After touchdown, the airplane skidded off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 in Kuybyshev: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1936 at 0930 LT

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov P-5

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1918

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Aktyubinsk – Kuybyshev – Moscow

MSN:

9466

YOM:

1935

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The pilot, sole on board, departed Aktyubinsk on a mail flight to Moscow with an intermediate stop in Kuybyshev. On approach to Kuybyshev Airport, the pilot completed a haft-circle to reach the runway when he realized his position was incorrect. He decided to initiate a go-around procedure when he saw the pipe of a foundry. While trying to get height, the airplane collided with the pipe and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was the result of a wrong approach configuration caused by pilot fatigue combined with poor piloting techniques.

Crash of a Putilov Stal-2 in Zalivnaya: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1934 at 1430 LT

Type of aircraft:

Putilov Stal-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1127

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Delivery

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Moscow – Penza – Samara – Orenburg – Tashkent

MSN:

127

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1934

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The aircraft departed Moscow on February 19 to be delivered to its new base in Tashkent. Intermediate stops were scheduled in Penza, Samara and Orenburg. On the leg from Samara to Orenburg, after a trip of about 205 km, the crew encountered engine problems and made an emergency landing. Due to technical problems, poor weather conditions and awaiting fuel from Orenburg, the crew was stuck for 18 days. Following several engine tests and after all defaults were eliminated, the crew took off on March 11 back to Samara. While flying at a height of 250-300 metres, the engine failed again. The pilot attempted an emergency landing and initiated a turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a wooded area located 3 km from the Zalivnaya Station. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control consecutive to a stall during a turn completed at low altitude following an engine failure in a difficult environment.