Date: 14 July 1978
Flight: N4809C
Aircraft: Convair CV-440
Location: off South Caicos
Summary: Undetermined, crashed into the sea
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09 Charlie Inc. (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
10 Tanker Air Carrier (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 June 2007
Flight: N450AX
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: near Tehachapi
Summary: Pilot error, impacted some trees
2M Leasing LLC (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 March 2018
Flight: N126MT
Aircraft: Cessna 650 Citation III
Location: Orlando
Summary: Collision on the ground
2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 September 2014
Flight: Flight 718
Aircraft: Antonov An-2
Location: Shoyna Airport
Summary: Crashed on take-off
Date: 8 November 2018
Flight: Flight 9135
Aircraft: Antonov An-2R
Location: near Arkhangelsk
Summary: Pilot error, icing, crashed in a forest
Date: 2 September 2022
Flight: Flight 741
Aircraft: Antonov An-2R
Location: Nes
Summary: Damaged during landing
2nd Sverdlovsk Aviation Enterprise (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 December 2006
Flight: RA-33565
Aircraft: Antonov An-2R
Location: near Gari
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 20 December 2010
Flight: RA-07331
Aircraft: Antonov An-2P
Location: Uktus Airport
Summary: Destroyed during a hangar collapse due to snow
Date: 20 December 2010
Flight: RA-07637
Aircraft: Antonov An-2TP
Location: Uktus Airport
Summary: Destroyed during a hangar collapse due to snow
40-Mile Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 April 1999
Flight: N3125N
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Location: near Healy
Summary: Pilot error, wind, narrow airstrip
748 Air Services (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 February 1999
Flight: 9L-LBG
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-206 Andover CC2
Location: Foxtrot Airstrip
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: March 2003
Flight: 3C-KKB
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1
Location: Rumbek
Summary: Crash landed after engine failure
Date: 10 June 2005
Flight: 5Y-SFE
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1
Location: Lokichoggio Airport
Summary: Pilot error, belly landing
Date: 1 November 2006
Flight: 9L-LFQ
Aircraft: Antonov An-12BP
Location: Lokichoggio Airport
Summary: Pilot error, bounced landing leading to nose gear collapse
Date: 20 December 2009
Flight: 5Y-YKM
Aircraft: British Aerospace BAe-748-398 Srs. 2B
Location: Tonj Airfield
Summary: Runway excursion
987 Investments LLC (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 October 2021
Flight: N987AK
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-87
Location: Houston Executive Airport
Summary: Jammed stabilizer during takeoff, leading to an attempted aborted takeoff, resulting in a runway overrun
A & H Aircraft Sales (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 November 1997
Flight: N500ML
Aircraft: Beechcraft B100 King Air
Location: Madison
Summary: Pilot error due to spatial disorientation, instrument weather conditions
A. McVinish (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 January 1995
Flight: VH-MMV
Aircraft: Cessna 208 Caravan I
Location: Toogoolawah Airport
Summary: Engine flame out due to pilot error
Date: 29 April 2001
Flight: VH-MMV
Aircraft: Cessna 208 Caravan I
Location: near Nagambie
Summary: Premature parachuting leading to loss of control
A. Trichot (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 September 2001
Flight: F-OHRM
Aircraft: Cessna 208 Caravan I
Location: N'Djamena Airport
Summary: Destroyed by wind
A.E. Stanley Manufacturing Co. (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 January 1983
Flight: N805C
Aircraft: Canadair CL-600-1A11 Challenger 600
Location: near Sun Valley Airport
Summary: Pilot error, weather
A.R. Wings LLC (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 October 2016
Flight: N518AR
Aircraft: Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3+
Location: Smithfield
Summary: Pilot error, runway excursion
A&C Big Sky Aviation LLC (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 May 2017
Flight: N452DA
Aircraft: Learjet 35A
Location: Near Teterboro Airport
Summary: Pilot error, stall
AAA Investments (Pty) Ltd (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 November 2008
Flight: ZS-PCM
Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Location: near Nyala Lodge Airstrip
Summary: Pilot error, failed go-around
Aaron Enterprises Corporation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 November 1978
Flight: N400D
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-178
Location: Camarones
Summary: Unknown
AAXICO Airlines (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 April 1955
Flight: N51424
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46A
Location: off Pensacola
Summary: Weather
Date: 2 September 1959
Flight: Flight 7002
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: Abilene
Summary: Mechanical failure, stall, loss of control
Date: 18 September 1962
Flight: N67937
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: San Pedro Sula Airport
Summary: Engine failure on take-off
Date: 14 August 1963
Flight: Flight 1814
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: near Great Falls
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
Date: 20 November 1964
Flight: Flight 11346
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Wing icing
Date: 23 April 1965
Flight: Flight 1422A
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: Mount Rainier
Summary: CFIT , pilot error
Date: 10 May 1965
Flight: Flight 1416B
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: Whiteman AFB
Summary: Weather, pilot error
AB Aerotransport (9 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 August 1929
Flight: SE-AAF Skane
Aircraft: Junkers G.24li
Location: Emsland
Summary: Forced landing after engine trouble
Date: 11 June 1931
Flight: SE-AAG Norrland
Aircraft: Junkers G.24
Location: Bulltofta Airport
Summary: Destroyed in hangar fire
Date: 31 August 1932
Flight: SE-AAE Svealand
Aircraft: Junkers G.24
Location: Tubbergen
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 9 June 1936
Flight: SE-ABA Lappland
Aircraft: Fokker F.XXII
Location: Bulltofta Airport
Summary: Pilot error, triple engine failure on takeoff
Date: 27 August 1943
Flight: SE-BAF Gladan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-268
Location: North Sea
Summary: Possibly shot down
Date: 22 October 1943
Flight: SE-BAG Gripen
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-268
Location: Hållö Island
Summary: Attacked by German fighter, CFIT
Date: 4 December 1945
Flight: SE-BAM Tom
Aircraft: Boeing B-17G
Location: Stallarholmen
Summary: Weather
Date: 9 August 1947
Flight: SE-BAY
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3F
Location: Bulltofta Airport
Summary: Runway excursion on landing
Date: 26 October 1947
Flight: Flight 1629 Sunnan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: Mount Hymettus
Summary: CFIT
AB Aviation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 February 2022
Flight: Flight 1103
Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Location: near Mohéli
Summary: Investigation pending
AB Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 November 1947
Flight: SE-BNG
Aircraft: Bristol 170 Freighter XI
Location: Santa Maria del Monte
Summary: CFIT
ABA Aviation Resources Inc. (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 February 2008
Flight: N430MP
Aircraft: Rockwell Sabreliner 40A
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport
Summary: Impacted by taxiing aircraft
Ababeel Aviation (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 June 2004
Flight: ST-ARO
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: Geneina Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 28 August 2006
Flight: ST-AQM
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: El Obeid Airport
Summary: Engine failure on take-off
Date: 30 June 2008
Flight: Flight 700
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Location: near Khartoum-Civil Airport
Summary: Engine failure on take-off , stall
Abakan Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 January 1995
Flight: Flight 107
Aircraft: Let L-410UVP
Location: near Krasnoyarsk Airport
Summary: Exceeded Maximum takeoff weight , Engine failure on take-off
Abdullah Seikh Ahamed (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 September 1999
Flight: 5Y-BIW
Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Location: Nairobi-Wilson Airport
Summary: Unknown
Abeer Air Services (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 October 2019
Flight: YI-BYO
Aircraft: Let L-410UVP
Location: Kolnyang County
Summary: Investigation pending
Abelag Aviation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 February 2013
Flight: OO-MAS
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100
Location: Berlin
Summary: Pilot error, icing, stall
Aboitiz Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 November 2006
Flight: RP-C3590
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-600
Location: Manila
Summary: Loss of directional control after touchdown, Right landing gear collapse
Abu Dhabi Army Air Wing (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 July 1970
Flight: 302
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
Location: Unknown
Summary: Unknown
Date: 28 October 1976
Flight: 301
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
Location: Radum
Summary: Unknown
ABX Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 June 2008
Flight: Flight 1611
Aircraft: Boeing 767-281SF
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Fire while standing
Abyssinian Flight Services (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 July 2021
Flight: ET-AMI
Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Location: near Kombolcha
Summary: Forced landing for unknown reasons
ACA-Ancargo Air (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 December 1998
Flight: TN-AFJ
Aircraft: Antonov An-12
Location: near Cafunfo
Summary: Unknown, possibly shot down
Date: 31 October 2000
Flight: D2-FDI
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: near Mona Quimbundo
Summary: Claimed to be shot down by UNITA
ACE Air Cargo (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 February 1999
Flight: Flight 91
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C-1
Location: near Saint Mary's
Summary: CFIT
Date: 16 October 2001
Flight: N120AX
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
Location: near Bethel Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 January 2010
Flight: Flight 22
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C-1
Location: near Sand Point Municipal Airport
Summary: Loss of control for unknown reasons
Date: 8 March 2013
Flight: Flight 52
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C-1
Location: near Dillingham Municipal Airport
Summary: CFIT
ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia (12 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 February 1976
Flight: HK-1286
Aircraft: Saunders ST-27
Location: Medellín
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 18 December 1981
Flight: HK-2216
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: near San Antero
Summary: Struck a hill
Date: 29 November 1982
Flight: Flight 189
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310
Location: near Quetame
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 January 1985
Flight: Flight 52
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: Cerro el Plateado
Summary: CFIT , weather
Date: 27 February 1985
Flight: HK-2763
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310
Location: El Bagre Airport
Summary: Set on fire in a riot
Date: 27 April 1986
Flight: HK-2761
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: near Tame
Summary: CFIT
Date: 1 August 1988
Flight: HK-2445
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: in Colombia
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 31 January 1989
Flight: Flight 385
Aircraft: Boeing 727-46
Location: San José
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 18 February 1991
Flight: HK-2758
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: Otú Airport
Summary: Seized and destroyed by guerrillas after landing
Date: 30 November 1996
Flight: Flight 148
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Location: near Medellín
Summary: Stall, pilot error, exceeded Maximum takeoff weight
Date: 11 October 2000
Flight: VP-BOF
Aircraft: ATR 42-512
Location: Bogotá
Summary: Collision on the ground
Date: 12 January 2002
Flight: VP-BVE
Aircraft: ATR 42-512
Location: near Cartagena
Summary: Engine failure
ACM Praha (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 July 1994
Flight: OK-NYA
Aircraft: Antonov An-2
Location: Bad Kirchheim
Summary: Crashed on landing
Acme Leasing / K. Knight (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 July 1972
Flight: N39393
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Pivijay
Summary: Runway excursion
Acme Plywood & Veneer Company (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 October 1978
Flight: RP-C2152
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
Location: near Luzon
Summary: CFIT , weather
ACS Ltd. (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 September 2003
Flight: 9XR-AL
Aircraft: Let L-410UVP
Location: Lankein
Summary: Runway excursion due to aborted takeoff
ACSA - Air Century (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 October 2014
Flight: HI816
Aircraft: British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31
Location: Punta Cana International Airport
Summary: Runway excursion, pilot error, oil leak
ACT Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 March 2010
Flight: Flight 521
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-203F
Location: Bagram Air Base
Summary: Landing gear collapse
AD Aviation Aircharters (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 November 1998
Flight: 5Y-JKB
Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Location: near Nairobi
Summary: Crashed for unknown reasons
Adam Air (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 January 2007
Flight: Flight 574
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Q8
Location: 53 mi off Pambauang
Summary: IRS malfunction, pilot error, spatial disorientation, loss of control
Date: 21 February 2007
Flight: Flight 172
Aircraft: Boeing 737-33A
Location: Juanda Airport
Summary: Pilot error, excessive sink rate, structural failure
Date: 10 March 2008
Flight: Flight 292
Aircraft: Boeing 737-408
Location: Hang Nadim Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Adastra Aerial Surveys (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 September 1966
Flight: VH-AGE
Aircraft: Lockheed 414-08 Hudson IVA
Location: near Tennant Creek Airport
Summary: Loss of control for unknown reasons
Adastra Airways (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 June 1957
Flight: VH-AGO
Aircraft: Lockheed 414-56 Hudson IIIA
Location: near Horn Island Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
Date: 8 June 1958
Flight: VH-AGG
Aircraft: Lockheed 414-56 Hudson IIIA
Location: near Lae Airfield
Summary: Loss of reason for unknown reasons
Date: 22 December 1973
Flight: VH-AGX
Aircraft: Lockheed 414-08-10 Hudson IV
Location: Horn Island Airport
Summary: Engine failure leading to runway excursion
ADC Airlines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 August 1994
Flight: Flight 018
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Sprigg Payne Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 26 July 1995
Flight: 5N-BBA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Sprigg Payne Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Date: 7 November 1996
Flight: Flight 86
Aircraft: Boeing 727-231
Location: near Ejirin, Nigeria
Summary: ATC error and pilot error: loss of control after collision evasion
Date: 29 July 1997
Flight: 5N-BAA
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-203AE
Location: Calabar Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 29 October 2006
Flight: Flight 53
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2B7
Location: Abuja International Airport
Summary: Weather, windshear, pilot error, stall, loss of control
Aden Airways (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 April 1964
Flight: VR-AAM
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B-20-DK
Location: Hargeisa
Summary: Unknown
Date: 26 March 1965
Flight: VR-AAA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B-1-DK
Location: Hadibo
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 22 November 1966
Flight: VR-AAN
Aircraft: Douglas R4D-1
Location: Wadi Rabtah
Summary: Bombing
Date: 30 June 1967
Flight: VR-AAV
Aircraft: Vickers 760D Viscount
Location: Aden International Airport
Summary: Bombing
ADES Colombia - Aerolineas del Este (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 May 1991
Flight: HK-3177
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Villavicencio
Summary: Engine failure
Adhemar de Barros (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 July 1953
Flight: PT-AXX
Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Location: near Picinguaba Cove
Summary: Failed go-around
Adikarto Printindo (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 January 1991
Flight: PK-VRA
Aircraft: Dornier Do 28D-1 Skyservant
Location: Palembang Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Adlair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 July 1998
Flight: C-GFYN
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Location: near Pelly Bay
Summary: Weather
Adria Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 June 1991
Flight: YU-AOE
Aircraft: Airbus A320-231
Location: Ljubljana
Summary: Attacked by the Yugoslav Air Force in the Ten-Day War
Advance Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 February 1980
Flight: VH-AAV
Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Location: Sydney
Summary: Impacted sea wall for unknown reasons
Advance Aviation Inc (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 September 1978
Flight: N244B
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7CF
Location: near Farmerville
Summary: CFIT
Advanced Aviation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 August 2008
Flight: D-CAAW
Aircraft: Dornier 228-202K
Location: Bangui Airport
Summary: Hit a truck while towed
Advanced Power Aviation LLC (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: October 2016
Flight: N888JL
Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation I
Location: Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport
Summary: Ripped apart when towed with brakes locked
Adventure Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 May 2008
Flight: C-GSUV
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-3T/M601 Turbine Otter
Location: Lac du Bonnet
Summary: Weather
Adventure Aviation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 July 2006
Flight: N203E
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Location: Sullivan Regional Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
Adygeya-Avia (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 April 2001
Flight: RA-17832
Aircraft: Antonov An-2R
Location: Stanitsa Nekrasovskaya
Summary: CFIT
AECA - Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 February 1949
Flight: NC54335
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A-90-DL
Location: Guayaquil
Summary: Crashed into river bank for unknown reasons
Aer Arann (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 October 1975
Flight: EI-BBA
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Location: Inishmore Airport
Summary: Crashed
Date: 7 July 1980
Flight: EI-BBR
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Location: Galway-Carnmore Airport
Summary: Aborted takeoff, runway excursion with impact with wall
Date: 17 July 2011
Flight: EI-SLM
Aircraft: ATR 72-212
Location: Shannon Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error leading to nose gear collapse
Date: 12 February 2014
Flight: EI-BYO
Aircraft: ATR 42-300
Location: Shannon Airport
Summary: Damaged in storm
Aer Lingus (11 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 June 1946
Flight: EI-ACA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-268B
Location: near Shannon
Summary: Engine fire, forced landing
Date: 10 January 1952
Flight: EI-AFL Saint Kevin
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B Dakota III
Location: Cwm Edno, Wales
Summary: Weather, turbulence, CFIT
Date: 1 January 1953
Flight: EI-ACF St. Kieran
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3D
Location: Spernall
Summary: Fuel starvation, double engine failure, forced landing
Date: 22 June 1967
Flight: EI-AOF St. Cathal
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 803
Location: near Ashbourne
Summary: Stall, loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 21 September 1967
Flight: EI-AKK St. Aidan
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 808
Location: Bristol Airport
Summary: Pilot error, belly landing
Date: 24 March 1968
Flight: Flight 712 St. Phelim
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 803
Location: off Tuskar Rock
Summary: Undetermined (structural failure, possible shootdown)
Date: 2 May 1981
Flight: Flight 164
Aircraft: Boeing 737-248C
Location: Le Touquet Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 7 December 1985
Flight: Flight 156
Aircraft: Boeing 737-248
Location: Dublin Airport
Summary: Bird strike
Date: 31 January 1986
Flight: Flight 328
Aircraft: Shorts 360-100
Location: near East Midlands Airport
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 23 March 2004
Flight: Flight 713
Aircraft: Airbus A321-211
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Hit by towed aircraft
Date: 9 June 2005
Flight: Flight 132
Aircraft: Airbus A330
Location: Logan Int'l Airport
Summary: ATC error
AerianTur-M (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 January 2007
Flight: ER-26068
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B-100
Location: near Balad Air Base
Summary: Disputed
Aero Trasporti Italiani (ATI) (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 October 1987
Flight: Flight 460
Aircraft: ATR 42-312
Location: Conca di Crezzo , Italy
Summary: Icing, Loss of control
Date: 24 May 1969
Flight: I-ATIT
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Location: Reggio
Summary: Landing gear struck an embankment
Date: 16 April 1972
Flight: Flight 392
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Location: Ardinello
Summary: Loss of Control
Date: 30 October 1972
Flight: Flight 327
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Location: Poggiorsini
Summary: CFIT
Date: 14 September 1979
Flight: Flight 12
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Location: Sarroch
Summary: CFIT
Aeroflot (1490 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 May 1931
Flight: СССР-Л104
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 January 1932
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tambov
Summary: While flying upside down at 800 m (2,600 ft) during a training flight, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed.
Date: 23 February 1932
Flight: СССР-Л718
Aircraft: PS-5
Location: Nizhne-Tambov
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Okha–Nikolaevsk-on-Amur–Nizhne-Tambov–Khabarovsk passenger service. On takeoff from Ohka en route to Nikolaevsk-na-Amur, the aircraft was already overloaded by 336 kg (741 lb) and another 226 kg (498 lb) was added at Nikolaevsk-...
Date: 10 May 1932
Flight: СССР-Л128
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft took off from Frunze Central Aerodrome for a test flight. While cruising at 900 m (3,000 ft), the mechanic informed the pilot of an oil leak on the right engine. The pilot began descending and decided to divert to Oktyabrskoye Airfield. On approach, at 1...
Date: 27 October 1932
Flight: СССР-Z1
Aircraft: SM.62bis
Location: Kulebyakino
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Irkutsk-Bodaibo cargo service. Some 40 km (25 mi) from Kirensk the weather worsened and visibility was poor from falling snow. The pilot descended, ostensibly to remain visual contact with the ground. Control was lost at 20–30 m (66–...
Date: 27 January 1933
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 8 February 1933
Flight: СССР-Л481
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Goychay
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Baku-Tiflis (now Tbilisi) passenger service. En route to Ganzhda and Yevlakh the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog. He descended to maintain visual contact with the ground and followed a rail line. While approaching Goychay at below 30&#...
Date: 13 February 1933
Flight: СССР-Л455
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Moscow Region
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. Approaching Podolsk, the weather deteriorated and the pilot decided to return to Moscow, but the weather was also poor there. During the approach, at 110–120 m (360–390 ft), the aircraft struck an antenna, part...
Date: 11 May 1933
Flight: СССР-Л463
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kontuganovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg)-Yanaul-Kazan passenger service. While cruising at 800 m (2,600 ft), the weather worsened with snow showers, although the weather forecast called for rain. The pilot descended to 300 m (980 ft) and...
Date: 27 June 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш566
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Michurinsk
Summary: While flying at 700–750 m (2,300–2,460 ft), the pilot lost control while performing stunts. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed. The inexperienced pilot had become disorientated.
Date: 13 August 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш480
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Balashov
Summary: The two aircraft were operating a training flight when they collided. Cause attributed to errors of both pilots.
Date: 18 August 1933
Flight: CCCP-Л150
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kazan
Summary: Mid-air collision. The ANT-9 was on a test flight, and after 13 minutes, the pilot decided to return to the airport. On final approach, the aircraft collided with a Polikarpov U-2 (CCCP-S227) that had been completing a local flight. Both aircraft crashed, killing both pilots o...
Date: 5 September 1933
Flight: СССР-J5
Aircraft: R-6L
Location: Poldasnya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Moscow to Feodosia. En route, the aircraft encountered bad weather. Because of the low visibility, the pilot descended to establish a visual reference with the ground, but the aircraft struck a tree and crashed .
Date: 17 September 1933
Flight: СССР-Л538
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft took off from Moscow on a cargo flight. A few minutes after takeoff, at 200–300 m (660–980 ft), the crew encountered vibration and stability problems and decided to return to Moscow. On approach at 150 m (490 ft) the aircraft entered an uncontr...
Date: 17 November 1933
Flight: СССР-Л406
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Bataysk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the crew encountered engine problems and the aircraft climbed to 70 m (230 ft) before beginning a descent. The pilot attempted to find a spot for a forced landing but the aircraft nosed down and crashed and caught fire. The cause of the engine...
Date: 24 December 1933
Flight: CCCP-Ш629
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Balashov
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight. After takeoff, the crew performed two turns and then climbed to 350 m (1,150 ft), eventually entering clouds. Five minutes after takeoff, the aircraft entered a high-speed descent. The crew attempted to regain control, bu...
Date: 11 March 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1127
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Zalivnaya
Summary: The aircraft was on a Moscow-Tashkent delivery flight. During the Samara-Orenburg leg, the engine failed and the crew made an emergency landing. Due to poor weather, technical problems and awaiting fuel from Orenburg, the crew was stuck for 18 days. Following repairs, the airc...
Date: 12 March 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1502
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Povarovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad mail flight. A few minutes after takeoff, weather conditions worsened with low ceiling and intermittent snow. At 100 m (330 ft) the aircraft entered a right turn, descended and crashed.
Date: 26 April 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1125
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Ak-Su
Summary: At 1,000 m (3,300 ft) the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 28 April 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1015
Aircraft: SP
Location: Akytubinsk
Summary: The aircraft took off from Akytubinsk on a mail flight. Ten minutes after takeoff the pilot decided to return because he thought there was a loss of hydraulic pressure. Due to an incorrect approach configuration, the pilot landed with a tailwind and the aircraft struck a parke...
Date: 18 May 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1075
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Karatkansk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Novosibirsk-Omsk mail flight. After passing over Tatarsk, weather conditions worsened with low ceiling, heavy rain and strong winds. After entering clouds, the pilot became disorientated and attempted to return to Tatarsk, but the local beacon was...
Date: 6 June 1934
Flight: СССР-Л787
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Optukha
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. While at 50 m (160 ft) over the valley of Oka, weather deteriorated with havy clouds, drizzle and low ceiling. After completing two turns, the pilot did not realize that he was flying too low and the aircraft c...
Date: 10 June 1934
Flight: СССР-Л1528
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kuschevka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Mineralnye Vody-Armavir-Rostov mail flight. Following technical problems, the pilot was forced to stay overnight in Armavir due to poor weather. The pilot departed Armavir, but while approaching Kutschevka, the aircraft encountered fog and the pilo...
Date: 27 July 1934
Flight: СССР-Л130
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Balkhash
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata (now Almaty)-Karaganda-Taldykorgan-Balkhash passenger service. On approach to Taldykorgan, the pilot made a series of mistakes and violations and landed the aircraft in a crosswind and the aircraft touched down on one landing gear. A go-a...
Date: 15 August 1934
Flight: СССР-Х2
Aircraft: SM.62bis
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Irkutsk-Bodaibo passenger service. On the Angara River, the aircraft traveled 100 m (328 ft) and made a 180 degree turn to begin the takeoff. The aircraft rotated and took off despite insufficient speed. Achieving a nose-up attitude, the...
Date: 4 September 1934
Flight: СССР-Л997
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Olga Bay
Summary: Following a series of reconnaissance missions over the eastern portion of Primorsky Krai, the crew prepared to return to Vladivostok. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the crew decided to return to refuel. Landing at 140–150 km/h (87–93 mph), the right float struck an ob...
Date: 27 September 1934
Flight: СССР-М7
Aircraft: SP
Location: Basargechar
Summary: Following an uneventful flight from Yerevan, the aircraft was on approach when the pilot requested a straight-in approach, which was against procedure that request a circuit vertical to the airport. Because of this, the pilot deviated from the approach path. At 50 m (160&...
Date: 5 October 1934
Flight: СССР-Л417
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 15 November 1934
Flight: СССР-Л786
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kaduy
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk mail flight. After passing Nizhneudinsk, the pilot flew into a blizzard. He descended to maintain visual contact with the ground and decided to return to Nizhneudinsk. At about 20 m (66 ft), the aircraft struck the to...
Date: 25 December 1934
Flight: СССР-Л544
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Ananino
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yanaul-Sverdlovsk service. Weather conditions worsened en route and visibility was very low due to fog. Approaching Ananino the aircraft was at 4 m (13 ft) flying over houses. During a turn the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 11 January 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1522
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Aktyubinsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Guryev-Aktyubinsk service. En route, weather conditions worsened and the pilot encountered low visibility due to snow. While flying over an oil field, the pilot became disorientated and could not locate his position. He began a sharp right turn, ap...
Date: 25 February 1935
Flight: СССР-Л619
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Dnipropetrovsk
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) from Kryvyi Rih following a mail flight. Approaching Dnipropetrovsk the crew encountered thick fog with very low visibility. The pilot descended, probably to maintain visual reference with the ground, but the a...
Date: 26 February 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1057
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kazan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Sverdlovsk-Yanaul-Kazan-Moscow mail service. The pilot stayed overnight in Yanaul, departing the next day for Kazan. At Kazan, weather worsened with limited visibility due to fog. At 70–80 m (230–260 ft) on approach, the...
Date: 10 March 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1170
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Slobodshikovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Arkhangelsk-Kotlas-Syktyvkar passenger service. Approaching Korovinskaya the pilot encountered sudden heavy snow for a period of 15-20 minutes at a time. Visibility was very poor, but the pilot decided not to return and continued. A few minutes la...
Date: 8 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Ш913
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Ivanovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight from Balashov to Saratov. The crew was told to stay above 300 m (980 ft) and not to enter clouds. After takeoff, flying south, the aircraft entered clouds. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 22 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1734
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Kazbek
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Mineralnye Vody-Tiflis (now Tbilisi) mail flight. After passing the Krestovy Pass, the crew encountered poor weather. The pilot decided to return and began turning, but the pilot became disorientated. Assuming that he passed the highest mountain, t...
Date: 26 June 1935
Flight: СССР-Л840
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Lazarev
Summary: Struck a mountain while flying too low after the pilot became disorientated. The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky–Khabarovsk passenger service. Wreckage found in September 1935 and located again in August 1985. A 2015-2016 expedition to the crash site found s...
Date: 5 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1905
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tokmok
Summary: After a successful mail flight from Frunze to Karakol, the pilot wanted to return to Frunze, but weather conditions were poor. In a hurry, he took off for Frunze, but never made it there. Wreckage was found 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Tokmok at 2,800 m (9,200...
Date: 8 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1890
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Syrt
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Orenburg-Tashkent mail flight. During the Kuibyshev-Orenburg leg the pilot encountered poor weather with rain and thunderstorms. He decided to continue, descending to 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft). Control was l...
Date: 30 July 1935
Flight: СССР-Л19
Aircraft: F.13
Location: Faizobod
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Garm cargo flight. After takeoff the pilot found it difficult to gain altitude and while over mountainous terrain, the aircraft entered clouds. While in a valley the pilot attempted to turn around, but the aircraft crashed...
Date: 27 September 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1902
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Arsen'evo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv mail flight. While flying between Tula and Orel the pilot became disorientated because the light beacon was not working (they were turned off after midnight). After four hours in the air the pilot attempted an emergency landing but c...
Date: 25 November 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1980
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Mount Kyzyltas
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Balkhash-Karaganda passenger flight. En route weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow and fog. The pilot continued instead of returning to Balkhash. After flying at night for four hours the aircraft struck the side of Mount Kyzyltas. T...
Date: 16 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1555
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Posolskoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating the first leg of an Irkutsk-Ulan-Ude–Mogocha cargo flight, but never arrived at Ulan-Ude. A search for the aircraft began, and three days later, the pilot of P-5 CCCP-Л1909 noticed a burned-out aircraft on an ice floe in Lake Baikal some 10–12 k...
Date: 30 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л971
Aircraft: SP
Location: Troitskoye
Summary: Disappeared during a Khabarovsk–Troitskoye–Komsomolsk-on-Amur mail flight. The wrecked aircraft was found on 13 April 1938 by hunters rotting away in a swamp 52 km (32 mi) from the mouth of the Khungari River on its left bank. The pilot was injured in the crash, but...
Date: 31 December 1935
Flight: СССР-Л1196
Aircraft: Stal-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed. Exact date unknown.
Date: 7 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1571
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Khorog
Summary: Overturned after landing next to the runway. The pilot had adopted an incorrect approach configuration and missed the runway. Due to complete a Stalinabad-Khorog passenger flight.
Date: 10 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1532
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Doshtak
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khorugh-Stalinabad passenger flight. An hour into the flight, the pilot got lost after entering a valley and could not locate his position. As night fell the pilot saw the lights of Doshtak and decided to land but the aircraft struck the side of a...
Date: 22 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1738
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Lukolovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Okha–Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin passenger service. Fifteen minutes into the flight, weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow. The pilot descended and continued along the shore. In the low visibility, the pilot did not realize that the airc...
Date: 25 January 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1781
Aircraft: SP
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Novgorod to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). After takeoff the aircraft entered clouds and the pilot became disorientated and realized he was flying towards Kresttsy and not Leningrad. Despite this, the pilot attempted to retur...
Date: 6 March 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1078
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tyr
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Komsomolsk-on-Amur–Nizhnetambovskoye–Bogorodskoye–Nikolayevsk-on-Amur cargo flight. During the final leg, weather quickly worsened and visibility was less than 1 km (0.62 mi) due to snow. The pilot attempted an emergency landin...
Date: 21 June 1936
Flight: СССР-Л996
Aircraft: S.55P
Location: Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin
Summary: The aircraft was due to begin a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin–Viakhtu–Khabarovsk passenger service. The takeoff was delayed several times due to swells and strong winds. The crew also noted floating logs in the water. That evening, when the weather cleared up, the crew decided to tak...
Date: 22 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л2030
Aircraft: SP
Location: Mariupol
Summary: The aircraft was on a special cargo flight to deliver spare parts for combine harvesters to Ukrainian farmers. Several landings were made at Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) and Zaporizhia and then the pilot landed at the 'Azov' sovkhoz (60 km (37 mi) from Mariupol). The...
Date: 27 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л192
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kulob
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Kulob passenger service. Following a downwind leg to Kulob Airport, while flying over the runway at 10 m (33 ft), the pilot performed a go-around. The aircraft climbed to 30 m (98 ft) in a nose-up atti...
Date: 31 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л416
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 31 July 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1918
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe)-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Moscow mail flight. On approach to Kuybyshev the pilot made a half-circle to reach the runway, but realized his position was incorrect. He began a go-around when he saw the chimney of a foundry. While...
Date: 4 August 1936
Flight: СССР-Л2122
Aircraft: ANT-7
Location: Malmyzh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky–Nizhnetambovskoye–Khabarovsk passenger service. The crew did not receive any weather bulletins for the route and destination before takeoff. Several instruments, such as the variometer, path finder and artificial horizon a...
Date: 30 October 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1706
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 25 m (82 ft) and the pilot began a right turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed. The cause was not determined, but the pilot probably hurried his departure to allow another aircraft to depart immediately behind him....
Date: 21 November 1936
Flight: СССР-Л1892
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kulob
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kulob-Stalinabad cargo flight. The pilot circled over the airport to gain altitude and then set off for Stalinabad. Ten minutes later, at 300 m (980 ft), the engine failed. Due to unsuitable terrain, an emergency landing was not possible....
Date: 10 December 1936
Flight: СССР-Ш869
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Sukhotinka
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight from Tambov to Balashov. Some 15-20 minutes into the flight, while over Sukhotinka, the aircraft was following a road at low altitude when it entered clouds. The aircraft rolled to the left, descended to the ground and crashed.
Date: 26 December 1936
Flight: СССР-М50
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Akh-Dag
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Basargechar-Yerevan cargo flight. While in clouds over the Akhmangan Mountains, control was lost and the aircraft struck the side of Mount Akh-Dag. A search was initiated but suspended on 15 January 1937; wreckage was found on 26 August 1937. The p...
Date: 9 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л2095
Aircraft: SP
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Approaching Vladivostok from the north, the pilot encountered poor weather with heavy snow. Flying low in limited visibility, the aircraft struck two trees and crashed. Due to complete an Iman-Vladivostok mail service.
Date: 10 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л167
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Tbilisi to Moscow for repairs. Despite low clouds, the aircraft took off for Grozny. Low clouds forced the pilot to fly low and just before reaching Grozny, the aircraft entered fog. The pilot turned around to exit the fog and after leaving...
Date: 18 February 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1731
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Orlik
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Uralsk-Guryev cargo flight. Weather conditions worsened en route and the crew made an emergency landing near Kalmykovo. About an hour later the aircraft took off again as visibility had improved. The aircraft never arrived at Guryev; wreckage was f...
Date: 27 May 1937
Flight: CCCP-Ш938
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Alkakhatki
Summary: The aircraft as operating a training flight. While cruising at 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in good weather, the aircraft began to break apart, after which it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. The student pilot probably made an error with the power lever while flyin...
Date: 27 June 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л176
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Zaporozhye Airport
Summary: Collided on the runway with a PL-5 during takeoff. The PL-5 departed the airport for Moscow. A few minutes later for reasons unknown, the PL-5 decided to return. Meanwhile, the ANT-9 was preparing for the second leg of a Simferopol-Zaporozhye-Moscow passenger service. The PL-5...
Date: 9 July 1937
Flight: CCCP-Ш630
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Alkakhatki
Summary: During a training flight, the pilot performed stunts at 800 m (2,600 ft). Control was lost and the aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 10 July 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1232
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Nizhne Kazache
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Moscow-Yelets-Voronezh-Astrakhan passenger service. Fifteen minutes after takeoff from Yelets, the engine developed problems. The pilot descended and attempted an emergency landing in a rye field, but the aircraft struck an embank...
Date: 6 August 1937
Flight: URSS-M25
Aircraft: DC-2-152
Location: Herina
Summary: Crashed after a passenger lit a cigarette in the toilet, where avgas fumes had accumulated. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Prague–Cluj–Moscow passenger service.
Date: 17 September 1937
Flight: CCCP-Т190
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both aircraft were on training flights, and each aircraft had their own training zone. Inexplicably, the pilot of CCCP-Т118 changed his heading and left his training zone, colliding with CCCP-Т190. Both aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 10 October 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1538
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Drachevka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kharkiv-Moscow mail flight. Fifty minutes into the flight, the engine began to vibrate. A fuel smell spread through the cabin and the engine caught fire. The pilot bailed out and the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed and burned out. The fir...
Date: 12 November 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л163
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Chardzhou
Summary: Four to five minutes after an uneventful takeoff, at 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 ft), the right engine quit. The aircraft began to turn right and the pilot corrected it. The pilot decided to return to Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat) and performed a left turn. Concerned that t...
Date: 16 November 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л561
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kharkiv
Summary: On approach to Kharkiv, visibility was poor due to fog, yet the crew continued the descent. The aircraft struck a 60 m (200 ft)-high chimney of a brickyard, rolled to the right, descended and crashed. Due to complete a Moscow-Orel-Kharkiv cargo flight.
Date: 29 December 1937
Flight: CCCP-Л1228
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Brovary
Summary: The aircraft was on a test flight following repairs. After takeoff, at around 100 m (330 ft), the crew performed a series of five turns when the aircraft rolled to the right, descended and crashed. The speed had dropped too much during the last turn.
Date: 26 January 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1616
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kichik-Dekhna
Summary: While flying north during a training flight, the crew encountered low visibility in low clouds. The pilot saw a mountain and attempted to gain altitude, but the aircraft struck the mountain.
Date: 20 February 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2398
Aircraft: R-Z
Location: Karataly
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Karaganda-Balkhash mail flight. En route the aircraft struck the side of a mountain in thick fog. Wreckage found on 8 March 1938.
Date: 9 April 1938
Flight: СССР-Л190
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Shaki
Summary: While approaching Shaki inbound from Yevlakh during a cargo flight, the aircraft entered fog. The pilot decided to return but the aircraft crashed on the side of a mountain.
Date: 18 May 1938
Flight: СССР-Н122
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Spiraled out of control and crashed in the Dvina River following engine failure. The aircraft was operating a survey flight.
Date: 17 August 1938
Flight: СССР-Л2550
Aircraft: MP-1bis
Location: Lake Onega
Summary: Broke up in mid-air and crashed in Lake Onega near Suisarri Island. The aircraft was operating a Shunga-Petrozavodsk passenger service.
Date: 19 August 1938
Flight: URSS-M131
Aircraft: ANT-35bis
Location: Bromma Airport
Summary: Failed to lift up and overran the runway. Due to begin a Stockholm-Saint Petersburg passenger service.
Date: 19 August 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2180
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Krasnoborsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kotlas-Arkhangelsk service. Some 40 km (25 mi) from Kotlas, the pilot flew into thunderstorms. Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue, but lightning began striking around him. Disorientated and scared, he shut down the magnet...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1260
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Novoarkhangelsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kiev-Odessa passenger service. Eighty-seven minutes into the flight, at cruise, the aircraft was approaching storms (which were not forecast) when the right wing failed and separated. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. Cause...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1900
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Novoarkhangelsk
Summary: Before the flight, the pilot learned that weather conditions were deteriorating en route. Despite this, the pilot took off on a Novosibirsk-Omsk cargo service. Immediately after takeoff, the aircraft entered clouds and fog. The pilot continued for five minutes until the aircra...
Date: 1 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Ш924
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Bataysk
Summary: Both aircraft were operating training flights. CCCP-Ш924 was following CCCP-Л956 when the first aircraft slowed down so the second aircraft could approach. At around 40 m (130 ft) CCCP-Л956 began a left turn when it collided with CCCP-Ш924. Both aircraft crashed. ATC...
Date: 5 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-А774
Aircraft: AP
Location: Salyan
Summary: The aircraft conducted several crop spraying flights in the area of Ajikabul. The pilot allowed two passengers on board and flew some touring flights before having lunch and drinking vodka. He took off again and during a low pass, a horse was spooked, injuring a young boy. Aft...
Date: 23 September 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2446
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Napareuli
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi–Rostov-on-Don–Moscow cargo flight. Radio contact was lost 33 minutes into the flight; the aircraft had struck the side of a mountain 22 km (14 mi) north-northeast of Napareuli. Wreckage was found on 28 October 1938; the aircraft h...
Date: 10 October 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1560
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: The aircraft took off to locate a PS-40 that had gone missing on 23 September. After takeoff the aircraft entered clouds, but was able to climb above the cloud layer and continue after a few minutes. However, surrounding mountains remained shrouded in cloud and the pilot decid...
Date: 13 October 1938
Flight: CCCP-А988
Aircraft: AP
Location: Naurskaya
Summary: Before returning to Grozny, the pilot invited three farmers on board for a tour. After takeoff, at 35 m (115 ft), the pilot began a sharp left turn when the aircraft stalled and crashed and burned out.
Date: 4 November 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л1622
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kokpekty
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Zaysan–Kokpekty–Semipalatinsk passenger service. The pilot took off from Kokpekty without information about weather conditions. A few minutes after takeoff the pilot entered snow and decided to return, but too late. Approaching Ko...
Date: 10 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л523
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Aramil
Summary: The aircraft took off from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) with cargo, mail and three passengers. Just minutes after takeoff the engine failed. The crew reduced altitude and attempted to perform an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed. The engine failure was caused by a...
Date: 20 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-Л2171
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Ajikabul
Summary: En route to Yevlakh from Baku at 400 m (1,300 ft) during a cargo flight, the pilot encountered fog and climbed to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) when he encountered icing conditions. The pilot decided to return to Baku and descended, but the aircraft struck a hill and...
Date: 26 December 1938
Flight: CCCP-А701
Aircraft: AP
Location: Shulakkurgan
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Shymkent when it encountered worsening weather 45 km (28 mi) south of Shulakkurgan. The aircraft entered clouds and the pilot decided to return, but during a right turn the aircraft struck the side of a mountain and crashed.
Date: 30 January 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2295
Aircraft: SP
Location: Ust-Bolsheretsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky–Ust-Bolsheretsk mail flight, the pilot's third flight on this route. After passing Apacha, the weather worsened and visibility dropped to zero in heavy snow. Despite this, the pilot attempted to land at Ust-Bolsheretsk. On...
Date: 9 February 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2519
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Mozdok
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Grozny–Mineralnye Vody cargo flight. After taking off, the pilot realized that the mountains were shrouded in cloud and changed his route, flying to Gudermes and Mozdok. Approaching Mozdok the pilot encountered low clouds and decided to return, but...
Date: 11 February 1939
Flight: СССР-Л527
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Omsk
Summary: On approach to Omsk in light snow, the pilot realized that the aircraft was not aligned with the runway and performed a go-around. After a short circuit the pilot began a second landing attempt, but on short final the aircraft rolled left, descended and crashed near the runway...
Date: 2 March 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2524
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Mezen
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Arkhangelsk–Mezen–Naryan-Mar cargo service. Approaching Mezen the crew encountered poor weather with low visibility. The pilot was unable to establish radio contact with Mezen Airport so he asked the co-pilot to check the radio system, but the pilo...
Date: 19 April 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2221
Aircraft: SP
Location: Imişli
Summary: During a mail flight in Azerbaijan, the pilot encountered poor weather. Control was lost at 240 m (790 ft) in poor visibility and the aircraft dove into the ground. The inexperienced pilot may have been disorientated.
Date: 19 April 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2162
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Leninabad
Summary: The inexperienced pilot was cleared for takeoff on a Stalinabad (now Dushanbe)-Leninabad (now Khujand) mail flight despite bad weather (thunderstorms) at Leninabad. Control was lost on approach and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 20 July 1939
Flight: СССР-Л2460
Aircraft: ANT-40
Location: Birakan
Summary: While flying at 5,000 m (16,000 ft), the aircraft flew into thunderstorms and became uncontrollable due to severe turbulence. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out and the pilot jumped from the aircraft that crashed soon after. The pilot was found alive but the two...
Date: 23 July 1939
Flight: СССР-А1072
Aircraft: AP
Location: Birakan
Summary: The pilot was completing a crop spraying flight on a cotton field. Control was lost inexplicably and the aircraft nosed down and crashed. The inexperienced pilot was unfamiliar with the area and should not have been flying on his own, which was against procedure.
Date: 2 December 1939
Flight: СССР-К200
Aircraft: SP
Location: Dolgii Buerak
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Ganyushkino to Saratov after dropping off mice for a laboratory in the former city. Approaching Saratov the pilot encountered low visibility and flew over Saratov Airport without visual contact with the ground. He then turned north, but enco...
Date: 21 September 2001
Flight: 521
Aircraft: IL-86
Location: Dubai Airport
Summary: On 21 September 2001, an IL-86 owned and operated by Aeroflot Russian International Airways (RA-86074) landed gear-up at Dubai Airport due to pilot error; all 322 passengers and crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. The aircraft was operating an international schedu...
Date: 30 June 2008
Flight: 846
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154 M
Location: Pulkovo Airport where it was broken up
Summary: On 30 June 2008, Tupolev Tu-154 M (RA-85667) suffered an uncontained engine failure on takeoff from Pulkovo Airport en route to Moscow as Flight 846; all 112 passengers and crew survived, but the aircraft was written off and was parked at Pulkovo Airport where it was broken up...
Date: 14 September 2008
Flight: 821
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Perm Airport
Summary: On 14 September 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821 operated by Aeroflot-Nord in a service agreement with Aeroflot as its subsidiary, crashed on approach to Perm Airport , Russia due to pilot error. All 88 people on board; including 6 crew members and 82 passengers, were killed in the c...
Date: 3 June 2009
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 737-500
Location: Simferopol en route from Moscow
Summary: On 3 June 2009, Boeing 737-500 (VP-BXM) suffered severe damage by a hailstorm while on approach to Simferopol en route from Moscow. The aircraft was written off and stored at Simferopol (with engines removed) where it was last seen in August 2011.
Date: 3 June 2014
Flight: RA-96010
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-96
Location: Sheremetyevo
Summary: On 3 June 2014, Ilyushin Il-96 RA-96010 was damaged beyond economical repair in a fire while parked at Sheremetyevo International Airport , Moscow .
Date: 3 January 2017
Flight: 1008
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Khrabrovo Airport
Summary: On 3 January 2017, Airbus A321 VP-BES overran the runway on landing at Khrabrovo Airport, causing the nosegear to collapse; the aircraft, operating a Moscow–Kaliningrad service as Flight 1008, suffered minor damage.
Date: 5 May 2019
Flight: 1492
Aircraft: Sukhoi Superjet 100
Location: Sheremetyevo
Summary: On 5 May 2019, Sukhoi Superjet 100 RA-89098 operating a Moscow-Murmansk service as Flight 1492 suffered an in-flight emergency and subsequently caught fire during an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport , where it burned out. 41 of the 78 people on board wer...
Date: 1 August 2020
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: On 1 August 2020, a fuel truck hit the nose of a parked Airbus A321 -211 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, crushing the driver's cabin and seriously damaging the nose of the aircraft.
Date: 26 April 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3529
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Sinegubovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv-Mineralnye Vody cargo service. While flying at 300 m (980 ft) at a speed of 290 km/h (180 mph), weather conditions worsened with low clouds and rain. With no radio contact to obtain a weather briefing, the crew fl...
Date: 16 May 1940
Flight: CCCP-Т3518
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Voronezh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Stalingrad (now Volgograd)-Moscow mail flight. After takeoff, the aircraft entered clouds and continued northwest. After flying some 350 km (220 mi) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in clouds, the aircraft entered a high-speed (750–800...
Date: 9 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3523
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Novoe Selo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Rostov-on-Don–Sochi–Sukhumi–Kutaisi–Tbilisi mail flight. Fifty minutes into the flight, while flying through storms, control was lost and the aircraft entered a high-speed (600–700 km/h (370–430 mph)) dive, partially broke up in the air a...
Date: 16 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-А1289
Aircraft: AP
Location: Chernyshkovsky
Summary: The aircraft was spraying mustard plants. After his lunch break, the pilot made some low passes over the village and to show off the aircraft's capabilities. At 10–12 m (33–39 ft) he performed stunts, but then lost control and the aircraft crashed. The pilot was drunk.
Date: 30 June 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л2154
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk–Balagansk–Ust-Kut–Yakutsk passenger service. Approaching Ust-Kut an engine lost power and began to vibrate. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft clipped trees and crashed in a wooded area. The next day, the surviving...
Date: 7 August 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3409
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Moscow–Omsk–Novosibirsk–Irkutsk passenger service.
Date: 23 November 1940
Flight: CCCP-Л3405
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ordzhonikidze Krai
Summary: Struck a mountain in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Rostov-on-Don–Mineralnye Vody passenger service.
Date: 6 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2569
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: Crashed on approach. The aircraft was operating a Ust-Tsylma–Leshukonskoye passenger service.
Date: 10 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3370
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Crashed and broke in two. The aircraft was operating a flight from Ust-Tsylma to Ukhta to collect election materials.
Date: 15 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1991
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Danghara
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 16 January 1941
Flight: CCCP-F
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Suslovo
Summary: The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Omsk to Ulan-Ude. En route the engine failed and the pilot attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed in a prairie.
Date: 6 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3530
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Trostyanka
Summary: During the second leg of a Moscow-Kuybyshev (now Samara)-Almaty mail flight, the aircraft suffered technical problems and attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed in a pasture 70 km (43 mi) east of Kuybyshev.
Date: 6 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3522
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: En route to Kuybyshev (now Samara) the aircraft encountered icing conditions and the cockpit windows iced over. The pilot was forced to put his head out to land at Kuybyshev Airport, but the aircraft missed the runway in the process. The aircraft skidded off the runway after l...
Date: 11 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3374
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Samarovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tyumen-Samarovo (now Khanty-Mansiysk) passenger service. Approaching Samarovo weather worsened with snow reducing visibility. The pilot flew over Samarovo without visual contact and continued until weather improved, after which the pilot decided to...
Date: 13 February 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3505
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Oktyabrskaya
Summary: Before takeoff for a Leningrad (now Volgograd)-Moscow mail flight, the pilot was informed of weather conditions and was told to stay below 600 m (2,000 ft). Shortly after takeoff the aircraft returned due to a leak in the right oil tank and after repairs the aircraft...
Date: 7 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л118
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Tula
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Moscow to Baku. En route the crew encountered poor weather and diverted to Tula. After landing the aircraft veered off the runway, breaking off the left engine.
Date: 8 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3387
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Petropavlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Omsk-Petropavlovsk cargo flight. On approach, the aircraft descended too low to the right and the pilot began a left turn when control was lost. The aircraft crashed 950 m (3,120 ft) from the 'T'.
Date: 14 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1496
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Begovat
Summary: While flying at 200–250 m (660–820 ft), the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The aircraft lost altitude and the aircraft stalled and crashed while trying to climb back to its previous altitude. The aircraft was operating a Tashkent–Fergana cargo service.
Date: 23 March 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1243
Aircraft: Stal-3
Location: Verkhnyaya Kolybelka
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was operating a Voronezh-Moscow passenger flight.
Date: 1 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3311
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Shala Pristan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Petrozavodsk–Pudozh cargo flight. Before the flight, the pilot was told that if weather worsened, he was to fly around Lake Onega. Weather did indeed worsen en route and visibility was too low when the aircraft crashed in a snowy field some 9 ...
Date: 7 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2482
Aircraft: PS-35
Location: Khotmyzhsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kharkiv flight. En route the crew encountered severe icing conditions and decided to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field.
Date: 12 April 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1679
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Khoe
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinski–Khabarovsk passenger flight. Some 14 minutes into the flight, the pilot entered fog. Due to poor visibility, he descended fast when control was lost. The aircraft crashed on the icy Tatar Strait, some 3 km (1.9 m...
Date: 25 April 1941
Flight: URSS-C
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed on takeoff in a snowstorm.
Date: 18 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2988
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mestia
Summary: Crashed on landing due to pilot error. Due to complete a Kutaisi-Mestia mail flight.
Date: 21 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Т435
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight. After several circuits over Minsk Airport, the pilot began the approach. The aircraft was not aligned with the runway and the pilot performed a go-around. The aircraft continued for 300 m (980 ft) at 50 m (160 ft), the...
Date: 27 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л112
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Kulob
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft was operating a Kulob-Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) passenger service. Ten minutes after takeoff at 940 m (3,080 ft) above a mountainous area, an engine failed. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing, but there was no suitable ter...
Date: 27 May 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1083
Aircraft: AP
Location: Budenovka
Summary: The pilot was spraying beet crops. Shortly after takeoff from the last flight, at 20–25 m (66–82 ft), the pilot began a sharp right turn. the aircraft rolled to a 45° angle when the pilot reduced engine power and the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 14 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2986
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Gosh
Summary: Struck the side of a mountain in poor weather. The aircraft was operating a mail flight.
Date: 23 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-К475
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 23 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-К467
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 24 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2734
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Missing.
Date: 24 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1478
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Churan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Churan-Irkutsk passenger service. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft entered a nose-high attitude, pitched up, stalled and crashed in the Lena River. All four crew escaped, but the passengers did not and drowned when the aircraft sank. The pilot h...
Date: 29 June 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3433
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vayenga
Summary: While on approach to Vayenga during a supply flight (ammunition), the aircraft was accidentally attacked by Soviet Navy fighters. A forced landing was performed and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 2 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3467
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared after taking off from Vnukovo Airport for a mission; the aircraft probably crashed near Lipetsk. The pilot was located in a Tashkent hospital on 10 January 1942 with burns and injuries, but remembered nothing of the crash and the crew.
Date: 6 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф165
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Bryansk
Summary: Crashed on landing. Due to complete a mail flight.
Date: 6 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1493
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: After landing, the aircraft was taxiing with two engines shut down. At a high speed, the pilot realized that the aircraft could not taxi further and throttled down and began turning right when the right landing gear collapsed. The landing gear could not withstand the load plac...
Date: 7 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3470
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Rogachov
Summary: While on approach to Rogachov (then in German hands), the aircraft was accidentally shot down by a Soviet fighter, after which it crashed and burned out.
Date: 8 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3466
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Luga
Summary: Crashed near Luga (then in German hands).
Date: 11 July 1941
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Gomel
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 12 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3502
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Dmytrivka
Summary: On 29 June, during a flight from Moscow to Ternopil, the aircraft was struck by ground fire and landed at Proskurov. The same day the aircraft took off for Kiev but the aircraft was again attacked while approaching Kiev and the pilot decided to land in a rye field near Dmytriv...
Date: 12 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2267
Aircraft: SP
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Crashed during a Smolensk-Nevel flight.
Date: 13 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3464
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ruza
Summary: The aircraft was flying 19 wounded soldiers from Velikiye Luki to Moscow when it was attacked three times by a German fighter and caught fire. The crew reduced altitude and force-landed in an open field near Ruza. All on board were able to escape before the aircraft burned out.
Date: 13 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3939
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Velikiye Luki Airport
Summary: While on a supply flight (ammunition) from Moscow to Velikiye Luki the aircraft was attacked and shot down by four German fighters.
Date: 14 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1291
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared during a Smolensk-Unetsha flight.
Date: 14 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-С5006
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Orsha
Summary: Disappeared during a Orsha-Zubovo charter flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 15 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3055
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Ryabtsevo
Summary: Inbound from Belarus on a cargo flight to Smolensk, the aircraft was accidentally struck by Soviet flak. The fearful pilot reduced altitude and attempted a forced landing, but the aircraft crashed in rough terrain.
Date: 16 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф95
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kalinin
Summary: While flying low, the pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 16 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3460
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Chkalovsky Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The engines had not been warmed up before takeoff.
Date: 17 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2698
Aircraft: SP
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared during a Vyazma-Smolensk flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 17 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-А864
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Roslavl
Summary: Disappeared during a Vyazma-Roslavl flight. Possibly shot down.
Date: 18 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф49
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Kiev
Summary: While flying low, control was lost and the aircraft crashed on the west side of Kiev. The aircraft had been accidentally attacked.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3504
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning from a supply mission; the aircraft was probably shot down over the North Front region. All crew declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2979
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed following right engine failure.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3427
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelnya
Summary: Disappeared while flying to Gomel from Vnukovo Airport for a mission. According to German archives, the pilot and radio operator were captured on 19 July 1941 near Yelnya. The radio operator died in captivity on 5 June 1942 while the pilot was returned in 1945.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: URSS-K
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Novgorod
Summary: Destroyed in a German air raid.
Date: 19 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2529
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Spirovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Novgorod cargo service. While flying along the railway road to Kalinin (now Tver), the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 20 July 1941
Flight: URSS-G
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The aircraft was being flown to Novgorod to replace DC-3 URSS-K when it was destroyed by enemy action.
Date: 21 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-К474
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Kardymovo
Summary: Disappeared while returning from the Kardymovo region. Possibly shot down.
Date: 22 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3056
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: After takeoff, at 20–30 m (66–98 ft), the left engine lost power for reasons unknown. The aircraft rolled to the left, lost altitude, struck a tree and crashed. The engine was probably not warmed up before takeoff.
Date: 25 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3469
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Nikolayev
Summary: Accidentally shot down by Soviet Air Force fighters.
Date: 26 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3400
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lake Sabro
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Kholm to Kalinin (now Tver) with wounded soldiers on board. Flying too low over Lake Sabro, the propellers struck the water. The aircraft then struck a tree on an island in the lake and crashed on the island.
Date: 27 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3421
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight between two airfields at Vyazma when it was attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft, starting a fire. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 30 July 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3459
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma Airport
Summary: Landed outside the airfield and overran into a ravine after the crew failed to locate the runway.
Date: 1 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3419
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and force-landed in a swamp.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3509
Aircraft: PS-41bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. Due to begin a special night mission.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: URSS-B
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Kiev Airport
Summary: Caught fire and burned out during an enemy air raid.
Date: 2 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3431
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Uman
Summary: The aircraft were part of a group of five PS-84s delivering ammo, weapons and fuel to encircled Red Army units near Teklievka (near Uman, Ukraine). Near Kirovograd (now Kirovohrad) both aircraft came under fire from German flak. CCCP-Л3429 crashed and burned, all on board died...
Date: 3 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-А770
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Mosaly
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 6 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3432
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: In the early morning the two aircraft left Pakhomovo on a positioning flight to Moscow. Neither the crew nor Pakhomovo ATC knew about the weather at Moscow. CCCP-Л3480 encountered fog, performed a go-around and began circling. CCCP-Л3432 was attempting to land when it collided...
Date: 8 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3919
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Bereznegovatoye
Summary: During a cargo flight in the Nikolaev region, the aircraft flew low near the front line where Soviet troops were retreating and was attacked by an unknown aircraft. The pilot descended almost to ground level, but the right propeller hit the ground and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 8 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3515
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: The aircraft was operating a meteorological (atmospheric sounding) flight. While at 5,000 m (16,000 ft), the right engine developed problems. On the mechanic's advice, the pilot shut down the engine and decided to return to Rostov. On final approach on one engine, sp...
Date: 10 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3426
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Veimarn
Summary: Shot down by an enemy aircraft and made a wheels-up emergency landing on rough terrain.
Date: 13 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-С1181
Aircraft: SP
Location: Podmoshye
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 18 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2962
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Sofiysk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Nizhnetambovskoye–Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinski passenger service. About an hour into the second leg, the pilot noticed a leak on the right engine, between cylinders seven and eight. The engine quit shortly after and the crew decided to make...
Date: 18 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-К398
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Sevan
Summary: After dropping off an engineer at Sevan, the pilot took off to return to Yerevan. Shortly after lifting off, at 25–35 m (82–115 ft) the aircraft entered a sharp left turn then nosed down and crashed. The pilot died of his injuries four hours later.
Date: 19 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3483
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yastrebovo
Summary: Attacked by a German fighter, caught fire, and crashed in a forest. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Vyazma supply flight.
Date: 21 August 1941
Flight: URSS-H
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Mirgorod Airport
Summary: En route from Brovary at night, the aircraft approached the unlit Mirgorod Airport (which had not been informed of the flight). The crew did not realize the presence of radio masts on the approach path and attempted to avoid them, but in the process, the aircraft lost speed an...
Date: 24 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3764
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Sadovniki
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Myachkovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport. Some 15 minutes into the flight, weather worsened and the pilot became disorientated due to the limited visibility in rain. He descended and attempted an emergency landing in a muddy field near Sadovniki...
Date: 26 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-К281
Aircraft: SP
Location: Shapki
Summary: The aircraft was operating a medevac flight, carrying two wounded soldiers. En route the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 27 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1996
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kizyl-Arvat
Summary: The crew was informed that their destination airport was lit when actually it was not, due to a blackout. The crew failed to locate the airport and flew northwest. Later a forced landing was attempted at Kizyl-Arvat, but the aircraft struck a hill at 70 m (230 ft) an...
Date: 26 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3410
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mga
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight carrying secret documents when it was shot down by a German fighter, after which it crashed in a wooded area and burned out.
Date: 29 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3412
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Nevskaya Dubrovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad (now Volgograd) charter flight. Approaching Leningrad the aircraft was accidentally hit by Soviet flak and the crew decided to make a forced landing, but the aircraft crashed 2.5 km (1.6 mi) further on.
Date: 30 August 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2551
Aircraft: MP-1bis
Location: Unknown
Summary: During a paratrooping mission, the aircraft landed on a lake behind enemy lines, but the hull was punctured and the aircraft sank.
Date: 6 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3923
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight from Komendantskiy Airfield to an area near Divenskaya railway station (Gatchinsky District, Leningrad region) behind German lines when it was struck by ground fire. A forced landing was performed after which the aircraft burned out.
Date: 6 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Ф89
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Bryukhovetskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Simferopol-Moscow. En route, the pilot descended too low and the landing gear hit the ground. The aircraft then struck and killed two people working in a field, after which the aircraft crashed.
Date: 10 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3908
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yedrovo
Summary: Destroyed on the ground during a German air raid.
Date: 13 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2518
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Olenitsa
Summary: The aircraft was flying four wounded soldiers from Murmansk to Arkhangelsk. Two hours into the flight, the engine began losing power and ultimately failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed upside down in a bog. The aircraft later burned out fol...
Date: 17 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-К406
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Volosta-Pyatnitsa
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 28 September 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3542
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Pilno
Summary: The crew was returning following a mail flight. In poor visibility, the crew was unable to locate the airport. After flying for four hours, the crew bailed out of the aircraft that then crashed past enemy lines.
Date: 3 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3926
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma-Dvoyevka
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The crew attempted to take off at night from a 700 m (2,300 ft) runway; the aircraft was also overloaded by 1,114 kg (2,456 lb). After lifting off the runway the aircraft lost height and crashed after 100–150 m (330–490 ft), on...
Date: 4 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3928
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the right engine failed. The pilot told the mechanic to raise the landing gear, but for unknown reasons he never did so. The aircraft began to lose altitude and struck trees and crashed. The engine failure was caused by poor maintenance.
Date: 4 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1194
Aircraft: AP
Location: Vorochilovsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a Pyatigorsk–Vorochilovsk (now Stavropol)–Krasnodar delivery flight. Before takeoff for the second leg, the crew assumed the weather conditions were good, but a few minutes after takeoff, weather worsened and visibility was too low. Despite this, the pilot...
Date: 7 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2591
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kasnya
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 8 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3937
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft took off from Bolshoi Dvor on a special flight on behalf of the Soviet Army. En route the crew encountered poor visibility due to snow. The crew attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft struck a telegraph pole, breaking off the left wing and crashed in a d...
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3420
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed on takeoff during a test flight. The flight engineer had selected a near-empty fuel tank, causing both engines to quit.
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3917
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kozelsk
Summary: After a forced landing following an attack by German fighters, the aircraft took off again but crashed due to icing.
Date: 9 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3462
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Tikhvin
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to overloading.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3491
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevsk
Summary: While on approach to Soviet units encircled by Germans in the Bryansk area, the aircraft was hit by German fire, after which it force-landed near Sevsk and burned out.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: URSS-D
Aircraft: DC-3-260
Location: Sankt Navlya
Summary: En route from Monino to the Bryansk area, the aircraft was struck by German ground fire and exploded in mid-air, breaking in two. Three of the five on board were thrown out of the aircraft by the blast; two of them (including the pilot) were taken prisoner by the Germans.
Date: 10 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1296
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kasnya
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire during a Vyazma-Kasnya flight.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3978
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Medyn
Summary: Attacked and hit by German fighters. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3970
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Dmitrovsk
Summary: While flying to an area in the Kursk region that was in German hands, the aircraft was shot down by German forces.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3496
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevsk
Summary: Struck by enemy fire (possibly ground fire) and crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3494
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kursk area
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and crashed and burned out.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3936
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gorlovo
Summary: Crashed following an attack by a German Me 109.
Date: 12 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3925
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mozhaysk
Summary: Crashed and burned out following an attack by twelve German Me 109s.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3957
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ladoga
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3419
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Chornoye
Summary: During a flight from Leningrad to the Soviet hinterland, the aircraft was attacked by German forces.
Date: 13 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3449
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kursk area
Summary: During a cargo flight to drop supplies in the Kursk area, the aircraft was struck by German anti-aircraft fire, damaging the right engine and hydraulic system. A forced landing was carried out, after which the aircraft caught fire.
Date: 21 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1022
Aircraft: AP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared during a reconnaissance mission.
Date: 22 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л1495
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: On approach to Kazan, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. The pilot continued the approach and descended too low. The aircraft struck the ground short of the runway and crashed.
Date: 22 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3751
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Chernokorova
Summary: En route to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) from Tyumen for a political party committee meeting, the left engine failed at 100 m (330 ft). Control was lost and the aircraft rolled left, entered a dive and crashed. The aircraft, which was overloaded, was flying too low.
Date: 23 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л157
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Vaziani
Summary: The aircraft flew from Tbilisi to Vaziani to pick up seven skydivers. During the takeoff roll at Vaziani, the aircraft rolled left and the pilot aborted the takeoff. A second takeoff was aborted for the same reason. Assuming that the mudguard was rubbing on the left wheel, the...
Date: 27 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3930
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Shibenets
Summary: Lost control and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had taken off with snow on its wings.
Date: 27 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3472
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Podborovye
Summary: The aircraft was transferring 10 mechanics: two to Cherepovets to replace cylinders on the aircraft there and the rest to Tikhvin to repair two aircraft. No information on the fate of the aircraft was heard until 23 November, when one of the mechanics returned to Moscow. Accor...
Date: 30 October 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3528
Aircraft: PS-41
Location: Tashkent
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight. Shortly after takeoff, the left engine failed. The crew attempted to return to make an emergency landing, but the aircraft stalled and crashed on a lab of a textile factory northwest of the airport. The crew did not realize that the fuel...
Date: 9 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А865
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning to base. Both pilots were declared dead.
Date: 10 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-К153
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Nikol'skoye
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the pilot began turning when control was lost. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed.
Date: 11 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2131
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Unknown
Summary: Failed to take off and overran the runway. The aircraft had struck an obstacle during takeoff.
Date: 14 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3488
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Akchernya
Summary: The aircraft drifted off course by 18 km (11 mi) and the crew could not locate their destination of Uryupinsk. The crew selected flaps in preparation for a forced landing near Akchernya, but the aircraft, which was being ferried from Voronezh, crashed immediately aft...
Date: 14 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3951
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Komendantskiy Airfield
Summary: Destroyed by a bomb during a German air raid while parked at Komendantskiy Airfield, near Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg).
Date: 15 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3444
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Salnitsy
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a special flight from Moscow to Khvoinaya. Just minutes after takeoff the aircraft was attacked by two Me 109s and caught fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but he had been killed during the attack. Control was lost and the aircraft cras...
Date: 15 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3927
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Podborovye Airfield
Summary: While parked, the aircraft was struck by two bombs during a Luftwaffe air raid and burned out.
Date: 17 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3985
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novaya Ladoga
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in bad weather.
Date: 17 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1109
Aircraft: SP
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Tushino to Monino Airport when it struck a cable of a barrage balloon and crashed.
Date: 18 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2775
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Approaching Voronezh from Urazovo, the aircraft struck a cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Voronezh River.
Date: 19 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1002
Aircraft: AP
Location: Naro-Fominsk
Summary: Disappeared while returning from a combat mission; the aircraft crashed in the Naro-Fominsk region.
Date: 19 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3955
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Komendatskiy Airfield
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Podborovye to Leningrad with seven other PS-84s when it was attacked by German Bf 109 fighters and crashed near Komendatskiy Airfield.
Date: 29 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3989
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff during a test flight. On 7 November 1941, the aircraft's tail and ailerons were damaged in a storm while the aircraft was parked at Saratov. The aircraft was repaired on site, but during takeoff, the aircraft banked right and crashed. During repairs, the ail...
Date: 30 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3987
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lake Ladoga
Summary: The aircraft was flying from Leningrad to the Soviet hinterland with at least six other PS-84s when it attacked by four German fighters while between Cape Maryin Nos and Kivgoda and crashed in Lake Ladoga. The crash is the joint-deadliest involving the Li-2/PS-84.
Date: 30 November 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л589
Aircraft: K-5
Location: Kian
Summary: The pilot was to operate a Mineralnye Vody to Zimovniki but this was cancelled due to poor weather. Without permission, the pilot took off for a flight to Armavir. Approaching Kian the pilot encountered thick fog. In limited visibility the pilot decided to return and began a l...
Date: 1 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2561
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Arsk
Summary: During the flight, weather worsened with poor visibility due to snow. Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue. The aircraft later crashed in a field.
Date: 5 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-А1262
Aircraft: SP
Location: Serpukhov
Summary: Shot down by four German fighters.
Date: 6 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3973
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was operating a Kuibyshev (now Samara)-Baku passenger service with stops at Saratov and Astrakhan. Shortly after takeoff both engines quit after the flight engineer mishandled the fuel system and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 9 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3922
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya Airport
Summary: Struck a treetop 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Khvoinaya Airport, crashed into a forest and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Khvoinaya–Leningrad cargo service (food supply).
Date: 15 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2483
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Sok-Karmala
Summary: The crew waited for the weather to improve. When this happened, they took off from Kuybyshev (now Samara) to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). The aircraft was flying low at 50 m (160 ft) and encountered fog over Sok-Karmala. The aircraft struck trees, lost altitude an...
Date: 18 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3453
Aircraft: 14H Super Electra
Location: Khodynka Field
Summary: Stalled and crashed while making a left turn at a height of 90–100 m (300–330 ft) following engine failure during a test flight.
Date: 21 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3958
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya
Summary: Five to six minutes after takeoff, the right engine failed. The aircraft, flying low, lost airspeed and crashed in a forest.
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2450
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared over western Russia, near German lines. Both pilots declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К320
Aircraft: Po-2S
Location: Zhigalovo
Summary: Disappeared during a flight from Irkutsk to transfer a patient to Nizhne-Illimsk. The crew stayed overnight in Balagansk, leaving the next day for Zhigalovo, but the aircraft never arrived there. The pilot probably entered fog on approach to Zhigalovo, overflew the airport and...
Date: 26 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л3043
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Dmitriyevka
Summary: After takeoff from Alma–Ata (now Almaty) the aircraft encountered low clouds and fog with turbulence. The pilot returned to Alma-Ata due to severe icing, but the aircraft lost altitude while performing a steep left turn at 100–150 m (330–490 ft). Near Dmitriyeva (now...
Date: 27 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К2729
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared during a Moscow-Odoevo flight.
Date: 29 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-Л2010
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Chardzhou Airport
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Chardzhou (now Turkmenabat), the pilot became disoriented and failed to hear the warnings from the co-pilot. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and struck the ground 10–12 kilometres (6.2–7.5 mi) from Chardzhou and came to rest in the Amu Darya...
Date: 30 December 1941
Flight: CCCP-К287
Aircraft: SP
Location: Tsymlyanskaya
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 20–30 m (66–98 ft). The pilot, who was drunk, began a left turn when the aircraft stalled, struck a fence and crashed.
Date: 4 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-А645
Aircraft: DB-3F
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a charter flight from Omsk to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). En route, weather worsened and visibility was poor due to snow. Despite this, the crew decided to continue. Approaching Sverdlovsk, the crew could not locate the airport and attempted to l...
Date: 6 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Х31
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tula
Summary: Crashed on landing due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was completing a charter flight.
Date: 13 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3438
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smelovka
Summary: While returning from behind German lines a fire started inside the cabin and spread quickly. The five crew bailed out at an altitude of 350 m (1,150 ft). Of these five, one was seriously injured and another died. The sole passenger failed to bail out and also died.
Date: 20 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3967
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lugi
Summary: While flying to Lugi for a mission, the aircraft was struck by German flak from the ground, caught fire and crashed.
Date: 21 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3404
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Plesnevo
Summary: After landing at Plesnevo during a mission, the aircraft could not take off due to deep snow. The Germans then bombed the area, damaging the aircraft, after which it burned out due to cannon and machine gun fire.
Date: 21 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3992
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Lugi
Summary: The aircraft was taking part in the Vyazma landing operation. While landing at an airfield near Lugi, the aircraft tipped forward and rolled into a ditch. The aircraft was abandoned because it was behind enemy lines.
Date: 22 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3968
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazemsky District
Summary: During a mission to a point behind enemy lines, the aircraft crashed at the landing site. The aircraft burned out after being shot at by German fire.
Date: 22 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3979
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yudino
Summary: While on a mission behind enemy lines, the aircraft was struck by German ground fire and force-landed near Yudino. This aircraft was previously damaged by German shelling near Mozhaysk on 13 October 1941.
Date: 25 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3479
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Molotov Airport
Summary: While on approach to Molotov the aircraft encountered heavy snow and poor visibility. After several attempts to land at a flying school, the pilot decided to land on a snow-covered field between Bolshoye Subottino and Ustinovo, but the aircraft crashed and broke up. The aircra...
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3476
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Przemysl to the Vyazma area, behind enemy lines.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3487
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: While taking part in the Vyazma landing operation the aircraft was fired upon and burned by the enemy.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3934
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhashkovo
Summary: Attacked by the Germans some 3–8 km (1.9–5.0 mi) from Zhashkovo Airport and burned out. All on board escaped unhurt.
Date: 28 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3977
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Peremyshl
Summary: Attacked by the Germans some 3–8 km (1.9–5.0 mi) from Zhashkovo Airport and burned out.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-К72
Aircraft: S-1
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared somewhere in Russia during a mission.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3964
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Krivoi Rog
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Krasnodar to an area behind enemy lines. The pilot returned to Moscow on 23 October 1942 from a partisan detachment in the Zhitomir region. According to the pilot, the aircraft crashed near Krivoi Rog due to severe icing and the crew were captured...
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3963
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Disappeared near Smolensk, behind enemy lines.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3905
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Peremyshl Airport
Summary: Struck by a Soviet fighter while taking off. Four days later, the aircraft burned out during a German air raid.
Date: 29 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3485
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck by enemy fire and then accidentally shot down and burned out.
Date: 31 January 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3986
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Smolensk Region
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a mission on the Grabtsovo road behind enemy lines (2 km from Gorokhovo) when it was shot down by German flak on the front line.
Date: 1 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2506 (tail no. 6)
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared during a communication flight; the aircraft probably crashed in the Vyazma area.
Date: 1 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3334
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed while attempting an emergency landing in poor visibility.
Date: 2 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3920
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kalinin Region
Summary: Disappeared while flying to a site in the Kalinin region, behind German lines.
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П117
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff.
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2011
Aircraft: G-1
Location: Belomorsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight on behalf of the Red Army. While flying low over a wooded area, the right engine failed due to a broken crankshaft. The pilot attempted a forced landing, but the aircraft struck tree tops and crashed. All on board, including two Red Army co...
Date: 3 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3030
Aircraft: ANT-43
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Leningrad (now Volgograd) mail flight. After takeoff the aircraft climbed to 100 m (330 ft) over a forest and then began a left turn, apparently to return to Moscow. But on approach, at 200 m (660 ft), the aircraft began...
Date: 4 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1196
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 6 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Ф90 (tail number no. 12)
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Ugra
Summary: After flying over enemy lines, the aircraft was shot down by a German Ju 88 fighter.
Date: 6 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К492
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 10 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-И175
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Went missing.
Date: 10 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А782
Aircraft: SP
Location: Zheltovka
Summary: Both aircraft disappeared while delivering food to the Zheltovka area.
Date: 14 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2175
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Khorugh
Summary: Crashed on landing. Due to complete a Dushanbe-Khorugh cargo flight.
Date: 14 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К68
Aircraft: S-1
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed en route to Pustoshikha. The aircraft was carrying ammunition.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1414
Aircraft: PS-4
Location: Yakutia
Summary: After climbing to 35 m (115 ft), the aircraft rolled right and crashed.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2631
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Andreapol
Summary: Crashed during a supply flight (ammunition) to Kaptelovka.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1278
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Andreapol
Summary: Crashed during a supply flight (ammunition) to Kaptelovka.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Kondrovo
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А978
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Tchern
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers to Tchern when it was shot down by two German fighters.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л189
Aircraft: PS-9
Location: Frunze
Summary: On approach to Frunze (now Bishkek) the pilot encountered fog and was unable to locate the runway threshold area. The pilot began a go-around and a few seconds later, while in a turn, both engines quit at the same time. The aircraft stalled, struck an irrigation canal and cras...
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1116 (tail no. 302 )
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П673
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tchern
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1147
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 15 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А913
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight evacuating wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 16 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3316
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Odudi Pass
Summary: En route from Stalinabad to Khorog, the weather deteriorated and visibility was poor. The pilot decided to continue despite the conditions. While flying in cloud, the aircraft struck a rock and crashed in deep snow. All on board survived the crash, but with no food and in extr...
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2680
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Lake Ilmen
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Novgorod to Dobrosti. En route the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-П679
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Kozhanka
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 17 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1149
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Tchern
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Tchern to Yelets when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 18 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-С3833
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Dorogobuzh
Summary: Went missing; probably crashed near Dorogobuzh.
Date: 20 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К329
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Valday
Summary: The aircraft was flying wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 21 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К269
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 21 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3104
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Kaptelovka to Andreapol when it was shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 22 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2484
Aircraft: PS-35bis
Location: Vorontsovka
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a flight to an airfield near the 'Krasny Okytabr' sovkhoz (state farm) on behalf of the Political Directorate of the South-Western Front. After takeoff, the aircraft turned right, struck trees and crashed in a forest. The aircraft took off in a headw...
Date: 24 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Х314 (tail no. 15 )
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Privolye
Summary: During a bombing run, the aircraft passed behind lines when it was shot down by German flak.
Date: 24 February 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Yukhnov
Summary: En route from Plavsk to Aduevo, the pilot deviated from the flight route to Yukhnov. The aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed.
Date: 26 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1172
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Yuryevo
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 26 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2053
Aircraft: SP
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft was on a communication flight when it was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 27 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-К468
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Beklemishevo
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 27 February 1942
Flight: 45
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Staraya Russa
Summary: Mid-air collision.
Date: 28 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3149
Aircraft: SP
Location: Kresttsy
Summary: During a supply mission, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 28 February 1942
Flight: CCCP-Ф128
Aircraft: Ya-6
Location: Slavyansk
Summary: The aircraft was on a flight to Barvenkovo when it crashed. The pilot survived and was captured as a POW.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: 69
Aircraft: P-5
Location: Oryol
Summary: The crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. The pilot began turning to leave the area, but the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А668
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed while evacuating wounded soldiers.
Date: 3 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1264
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed while evacuating wounded soldiers.
Date: 4 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3471
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gryadki
Summary: The propellers were bent while landing behind enemy lines. The next morning the aircraft was burned by the Germans.
Date: 4 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3497
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Gryadki
Summary: During takeoff from an airstrip behind German lines, CCCP-Л3996 collided with CCCP-Л3497, killing two from CCCP-Л3996; all five on board CCCP-Л3497 survived. Both aircraft were later burned by the Germans.
Date: 5 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-П575
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Sestroretsk
Summary: The pilot got lost and the aircraft crashed on the frozen Gulf of Finland off Sestroretsk in enemy territory. Both occupants were never found and remain missing. The aircraft was operating a medevac flight. A second U-2 (CCCP-П103) also force-landed in the same circumstances;...
Date: 6 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2495
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Kabul
Summary: On approach, the aircraft crashed in a snowy field. Due to complete a diplomatic mail flight.
Date: 7 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2595
Aircraft: SP
Location: Maloyaroslavets
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 8 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1497
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Samarkand Region
Summary: The aircraft took off from Urgench, despite high winds on the flight route. Due to lack of weather information on the route to Tashkent, the crew diverted to Chardzhou, but did not fly on the flight route. Radio communication with the aircraft was not possible due to lightning...
Date: 11 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3752
Aircraft: PS-7
Location: Unknown
Summary: The crew encountered poor weather en route. In cloud, the pilot decided to return and began a left turn, but the left wing struck the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled and crashed. All on board were transferred to a Moscow hospital.
Date: 12 March 1942
Flight: 72
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Novy Mokh
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 12 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3355
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Uka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Ust-Bolsheretsk–Ust-Kamchatsk–Tilichiki charter flight. The aircraft completed the first leg, and the crew stayed overnight in Ust-Kamchatsk. At the airport, the crew drank and did not get enough sleep. The next day the aircraft took off for the se...
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2700
Aircraft: SP
Location: Krymky
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А999
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2286
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1136
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Olomna
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 16 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А642
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Dovgenke
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 17 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-П338
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Staritsa
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire.
Date: 18 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-С3446
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while returning to base after a mission in western Russia.
Date: 20 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2008
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Kerch
Summary: While in cruise, the aircraft suffered bird strikes (ducks). The engine began to vibrate and lost power and the pilot descended to make an emergency landing in a swampy area near Kerch. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 21 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3975
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Medyn
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Monino to an area behind German lines.
Date: 22 March 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Ulyanovo
Summary: Shot down by four German Me 109 fighters.
Date: 24 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-К491
Aircraft: S-2
Location: Dmitrovka
Summary: Disappeared during a Uspenskoye-Dmitrovka flight.
Date: 25 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2586
Aircraft: SP
Location: Yelets
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yelets-Tchern mail flight. Six minutes after takeoff, while flying in poor visibility due to poor weather, the pilot lost control. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 26 March 1942
Flight: 34
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Pola
Summary: The aircraft was returning to base after a night mission to the Western Front when it encountered poor weather with snow, strong winds and icing. The aircraft iced over, lost control and crashed.
Date: 26 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2466
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Tatiny
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight from Myachkovo to Krasnodar. Twenty-five minutes into the flight, weather suddenly worsened with heavy snow. The pilot decided to return, but at 150 m (490 ft), the aircraft entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 28 March 1942
Flight: CCCP-А3122
Aircraft: SKF
Location: Lozovenka
Summary: The aircraft was flying two wounded soldiers from Krutoyarovka to Izyum. Five minutes into the flight, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter, crashed and caught fire. Although the pilot survived, he could not save the two passengers, who died when the aircraft burned...
Date: 31 March 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down by enemy fire and crashed somewhere in western Russia. The passenger was an officer from the headquarters.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А1101
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Dvorishchi
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: 50
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 6 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А738
Aircraft: AP
Location: Likhoslavl
Summary: En route to Khotilovo, the aircraft was attacked by three German fighters, after which control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 7 April 1942
Flight: 655
Aircraft: S-3
Location: Strugi
Summary: After dropping off wounded soldiers from the Western Front, the aircraft was returning to base when it was shot down by German flak. The pilot was hit and later lost consciousness, causing the aircraft to crash.
Date: 9 April 1942
Flight: 41
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Tebleshi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a flight from Myachkovo to Alehovshchina. Before the flight, the pilot was told to return in case of poor weather. After passing Dmitrov, weather worsened with drizzle, rain and fog. The pilot continued for 10 minutes and then decided to return, but...
Date: 13 April 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: DB-3F
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to 70–75 m (230–246 ft), the aircraft nosed up, stalled and rolled to the right, after which it descended and crashed out of control. The pilot had not placed the elevator trim tab in the correct position for takeoff.
Date: 18 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-П520
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Belomorsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kolezhma-Sosnovets charter flight. Due to the excellent weather, the pilot flew west for about 45 km (28 mi) at a height of 10–15 m (33–49 ft) when the right wing struck a pine tree and the aircraft crashed in a forest, probably...
Date: 19 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л1732
Aircraft: R-5
Location: Mount Gora Markou
Summary: Disappeared during a weather flight; the aircraft was found a week later on 25 April just below the top of Mount Gora Markou. The pilot probably lost control in extreme weather with clouds and turbulence.
Date: 19 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3541
Aircraft: PS-40
Location: Mount Karzhantau
Summary: Disappeared while being ferried from Tashkent to Semipalatinsk (now Semey). Before taking off from Tashkent, ATC reported that the weather conditions were deteriorating, with clouds covering the mountains. The aircraft took off from Alma-Ata, although Tashkent Airport personne...
Date: 21 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3339
Aircraft: PR-5
Location: Yelets
Summary: Disappeared during a Moscow-Yelets flight.
Date: 21 April 1942
Flight: CCCP-А3166
Aircraft: SP
Location: Slavyanoserbsk
Summary: Shot down by a German fighter en route a Rubizhnaya-Rostov flight.
Date: 24 April 1942
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: DB-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: The left engine lost fuel pressure and power in flight, followed by the right engine 18 minutes later. The pilot descended and made a forced landing in a swampy area after which the aircraft burned out. The crew had mismanaged the fuel system, causing both engines to quit.
Date: 3 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3980
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vypolzovo
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the left wing struck a pole following a loss of power in the left engine and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 12 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3999
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down while returning to Kubinka from Bolshoye Veregovo, behind German lines.
Date: 26 May 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3935
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down by an enemy fighter. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 6 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3952
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kubinka Airport
Summary: Burned out during an air raid.
Date: 12 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3933
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed on takeoff following right engine failure.
Date: 13 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3961
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: During landing at the "Zuts" site the aircraft got stuck as the airfield was in poor condition. Because the area was surrounded by the Germans, the crew stripped and burned the aircraft.
Date: 14 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л4001
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyazma
Summary: Disappeared during a mission near Vyazma.
Date: 18 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3423
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khodynka Field
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Moscow-Kazan-Khabarovsk flight. After takeoff the right engine began vibrating, and the crew attempted to correct this by adjusting the mixture control on the carburetor. The engine then failed altogether, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft s...
Date: 18 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3484
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelets
Summary: While on approach to Yelets from a partisan airstrip behind German lines the aircraft encountered poor weather. After circling the airport three times, the aircraft went into a dive on final approach at 40–50 m (130–160 ft) and crashed.
Date: 19 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3447
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff due to engine failure. The mechanic made an error in managing the fuel system, causing the left engine to quit.
Date: 26 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3948
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Iventsevo
Summary: While flying over the front line, the aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire from the ground. The left engine caught fire, forcing the crew to make a forced landing in a field near Ivantsevo. But while performing a right turn at low height, the right wing struck trees. The...
Date: 28 June 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3997
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sevastopol Airport
Summary: While taxiing the aircraft ran into a bomb crater, collapsing the landing gear and damaging the propellers. The aircraft was burned a few days later.
Date: 6 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3945
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khlevnoye
Summary: Crashed following a Luftwaffe attack.
Date: 6 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3954
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khlevnogo
Summary: The pilot became disorientated and flew too close to the German line. German fighters opened fire on the aircraft, shooting it down.
Date: 8 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3437
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yelets
Summary: Shot down and caught fire following a German attack. The aircraft burned out. The sole passenger on board was the chief of staff of the 568th Regiment.
Date: 11 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3981
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Novokhopersk
Summary: Struck by German fire and crashed and burned out.
Date: 23 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3461
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed due to pilot errors.
Date: 27 July 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3983
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Paskovayka
Summary: Struck by German ground fire and crashed.
Date: 10 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3492
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Stalingrad Airport
Summary: Destroyed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid.
Date: 12 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3921
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhirkov
Summary: Shot down by anti-aircraft fire after on an ammunition air-drop mission for a Soviet army unit surrounded by German troops near Zhirkov.
Date: 13 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л4007
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Verkhnyaya Akhtuba Airport
Summary: While flying over the airport the aircraft was attacked by German fighters, starting a fire. The aircraft landed in flames at the airport and then burned out following landing.
Date: 25 August 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3432
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Due to pilot error, the aircraft lifted off at low speed. After flying at 3–5 m (10–16 ft) for some 250–350 m (820–1,150 ft), the aircraft banked left, causing the left wing tip and propeller to hit the ground. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 11 November 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л2483
Aircraft: PS-35bis
Location: Shemakha
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Baku-Tbilisi flight. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, at 900 m (3,000 ft), the aircraft hit the side of a mountain.
Date: 17 November 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3965
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the aircraft entered a nosedive due to overloading and fuselage and wing icing and crashed . The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Kirensk passenger service, flying the ALSIB (Alaska-Siberia) route.
Date: 8 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л5805
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Menshy Brat
Summary: The aircraft was being delivered to the Soviet Air Force when it crashed into a mountain following a loss of altitude in poor visibility and icing conditions.
Date: 14 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л760
Aircraft: PS-124
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Crashed after a passenger took the controls and disengaged the autopilot, sending the aircraft into a nosedive from 500 m (1,600 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat)-Tashkent passenger service.
Date: 22 December 1942
Flight: CCCP-Л3903
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yanaul
Summary: En route to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), the crew encountered severe icing conditions while flying through clouds at 400 m (1,300 ft). The crew diverted to Yanaul, but the crew abandoned the approach and performed a go-around. The aircraft stalled in a steep turn...
Date: 23 January 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3443
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Myakinino
Summary: While on approach to Moscow, the crew could not locate Vnukovo Airport. The crew diverted to Khimki but were not able to land. While circling over northwest Moscow for an airfield, the aircraft lost altitude and struck a barn and crashed at the "16th Party Congress" sovkhoz (s...
Date: 2 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3495
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Ketan-Dag
Summary: Caught in a downdraft, the aircraft struck the side of Mount Ketan-Dag, 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Yerevan. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Tbilisi passenger service.
Date: 5 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3913
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Berdigestyakh
Summary: While en route to Olyokminsk from Yakutsk the aircraft encountered heavy snow while flying at 150 m (490 ft). Both engines lost power, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft crashed in a forest.
Date: 27 March 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3440
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: near Khodynka Aerodrome
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the left engine began having problems, probably due to the use of low-octane fuel. The pilots decided to return but they performed a 180 degree turn to land in the opposite direction. While landing the aircraft came in too high and banked left to avoid a...
Date: 11 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3931
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Molotov
Summary: The aircraft was on a test flight following an engine change. Shortly after takeoff, the flight engineer made a mistake in handling the fuel system, causing both engines to quit. The pilot attempted to return to the airport but the aircraft was flying too low, and it struck th...
Date: 20 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3909
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Sochi
Summary: Struck a mountainside near Sochi 500 m (1,600 ft) from the coast while on approach in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a supply flight for partisans in the Crimea when the aircraft had to turn around due to poor weather over the drop targets. The crew could no...
Date: 24 May 1943
Flight: URSS-B
Aircraft: DC-3-196A
Location: Zavodskoy Airfield
Summary: The aircraft took off from Saratov in the opposite direction due to crosswinds. The aircraft then lifted off near the end of the runway, but with a hill ahead the pilot banked left at low speed and low altitude to clear the hill, the aircraft stalled and crashed into an earthe...
Date: 29 May 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3499
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yegorevsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a flight from Krasnodar to Moscow. Five hours and 30 minutes into the flight, the oil pressure in the right engine began to drop; the engine was also vibrating slightly. The engine was shut down and the flight continued on the remaining engine. Ten m...
Date: 2 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4024
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Trubchevsk
Summary: Struck by German anti-aircraft artillery fire and crashed after completing a supply mission for partisans on the Bryansk front. Three crew bailed out: one was captured by the Germans, another shot himself to avoid capture, and the third reached the partisans on 13 July, return...
Date: 3 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3932
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: Thirty-five minutes after takeoff at 200–250 m (660–820 ft), the right engine lost power and quit, soon followed by the left engine. The pilot decided to make a forced landing but the aircraft struck trees and crashed and burned. The flight engineer had forgotten to...
Date: 29 June 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л403
Aircraft: Albemarle
Location: Yevlakh
Summary: The aircraft was on a route-proving flight from Moscow to Tbilisi. The crew decided to land at Yevlakh due to an oil leak on the left engine. However, due to a design fault in the 'Exactor' propeller control system, the propeller pitch increased, reducing engine thrust. The ai...
Date: 18 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4000
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Osipovka
Summary: The aircraft was evacuating wounded partisan fighters. Because the area was soaked by rain, the aircraft could not take off and was moved and camouflaged near the landing site. German forces pounded the area for one hour and the aircraft was hit several times, suffering bullet...
Date: 30 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3489
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Zhukovka
Summary: While en route to an area behind German lines the aircraft was attacked by Luftwaffe fighters. The aircraft crashed following a fire; all six crew bailed out but one did not survive.
Date: 30 July 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3912
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Mogilev Region
Summary: Caught fire and crashed in Belarus following an attack by a Luftwaffe fighter while on a supply flight for partisans. A crewmember and the sole passenger bailed out of the aircraft and survived; the remaining crew remain MIA.
Date: 8 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3982
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Balashov Airfield
Summary: Stalled and crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was carrying three Klimov M-105 engines. During takeoff one of the engines broke through the cabin floor, trapping the control cable of the horizontal stabilizer which ran under the floor. The pilot tried to steer the air...
Date: 21 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4034
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Akhtyrka
Summary: Disappeared while on a flight from Oboyan to an area behind German lines, 20 km (12 mi) from Mirgorod. The aircraft was last seen flying over the front line near Akhtyrka. All crew declared MIA and presumed dead.
Date: 22 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3956
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Rechitsa
Summary: Thirty minutes after takeoff from "Airstrip No. 17", an engine failed at 200–300 m (660–980 ft). The crew attempted to return, but altitude was lost and the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a forest.
Date: 27 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4047
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vitebsk Region
Summary: Disappeared following an attack at 1,300 m (4,265 ft), 58 km (36 mi) southwest of Nevel, by a Luftwaffe fighter. Neither the aircraft nor the crew (declared MIA) have been found.
Date: 28 August 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3959
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Khvoinaya Airport
Summary: The aircraft returned to Khvoinaya due to poor weather at their destination of Lake Onega. Weather at Khvoinaya was even worse, with a thunderstorm in the area. During the first attempt to land the crew performed a go-around. The crew was then blinded by lightning and became d...
Date: 14 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4012
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Toropa
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a supply flight for partisans in Belarus when it was attacked by a Luftwaffe Bf 110 fighter. An in-flight fire resulted, and the aircraft crashed near the front line.
Date: 19 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4008
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yakhnovo Airfield
Summary: While between Khvoinaya and Leningrad the crew became disoriented. The crew then decided to return to Khvoinaya, but diverted to Yakhnovo due to poor weather at Khvoinaya. The crew abandoned the first landing attempt, then both engines quit because the flight engineer forgot t...
Date: 20 September 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4029
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: The inexperienced crew deviated from the flight route by 68 km (42 mi) to the northwest. The crew then attempted to land at their destination on time, but by then the left engine had failed and the aircraft was low on fuel. The aircraft crashed into the ground while...
Date: 10 October 1943
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Bereznik
Summary: The aircraft left Segezha on a supply mission to a lake. While on approach to the target area, the aircraft came under attack from German anti-aircraft fire. After three unsuccessful attempts to approach the zone, the pilot left the area and flew east, climbing to 2,600 m...
Date: 24 October 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л37
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Asha
Summary: Crashed and burned out.
Date: 24 October 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л3050
Aircraft: G-2
Location: Salavat
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chelyabinsk-Kuybyshev (now Samara) cargo flight. Fifty minutes after takeoff, approaching the Ural Mountains, the crew realized that they could not overfly the mountains. The pilot turned left and slowly climbed to 1,200 m (3,900 ft). A f...
Date: 18 December 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л825
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Ramenye
Summary: While on a supply flight for partisans in the area of Lake Lubans in eastern Latvia behind German lines, the crew was not able to locate the target area due to fog and low clouds. The crew decided to return to Staraya Toropa, but while attempting to land, the aircraft crashed...
Date: 21 December 1943
Flight: CCCP-Л4032
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight both engines quit due to a design defect of a fuel tank, causing a loss of altitude and speed. The trainee pilot pulled back on the controls but this caused the aircraft to stall. The aircraft crashed in a forest 800 m (2,600 ft) from the air...
Date: 13 January 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л837
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Svoryn
Summary: The aircraft was operating a supply flight for the "Sikorski" partisan unit in the area near Svoryn. The aircraft attempted to take off from a short, waterlogged runway at low speed, but the left wing struck the ground and the aircraft crashed. The aircraft was abandoned becau...
Date: 12 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4068
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Novoyuryevka
Summary: Stalled at 30–40 m (98–131 ft), banked right and crashed shortly after takeoff. The elevator trim tabs were not set correctly before takeoff. The aircraft was operating a Gorky-Kuibyshev cargo service.
Date: 13 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л846
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Kudrovo (near Leningrad) to an area behind German lines. Neither the crew nor the aircraft have been found.
Date: 17 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л847
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Tartu
Summary: Disappeared while flying from Kudrovo to the area of Tartu to paradrop a reconnaissance team behind German lines. Neither the crew nor the aircraft have been found.
Date: 27 February 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4076
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Disappeared between Nikopol and Krivoi Rog while on a flight from Melitopol to an area behind German lines to support the 3rd Ukrainian Front offensive. All occupants of the aircraft, including both pilots, were declared MIA and presumed dead as the aircraft was never found.
Date: 4 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л875
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Vnukovo to Khodynka. During the flight, one engine was shut down for training purposes, but it could not be restarted. The pilot then returned to Vnukovo but touched down too late and the crew performed a go-around, but before gain...
Date: 8 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4064
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Novoyuryevka
Summary: The aircraft was attacked by four Luftwaffe Bf 109s while paradropping supplies for units of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. The aircraft crashed after a fire broke out.
Date: 20 March 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л3990
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Yanovshchina
Summary: The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter while on a supply flight from Staraya Toropa to partisans behind German lines.
Date: 11 April 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л853
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Kolomyya
Summary: Overran the runway on landing and ran down a slope after the crew was interfered by another person in the cockpit who forced the crew to land in the opposite direction.
Date: 14 April 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л877
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Rechitsa
Summary: The aircraft was accidentally shot down by Soviet anti-aircraft fire when it flew over the Dnepr River bridge.
Date: 16 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4063
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: While parked at an airport in Kiev, the radio operator refilled his lighter through a filler syringe and spilled fuel in the process. While testing the lighter the fuel-soaked floor caught fire and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 18 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л833
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Ploskin
Summary: While returning from a supply flight for the "Kuibyshev" partisan unit, the pilot thought the aircraft had been attacked. The aircraft descended to a low altitude, but the wing struck treetops and the aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 30 May 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л843
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Novy Dvor
Summary: The aircraft was operating a supply flight for the "V.Z Korzh" partisan group in Starobinsk District (now Soligorsk District), Minsk Region. The aircraft attempted to land at a provisional airstrip near Khorostov in poor weather, but due to a tailwind the aircraft touched down...
Date: 27 June 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л882
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Lake Palik
Summary: While dropping supplies for partisans in the Lake Palik area, a parachute became entangled in the tail, causing a loss of control. The aircraft lost altitude until the parachute's cargo caught in a tree and the aircraft crashed in a swamp.
Date: 13 July 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л876
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Avgustova
Summary: En route to Kutski the aircraft encountered poor weather and low visibility. The crew were unable to locate the Kutski airstrip. The aircraft descended until it struck trees and crashed nose-down.
Date: 15 July 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: Shot down over Ukraine by Ukrainian soldiers.
Date: 20 July 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л40
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Kok-Su
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Kuibyshev (now Samara) for state trials with the NII GVF when it crashed in a steep gorge near a mountain pass over the Dzhil-Dhuta mountain range near Kok-Su. While en route to Semipalatinsk, the crew had deviated from the fligh...
Date: 30 September 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л3436
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Vyatskiye Polyany
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Sverdlovsk–Kazan–Moscow passenger service. Some 2 hours and 15 minutes into the Sverdlovsk–Kazan leg, the left engine failed. The pilot decided to perform an emergency landing at Vyatskiye Polyany, but miscalculated th...
Date: 13 October 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Hronská Breznica
Summary: During a supply flight from Cherlyany, Lvov region to Tri Duby in support of the Slovak National Uprising , the aircraft was attacked by a German night fighter at 3,100 m (10,200 ft). The right engine and fuselage were hit and following a loss of altitude the aircraf...
Date: 11 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л835
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Builya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Minsk-Lublin passenger service. En route to Minsk the crew encountered bad weather and low visibility. The crew became disoriented and overflew Minsk. The crew then performed a forced landing at Builya, but the aircraft came in too fast, bou...
Date: 13 November 1944
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Stanislav
Summary: While returning from behind German lines, the crew returned to Lvov instead of Stanislav by accident. The crew immediately returned to Stanislav, but were unable to locate the airfield. The aircraft hit tree tops and crashed during the fifth attempt to land.
Date: 15 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л928
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Off Memel
Summary: Disappeared over the Baltic Sea while on a flight from Polan to NKGD target No. 36 (80 km (50 mi) southwest of Danzig) in bad weather.
Date: 25 November 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4111
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Off Absheron Peninsula
Summary: Crashed in the Caspian Sea during a training flight.
Date: 7 December 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л4161
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Orlovka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kishinov (now Chisinau)-Kiev-Moscow passenger service. While en route to Kiev the aircraft flew into thick fog, struck a slope of a ravine and then crashed in a field while flying too low.
Date: 21 December 1944
Flight: CCCP-Л870
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Unknown
Summary: The aircraft was returning from a supply mission between Rzeszow and Nowy Targ for Polish partisans when it crashed. The aircraft was probably shot down by Luftwaffe fighters; the wreckage was never found.
Date: 13 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л866
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Zavodskoy Airfield
Summary: While on approach to Saratov, the aircraft encountered low clouds and fog. Speed was lost while the aircraft was making a turn, and the aircraft crashed on the slope of the Korolyov Sad ravine near Zavodskoy Airfield and burned out.
Date: 14 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л46
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Stalinabad
Summary: Twenty minutes after takeoff the right wing caught fire, probably due to a fuel leak. The aircraft entered a dive after the right wing fuel tanks exploded and the aircraft crashed into rocks in the Rangon Mountains, near Stalinabad (now Dushanbe). The aircraft was operating a...
Date: 22 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л963
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Shelkovskaya
Summary: While en route to Grozny, visibility was poor. The crew descended to a low altitude and followed a rail line. In the Gudermes District the aircraft flew into thick fog. The crew followed the wrong rail line to Chervlennaya. The crew then decided to fly to Grozny directly, over...
Date: 22 January 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л901
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: Crashed following double engine failure. The right engine failed 15 minutes after takeoff from Minsk. The crew returned to Minsk, but after performing two go-arounds, the left engine also failed. The aircraft struck a pole, hit a roof of a house and crashed in a garden. The ai...
Date: 4 March 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л915
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Mulden
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Wormditt (now Orneta ) to Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk ) when it crashed and was destroyed by fire, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Mulden (now Perevalovo), after one of the wings contacted trees while it was flying too low.
Date: 15 March 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л41
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Chardzhou Airport
Summary: The aircraft was being flown from Ashkhabad (now Ashgabat) to Alma-Ata for overhaul by ARM-405. Near Repetek the right engine failed. The pilot decided to perform a go-around on landing at Chardzhou (now Turkmenabat) as he was not able to make out the landing sign as he was bl...
Date: 1 April 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л4038
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Turovets
Summary: The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Kiev–Kraków passenger service. En route to Kraków, the right engine developed problems. The crew decided to perform an emergency landing at Skoromokhi Airport, but the right engine caught fire and the crew made a for...
Date: 19 April 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л3976
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Kielce
Summary: Struck trees on a mountain slope and crashed after the crew deviated from the planned course due to bad weather. The aircraft operated on a Kraków-Minsk-Moscow flight in support of the People's Commissariat for Lines of Communications.
Date: 3 May 1945
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gleiwitz
Summary: Damaged on landing when the aircraft struck three parked Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-2s.
Date: 4 December 1945
Flight: CCCP-Л950
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Severny Airport
Summary: The aircraft encountered low clouds and fog while approaching Novosibirsk. The right wing struck the wiring of a radio tower while the crew was attempting to locate the runway and the aircraft crashed out of control. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulan Bator (...
Date: 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л28
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Taldi-Kurgan
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Novosibirsk when it crashed into mountains during a thunderstorm after being re-engined.
Date: 14 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4150
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Netrubezh, Kolpnyansky District
Summary: En route to Moscow, the aircraft encountered icing conditions at a height of 400–600 m (1,300–2,000 ft). The resultant buffeting of the tailplane caused a portion of the left stabilizer to separate 77 minutes into the flight. The aircraft lost control and entered a t...
Date: 27 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4131
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gerelde
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chardzhou–Urgench passenger service. Before the flight, the pilot was observed drinking several glasses of vodka. He ordered the co-pilot to perform the takeoff while staying in the cabin himself. During the flight, the pilot harassed a female pass...
Date: 31 January 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л854
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Solntsevo
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Bykovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport when the left engine failed 15 minutes into the flight. The propeller could not be feathered and the crew decided to make an emergency landing at Sukovo Airfield (now the Solntsevo District in Moscow), but p...
Date: 6 February 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л35
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Darvaza Airport
Summary: Stalled and crashed while on approach following the failure of the left horizontal stabilizer.
Date: 20 February 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4162
Aircraft: PS-84
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: Struck the ruins of a building and broke apart following an aborted takeoff when the aircraft had already lifted off.
Date: 22 March 1946
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Chukotka National District
Summary: Struck a mountainside while flying too low between mountain ranges. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Anadyr-Uelkal passenger service. The pilot had a history of a lack of discipline and alcohol problems.
Date: 22 March 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л893
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Bakovka
Summary: Crashed on a slope of a hill on the bank of the Setun River near Bakovka, Moscow Region, probably due to icing. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Minsk-Berlin cargo service.
Date: 2 April 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л924
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Mount Guram , North Ossetian ASSR
Summary: Struck a mountain after the crew took a shortcut while en route to Rostov. The wreckage was found on 20 July 1946 some 93 km (58 mi) to the right of the planned route. The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Rostov passenger service.
Date: 28 April 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л27
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Kazan
Summary: Force-landed in wooded area near Kazan due to engine failure. Two days before, the number one piston in the left engine failed. The cylinder and piston were replaced, but the mechanic did not clean out the remains of the old piston.
Date: 6 September 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л35
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Darvaza
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Ashgabat-Darvaza cargo service. On final approach, the aircraft pitched up, stalled and crashed short of the runway. During maintenance, several bolts were left missing in the inner part of the left elevator, causing it to fail.
Date: 31 October 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4278
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashauz
Summary: While on final approach to Tashauz the left wing caught fire. The aircraft landed safely and all on board were able to escape before the aircraft burned out. The left rear fuel tank cap was not properly closed (due to an improperly fitted fuel filter) following refueling at As...
Date: 5 November 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л946
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Berlin–Riga-Moscow passenger service. After being in a holding pattern for two hours, the crew started the approach. The crew decided to go-around some 300 m (980 ft) past a landing sign. The aircraft was flying low and...
Date: 9 November 1946
Flight: CCCP-Л4145
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ufa
Summary: Ninety-five minutes after takeoff, the left engine was shut down due to low oil pressure. The pilot decided to divert to Ufa, but was unable to locate the airport due to low clouds. When the aircraft descended through clouds, the pilot realized that he was above the city. The...
Date: 4 December 1946
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mashhad
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff.
Date: 5 March 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л952
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Caucasus Mountains
Summary: Radio contact with the flight was lost 73 minutes after takeoff. The wreckage was found on 20 June 1947 in the Caucasus Mountains. The flight was running late and the pilot straightened the route through the mountains. The aircraft encountered icing conditions and struck a mou...
Date: 22 April 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1204
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Volochanka
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kosisty–Khatanga–Dudinka–Turukhansk–Krasnoyarsk passenger service. Just after takeoff the left engine began to overheat. Thirty-eight minutes into the flight the left engine lost oil pressure and was shut down, but this also caus...
Date: 16 May 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1048
Aircraft: C-47A
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: While on approach in bad weather, the aircraft struck a tower of a broadcast station and crashed . Weather conditions were below minimum at Khabarovsk and the airport should have been closed, yet ATC allowed the aircraft to land.
Date: 16 June 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4088
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leninabad Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft failed to lift off and the pilot forced the aircraft to lift off at low speed. The aircraft struck a telephone pole and a high-voltage power line at a height of just 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft). The aircraft, operating a Leninabad (now Khujand...
Date: 21 June 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4138
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Karkinyts'ka Gulf
Summary: Ditched in the Black Sea following a loss of engine power.
Date: 1 July 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1317
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: The left engine failed on takeoff from Vnukovo Airport, causing a loss of airspeed. The pilot attempted to return, but the aircraft lost altitude, hit tree tops and the roof of a house and crashed into a second house.
Date: 6 August 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4017
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Severo-Vostochny Bank
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft stalled and crashed following a loss of speed while performing a left turn at 100 m (330 ft).
Date: 19 September 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1332
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Struck by a crashing North American B-25 (CCCP-I850) that lost control during an emergency landing. Both aircraft burned out.
Date: 24 November 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1356
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk–Moscow passenger service with several intermediate stops. On takeoff from Sverdlovsk the aircraft was overloaded by 330 kg (730 lb) and not properly de-iced. The aircraft failed to lift off and overran the runway, struck some b...
Date: 18 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л997
Aircraft: C-47
Location: Teply Stan
Summary: The aircraft crashed while on a test flight following an overhaul by ARB-400. While on approach to Vnukovo Airport the aircraft entered fog, struck a hill with the right wing, and crashed near kilometer 18 of the Kaluga Highway.
Date: 18 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л1343
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the left engine was shut down due to low oil pressure. The crew returned to the airport, but on the first attempt to land the approach speed was too high and the landing gear was lowered too late. The pilot performed a go-around. On the second at...
Date: 30 December 1947
Flight: CCCP-Л4214
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Chrysostom
Summary: Struck a mountain in the Taganai range of the Ural Mountains 20 km (12 mi) north of Chrysostom (now Zlatoust) at 1,145 m (3,757 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chelyabinsk-Kazan-Moscow cargo service as Flight 20 . ATC had allowed the cr...
Date: 3 February 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л54
Aircraft: Ju 52/3m
Location: Transbaikal
Summary: Crashed into a mountain slope after flying through snow.
Date: 21 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1215
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Chita
Summary: The aircraft took off in bad weather on a rescue mission for an Li-2 (CCCP-Л4279) that had force-landed near Tynda. While en route the right engine began to vibrate severely and the propeller could not be feathered. While flying over a mountain range the aircraft could not gai...
Date: 23 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4437
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khabarovsk Airport
Summary: Swerved off the runway on takeoff. The wing hit a telegraph pole and the aircraft struck a pole of a high-voltage power line. The rudder trimmer had not been set to the neutral position before takeoff. Due to operate a Khabarovsk–Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk passenger service.
Date: 24 April 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4460
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bodaybo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kirensk-Bodaybo passenger service. The crew, who was drunk, deviated from the flight path in poor visibility and followed the Vitim River at a height of just 100 m (330 ft). Control was lost in a snowstorm and the aircr...
Date: 22 May 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1073
Aircraft: C-47B
Location: Magadan
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky-Magadan passenger service. The weather conditions at Magadan were deteriorating, and the crew decided to divert to Seymchan. The head of Magadan Airport was drunk, and despite actions of other controllers he allowed the ai...
Date: 31 July 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л789
Aircraft: PBN-1 Nomad
Location: Turukhansk
Summary: After an uneventful flight, the crew received permission to land, but the crew did not receive some information on water conditions. After an approach in gusty winds and high waves, the aircraft bounced twice and got to a height of 5–6 m (16–20 ft) before losing spee...
Date: 2 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1465
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Severny Airport , when the flight engineer reduced engine power without regarding airspeed readings, causing the aircraft to descend until it impacted terrain. The left wing separated on impact and the aircraft turned 180 degrees before comin...
Date: 4 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4498
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Immediately after takeoff the pilot ordered the landing lights turned off and the landing gear raised. The pilot became lost in the darkness and the left propeller touched the ground. The aircraft continued to fly until the left wing struck a power pole and a fence. The aircra...
Date: 9 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1427
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Baymakovo Aerodrome
Summary: During a training flight, the pilot was practicing flying with one engine out, but the instructor feathered the propeller too soon after a go-around with the flaps deployed, causing the aircraft to enter a 30° bank and lose airspeed. Control was lost and the aircraft entered a...
Date: 30 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4304
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Balkhash Airport
Summary: En route to Karaganda the crew probably became disoriented while flying in clouds, causing the aircraft to enter a dive. The crew was recovering from the dive when the right wing broke off due to overstress of the airframe. The aircraft crashed in the steppe 39 km (24...
Date: 12 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1450
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Yevlakh
Summary: The aircraft disappeared amid inclement weather while attempting to return to Baku owing to navigation difficulties due to poor radio reception while operating the second leg of a Tashkent - Baku - Tbilisi - Sochi domestic passenger service. The wreckage was never found.
Date: 12 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4658
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Parshino
Summary: Crashed in taiga near the Parshinka River and burned out due to double engine failure caused by fuel starvation. The aircraft, operating an Irkutsk–Kirensk–Bodaybo cargo service, was refueled at Kirensk with fuel contaminated by too much water which later froze, clogging the f...
Date: 25 October 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4500
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Samurskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Karachayevsk-Sukhumi-Tbilisi service. The crew, who was drunk, carried out the incorrect procedure climb and set course over mountains. The crew attempted to find a route to follow the coast line but this failed. The aircraft fle...
Date: 18 November 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4275
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leninabad
Summary: Between Jizak and Leninabad (now Khujand) the aircraft encountered bad weather. While flying in cloud the aircraft was blown off course by strong winds and struck a mountain in the Mogol-Tau ridge at 700 m (2,300 ft). The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad-Leninabad...
Date: 22 November 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л4463
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ryzhovo
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Yakutsk– Zyryanka -Srednekolymsk domestic scheduled passenger service. While on approach to Srednekolymsk , the crew could not get in contact with the airport and decided to land at an airstrip near Ryzhovo on the banks of the Kolyma River. During...
Date: 23 December 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1731
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-12 was on a ferry flight from Khodynka Aerodrome to Tashkent when it collided with a TS-62 being ferried from Vnukovo Airport to Bykovo Airport . The Il-12 lost both engines in the collision, while the TS-62 had its t...
Date: 30 December 1948
Flight: CCCP-Л1017
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: near Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was involved in a landing accident at Minsk on 4 December 1948 when the right side landing gear collapsed, bending the propeller blades and causing damage to the right wing. From 15 to 21 December repairs were performed so that the aircraft could be flown to ARB-4...
Date: 9 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4261
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: Crashed after takeoff due to a loss of engine power caused by carburetor icing. The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk-Kazan-Moscow cargo service as Flight 38 .
Date: 19 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1381
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Stalino
Summary: Crashed after takeoff following engine problems. At 90 m (300 ft), the right engine oversped while the left engine lost power. The aircraft stalled, struck a power pole and crashed in flames onto a house near the airport, killing both residents inside and all on boar...
Date: 29 January 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4491
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Nizhnaya Pesha Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff in crosswinds. The aircraft became airborne at low speed and pitched up. The cargo shifted rearward, causing a higher angle of attack. The aircraft stalled at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and crashed.
Date: 12 March 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4335
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mount Bel-Auty
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leninabad-Stalinabad passenger service. The crew decided to cut the route short and fly through the Sangardak Gorge. Mistaking the Chakchar Range for the Kushtang Range, the crew began a descent. The aircraft struck the slope of...
Date: 29 April 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4464
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Off Kirensk
Summary: Went some 100 kilometres (62 mi) off course while flying the Yakutsk –Kirensk route. Having failed to establish the aircraft position, the crew decided to descend. The airplane began a descent having no visual contact with the ground, and struck a 1,300-metre-high (4,300&...
Date: 13 May 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1791
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Lost control and struck an embankment after flying into a thunderstorm. After entering the storm, the aircraft encountered turbulence and was struck by lightning, incapacitating the pilots. The aircraft began a right turn with a loss of altitude. The aircraft came out of the c...
Date: 21 July 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1714
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Marga
Summary: En route to Irkutsk the left engine lost oil and caught fire, due to a design fault. The fire was extinguished in an emergency descent, but the aircraft was unable to continue on the remaining engine. While approaching a field to make a forced landing, the left wing struck a t...
Date: 1 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4354
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Naberezhniye Chelny
Summary: While en route to Kazan, the left engine failed due to fuel exhaustion as the fuel tank selector was not switched in time. The propellers could not be feathered and the aircraft lost height and speed until it struck tree tops and crashed in a forest. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 20 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1434
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Polukotelnikovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Kharkov-Moscow passenger service. While en route to Moscow, the aircraft encountered severe thunderstorms near Belgorod and the crew attempted to navigate between two storm cells, flying at 300–570 m (980–1,870 ft). Near Oboyan th...
Date: 25 August 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1844
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Kabansky District
Summary: The aircraft descended to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) from 2,400 m (7,900 ft) while flying over the Kabanya River valley en route to Chita. The aircraft struck trees on a mountain slope, broke apart and crashed upside down at 1,400 m (4,600 ft) on the east...
Date: 20 September 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л1462
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Savasleyka
Summary: During the flight the left engine lost oil and failed, due to improper maintenance. The crew decided to make a forced landing at Gorki but due to the loss of oil pressure the propeller could not be feathered. A rapid loss of altitude resulted and the aircraft hit trees on a hi...
Date: 16 November 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4530
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Completing a Rostov on Don-Kursk-Moscow passenger service, the crew attempted to land at Moscow in poor weather with low clouds and fog. The first approach was abandoned, but on the second approach the aircraft landed too late and to the right of the runway and ran off the run...
Date: 25 December 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4719
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aktyubinsk
Summary: While on approach to Aktyubinsk, the inexperienced pilots flew too slow and the aircraft stalled at 60 m (200 ft). Although the pilots were able to recover and perform a go-around, they flew too slow on the second approach. The aircraft stalled at 15 m (49 ...
Date: 30 December 1949
Flight: CCCP-Л4704
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Sverdlovsk the cockpit windows frosted over. The crew became distracted and lost spatial orientation as they continued to fly under VFR. The aircraft lost altitude, banked right and crashed on the banks of the Iset' River. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 7 April 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л4411
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: Force-landed due to fuel exhaustion following repeated attempts to land at Zhuliany Airport in bad weather. The aircraft was completing a Kharkiv–Kiev passenger service.
Date: 17 April 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л862
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: Vitim
Summary: Five minutes into the flight, the left engine began to run rough, and later caught fire. The fire spread into the fuselage through the heating system. At 2,000 m (6,600 ft) the burning engine fell off, but the aircraft continued to lose altitude. At 300–400 metres (9...
Date: 19 July 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1340
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Tbilisi Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a training flight; along with the five crew were six unauthorized passengers. The pilot deviated from both the approach pattern and glide scope and the aircraft hit the top of a 175 m (574 ft) hill that was not on the map.
Date: 30 July 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1803
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Crashed on approach to Karaganda Airport . Six minutes after takeoff from Karaganda the crew radioed that the number one engine had failed and that they were returning to the airport. While maneuvering to return to the airport, the crew had to change course due to a tall build...
Date: 11 August 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1706
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Struck a tree and crashed while on approach to Sverdlovsk in fog while flying too low. The aircraft was operating a Khabarovsk–Omsk–Sverdlovsk–Moscow passenger service as Flight 8 .
Date: 9 November 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л1098
Aircraft: TS-62
Location: Turukhansk
Summary: While en route to Dudinka, the crew flew into poor weather. Unable to locate Dudinka, the crew decided to return to Turukhansk. On the way back ice formed on the wings. When the landing gear was lowered, the aircraft lost speed and altitude. The aircraft then stalled and crash...
Date: 27 December 1950
Flight: CCCP-Л4003
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mynzhilki
Summary: The aircraft was operating an aerial photography training flight. After a stop at Dzhusaly the aircraft then flew for Turkestan, although the crew were unaware that strong winds had pushed the aircraft off course by 72 km (45 mi). The aircraft then crashed into Mount...
Date: 9 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1811
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Black Sea off Tuapse
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow-Krasnodar-Sochi passenger service. While descending over the Black Sea for Sochi, the aircraft was struck by lightning at 900 m (3,000 ft). The left rear fuel tank exploded, starting a fire. The crew lost contro...
Date: 9 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4359
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: While descending to Kazan, the aircraft encountered icing conditions and clouds. The cockpit windows iced over. While on approach the right wing struck the top of a radio tower at 130 m (430 ft), breaking off a portion of the wing. The aircraft continued to fly for 2...
Date: 28 January 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4715
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Narimanovka Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata–Moscow service with in-route stops. During a night time approach to Kostanay, the crew encountered dense haze and attempted to land despite having no visual contact with the ground. The pilot mistook the ceiling of the haze with snowy ter...
Date: 9 February 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4821
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: At the start of a training flight, the aircraft took off with frozen soil on the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft pitched up, lost airspeed, and crashed from a height of 20 m (66 ft).
Date: 13 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1319
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: While approaching Sverdlovsk the aircraft encountered icing conditions and the cockpit windows iced over. During landing the crew did not monitor instruments and later lowered the landing gear. After the engines were throttled back the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and crash...
Date: 25 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4790
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Iskra
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Irkutsk at night the aircraft encountered low clouds, poor weather, heavy turbulence and icing conditions. The aircraft was flying low and drifted off course. The crew accidentally feathered the number two propeller, causing a loss of altitude. The a...
Date: 28 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4198
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Spilve Airport
Summary: The aircraft was performing a training flight, despite poor weather. Visibility dropped quickly while the aircraft was landing in rain and the aircraft performed a premature descent while flying too low. The aircraft struck a river bank and crashed.
Date: 29 March 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1313
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Moscow
Summary: After repairs at the ARB-400 facility at Vnukovo Airport, the aircraft departed to perform a test flight, despite poor visibility. The crew lost spatial orientation due to a malfunctioning compass. ATC advised the crew to make a belly landing, but the crew insisted on landing...
Date: 8 April 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4467
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Mama
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kirensk-Ust-Kut-Mama-Kirensk cargo service. During a second flight to Mama the crew diverted to Bodaybo due to poor weather. The crew received permission to land at Mama but communication was lost afterwards. The aircraft crashed in a forest 18...
Date: 21 April 1951
Flight: CCCP-A2597
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yermakovsky District
Summary: Disappeared while operating a Kyzyl-Abakan cargo service. The aircraft took off from Kyzyl despite bad weather on the flight path. The wreckage was located in August 2009 on the side of a mountain in the Ermakovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Region, but was not positively identifie...
Date: 12 August 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4314
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Vilyuysk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Vilyuysk-Nyurba service. Just after takeoff the left propeller feathered. The crew increased right engine power and prepared to go-around. While making a turn to go-around, the right engine overheated. The crew reduced engine power and bega...
Date: 23 August 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1271
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kanash
Summary: Force-landed 120 km (75 mi) southwest of Kazan Airport due to fuel exhaustion after the crew became disorientated.
Date: 7 September 1951
Flight: CCCP-A2583
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gorbovichi
Summary: Broke apart in mid-air and crashed during a training flight due to both a design fault and a manufacturing defect.
Date: 1 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4775
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Krasnoyarsk Territory
Summary: Crashed in a forest. The aircraft was flying at 50–200 m (160–660 ft), depending on cloud height; the aircraft flew into cloud several times. After passing the Kureyka River the aircraft descended to 50–70 m (160–230 ft). While flying up a hill slope the pr...
Date: 11 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4416
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bogdanovich
Summary: Crashed in a swampy area 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Koltsovo Airport due to crew disorientation and resulting fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was operating a Sochi-Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 521 .
Date: 30 October 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4393
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Arkangelsk
Summary: Both engines failed while on approach to Arkangelsk after the flight engineer made a mistake in handling the fuel system. The aircraft force-landed in the Severnaya Dvina River some 10 m (33 ft) from the banks and partially sank.
Date: 14 November 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1360
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Summary: The aircraft took off with snow on the fuselage, accumulated during taxiing and engine tests, after which it lifted off too late and too slow, causing the aircraft to vibrate. Assuming the vibration to be a rough-running engine, the flight engineer overfueled the left engine,...
Date: 17 November 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л1775
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff due to wing icing. Due to operate a domestic non-scheduled Novosibirsk-Omsk-Moscow passenger service.
Date: 30 November 1951
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kiev
Summary: En route to Kiev the right engine lost oil due to a leaking oil cooler. The propeller could not be feathered and the aircraft force-landed in a forest clearing 50 km (31 mi) east of Kiev. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kharkov–Kiev passenger service.
Date: 27 December 1951
Flight: CCCP-Л4228
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Namtsev
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yakutsk –Vilyuysk passenger service when it force-landed 90 kilometres (56 mi) out of Yakutsk due to double engine failure caused by fuel exhaustion . The aircraft collided with trees and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 9 January 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4315
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: While on approach to Stalingrad, the aircraft lost altitude, stalled and crashed into a snowy field some 60 m (200 ft) to the right of the runway, breaking in two. The aircraft was completing the Voronezh–Stalingrad leg of a Moscow–Voronezh–Stalingrad–Baku cargo serv...
Date: 21 February 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1849
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Baratayevka Airport
Summary: The aircraft took off with the center of gravity too far forward. Due to pilot error, the aircraft lost altitude. The pilot attempted to regain altitude, but the propellers had struck the ground. The aircraft then touched down again, both propellers hitting the ground a second...
Date: 26 March 1952
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Tula Airport
Summary: A passenger aircraft, reportedly with 36 on board, overran the runway on landing at Tula Airport, colliding with a military transport aircraft carrying 34 people. Both aircraft caught fire. Given the death toll, the aircraft involved were probably Li-2 or Il-12. The passenger...
Date: 5 April 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1308
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magdagachi
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. After lifting off, the aircraft climbed to 30–40 m (98–131 ft) but then began banking to the right. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed 922 m (3,025 ft) to the right of the runway and 600 m (2,000 ft) past the...
Date: 3 May 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4602
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khandyga
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Khandyga-Allaikha cargo service. The aircraft encountered bad weather and deviated from the route due to strong winds. It entered clouds and struck a mountain at 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in the Verkhoyanski mountain range.
Date: 19 July 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4197
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Spilve Airport
Summary: Crashed during a training flight following double engine failure, probably due to mismanagement of the fuel system. While performing a go-around both engines quit, causing a loss of speed. The aircraft stalled while in a left turn and crashed near the airport.
Date: 23 August 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1488
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Chlya
Summary: Seventy minutes after takeoff, the crew heard a loud clap sound and felt a vibration. A portion of a propeller blade on the right engine had broken off and punctured the fuselage, destroying hydraulic lines, engine control cables and electrical wires. The blade then struck the...
Date: 28 September 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4673
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Belogorsk
Summary: Disappeared while being ferried from Khabarovsk to Tashkent for repairs, with stops at Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk. The aircraft was accidentally discovered in 1967 on a mountain 158 km (98 mi) from Kemerovo. While on the Krasnoyarsk-Novosibirsk leg the aircraft enco...
Date: 5 October 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л1328
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Skvoritsy
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision. The Il-12 was operating a domestic scheduled Minsk-1 Airport – Shosseynaya Airport passenger service as Flight 376 with 24 occupants on board, and had initiated the descent to the destination airport. The TS-62 had departed t...
Date: 22 October 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4875
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kuibyshev Airport
Summary: During the approach to Kuibyshev (now Samara), the aircraft descended below the glide scope, collided with a high-voltage power line between the outer marker and inner marker and crashed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Kazan-Kuibyshev-Sverdlovsk (now Ye...
Date: 4 December 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4661
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Yeniseisk
Summary: While climbing through 1,800 m (5,900 ft), the crew decided to return to the airport due to a problem with the left propeller. The propeller could not be feathered and the aircraft lost altitude. The engine was shut down, but the propeller continued to windmill in th...
Date: 15 December 1952
Flight: CCCP-Л4551
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft attempted to land in poor weather with low clouds and ground fog after dusk. The right wing struck a telephone pole, crashed near the fuel depot 300 m (980 ft) further, caught fire and burned out.
Date: 21 January 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4666
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both engines failed five minutes into a test flight. The crew attempted a forced landing in the outskirts of Irkutsk, but the aircraft crashed into a house.
Date: 23 January 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1435
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Kazan Airport
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-12 was operating a Kazan-Moscow-Novosibirsk cargo service as Flight 22 and had just taken off from Kazan when it collided with the Li-2, which was on approach to Kazan from Moscow. The Li-2 lost its left engine in the...
Date: 9 February 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4513
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirensk Airfield
Summary: During takeoff, the right engine failed at 20–30 m (66–98 ft). The crew attempted to make a forced landing on the airfield grounds, but the aircraft crashed.
Date: 4 March 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4371
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ashgabat Airport
Summary: The aircraft overran the runway and struck an earth wall after failing to reach takeoff speed.
Date: 30 April 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1777
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Kazan Airport
Summary: Ditched in the Volga River due to double engine failure. During the approach to Kazan the aircraft suffered bird strikes, one of which hit the windshield near an area where the magneto switches for the engines were located. A short circuit occurred in the switch wires after th...
Date: 24 May 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4863
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Nadezhda Airport
Summary: The aircraft failed to take off, overrunning the runway and crashing into a dirt pile, damaging the landing gear. The crew could not decide who was to fly the aircraft.
Date: 27 May 1953
Flight: CCCP-А4031
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Barzas
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Li-2 had deviated 47 km (29 mi) from the flight route and collided with the Li-2T. The Li-2T's right propeller cut into the Li-2's fuselage, breaking off the aileron and flap. The Li-2's tail and left wing sepa...
Date: 14 June 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1375
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Zugdidi
Summary: While en route to Tbilisi, the aircraft entered a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning. This caused an uncontrolled dive. The crew attempted a recovery manoeuver at 300 m (980 ft) but this placed excessive load on the aircraft, causing the outer wing sections to...
Date: 1 July 1953
Flight: CCCP-А2638
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Koryaki
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Milkovo–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service, flying under VFR at 1,200–1,300 m (3,900–4,300 ft). An hour into the flight, weather conditions deteriorated with low clouds and rain when the aircraft struck the side of a mountain some...
Date: 6 July 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4027
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Rushan
Summary: Crashed in a mountain pass after encountering a downdraft while flying too low. The crew deviated from the flight route when the mountain pass the aircraft was to fly through became shrouded in cloud. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khorog-Stalinabad passenger...
Date: 13 August 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4393
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Struck by a TS-62 (CCCP-Л1034) that had landed 170 m (560 ft) to the right of the runway due to fog. The collision damaged the tail of the Li-2 and the right wing of the TS-62; the Li-2 was written off.
Date: 22 August 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4157
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was parked in preparation for a flight to Krasnoyarsk. Early in the morning an engine mechanic entered the aircraft and started the engines. Although he was able to take off, the aircraft assumed a nose-high attitude, stalled and crashed from 5–10 m (16–33...
Date: 26 September 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л231
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Bagdarin-Romanovka passenger service. For unknown reasons, the crew were in a hurry to get to Romanovka, and after passengers boarded, the engine was started and the aircraft taxied to the runway and began takeoff. But at 1 m (3.3 ft) the...
Date: 14 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1727
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Irkutsk, the pilot mistook the lights on the inner marker masts for an aircraft approaching head on. The pilot banked sharply to the right at low altitude to avoid a collision, but the aircraft stalled and crashed 2.5 km (1.6 mi) short of t...
Date: 21 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4890
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Eighty-seven minutes after takeoff from Stalingrad at 2,100 m (6,900 ft) the aircraft flew into snow. The crew were unable to set up the direction finder for their destination due to radio interference. Without ATC permission the crew decided to return to Stalingrad...
Date: 27 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1765
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magadan
Summary: Crashed two minutes after takeoff from Magadan Airport. The wings had not been de-iced before takeoff, and the overloaded aircraft lost speed on climbout, banking to the left and then to the right, eventually crashing 6 km (3.7 mi) from the airport. Due to operate a...
Date: 31 October 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л4732
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Kharkov Airport
Summary: Crashed on approach to Kharkov. The pilot came in too low and lost speed in a right turn and struck the ground and crashed in a residential garden between two houses in a village near the airport; the surviving passenger was seriously injured. The crew had previously practiced...
Date: 4 November 1953
Flight: CCCP-Л1367
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: near Magdagachi Airport
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while on approach to Magdagachi Airport. The left altimeter was set incorrectly and it showed an altitude of 55 m (180 ft) greater than the actual altitude. While on final approach the aircraft struck trees 5,620 m (3.49 mi) from th...
Date: 8 January 1954
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ülemiste Airport
Summary: While operating a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 365 , the aircraft was hijacked by a man wearing a Soviet Air Force uniform and a woman and demanded to be flown to Finland. Both were armed with firearms and the woman was also armed with a kni...
Date: 27 January 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4105
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tsaghkashen
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft, operating an atmospheric sounding flight, was blown 18 km (11 mi) off course by strong winds. While descending in cloud the aircraft struck the eastern slope of Mount Kara-Dag.
Date: 26 August 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4679
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Struck trees on a hill and crashed upside-down while descending for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The crew had mistakenly tuned the radio compass to the frequency of a nearby military airfield instead of the destination airport and this caused a navigation error. The aircraft was operati...
Date: 27 September 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1365
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while attempting to land in poor visibility after the crew deviated from the flight route. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk–Novosibirsk–Moscow passenger service as Flight 10 . This crash is the deadliest involving the I...
Date: 28 October 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1789
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Mount Sivukha
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk-Krasnoyarsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 136 . Wreckage found in June 1955.
Date: 12 November 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л4519
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft took off with 25 degrees of flaps; after becoming airborne the aircraft banked left and then right, crashing to the left of and near the end of the runway and breaking up. Crew fatigue was blamed. The aircraft was operating a Leningrad–Moscow–K...
Date: 5 December 1954
Flight: CCCP-Л1320
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata, the left engine developed problems. The aircraft climbed to 100 m (328 ft) before losing altitude and speed. The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing at a military airfield at Pervomaysky (4.5 km (2.8 mi) nort...
Date: 31 December 1954
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: The aircraft, probably an Ilyushin Il-14, crashed on takeoff while operating a Beijing-Cyprus passenger service.
Date: 13 January 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5000
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Moscow Region
Summary: Just after takeoff from Bykovo Airport the right engine failed due to a foreign object that had been deliberately placed into the fuel system. The crew increased power to the left engine, but the aircraft entered a right bank and began to lose altitude. The aircraft struck tre...
Date: 23 January 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4510
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Lipovets
Summary: Twenty-three minutes after takeoff from Kiev, the passengers smelled a burning odor and noticed a dark stain above a window. A crewmember's cigarette had been thrown out the right window into the cabin intake, starting a fire in the ventilation system. The fire spread quickly,...
Date: 8 May 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4098
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: While on approach to Dnepropetrovsk, the left outer wing separated. The aircraft entered a spin at 200–300 m (660–980 ft) and crashed on a hillside. The aircraft was operating a Kiev-Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnipro)-Zaporozhye cargo service as Flight 599 . During an overh...
Date: 16 May 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5579
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Chelyabinsk
Summary: The aircraft arrived at the "Podovinnoe" kolkhoz on 12 May to spray crops. That evening, the crew drank vodka and red wine. There were no flights on 13 May due to bad weather. On 14 and 15 May, the crew completed 30 rotations each day for a total of 12 hours of flight. On the...
Date: 1 July 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л2642
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Twelve minutes after takeoff the engine lost power at 300 m (980 ft). Altitude was lost and the crew attempted a forced landing in swampy terrain. The aircraft did not make it that far and crashed 1.2 km (0.75 mi) from the Pechora rail line near Tobys railw...
Date: 24 July 1955
Flight: CCCP-А2616
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Birobidzhan
Summary: The aircraft left Birobidzhan on a short cargo flight to a remote area. After takeoff the aircraft climbed to 15–20 m (49–66 ft), performed a 180° turn and continued for 20 km (12 mi). At 600 m (2,000 ft) the aircraft struck trees and crashed. Bot...
Date: 6 August 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л5057
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Voronezh
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow– Stalingrad – Moscow passenger service as Flight 214 . During the first leg of the flight, an unscheduled stop was made at Voronezh to pick up several passengers. After landing, a slight oil leak was discovered on the righ...
Date: 15 September 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л1359
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Kansky District
Summary: ATC failed to inform the crew of a thunderstorm that had formed on the flight route. The aircraft entered the storm and encountered severe turbulence and this placed heavy loads on the wings, causing the aircraft to break up. The aircraft then crashed upside down in a field. T...
Date: 28 September 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4712
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ozerevo
Summary: En route to Leningrad the right engine failed due to an oil leak. The propeller could not be fathered due to the lack of oil. The crew decided to make an emergency landing at the Vypolzovo military airfield, but were unable to reach Vypolzovo ATC for 50 minutes. The aircraft l...
Date: 9 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4993
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tordoki Yani
Summary: Struck the side of a mountain. The aircraft was flying too low through the Sikhote-Alin mountain range as the result of ATC errors. Caught in a strong downdraft, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed on the southeastern slope of Mount Tordoki Yani. The aircraft was operating...
Date: 9 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4339
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tyumen Region
Summary: While on the Sverdlovsk–Petropavlovsk leg the aircraft was blown off course by strong winds, stronger than forecast. To make matters worse, the radio compass failed and Petropavlovsk Airport was closed due to bad weather. The crew decided to divert to Kurgan, but could not est...
Date: 21 December 1955
Flight: CCCP-Л4981
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Balkhash Lake
Summary: Eighty-six minutes after takeoff the crew reported that the gyroscopes had failed, due to a failure in the vacuum regulator. Communication with the aircraft was lost later; the wreckage was found the next day in the snow-covered Saryesik-Atyrau desert 105 km (65 mi)...
Date: 7 March 1956
Flight: CCCP-71289
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed on takeoff.
Date: 22 April 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л1718
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Sukhumi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi- Kutaisi cargo service as Flight 227 . Shortly after takeoff from Sukhumi Airport the aircraft climbed to just 60 metres (200 ft) and began descending until it struck the surface of the Black Sea . The pilot may have been blinded by a...
Date: 26 April 1956
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: East Berlin
Summary: Crashed after it struck a church tower in fog while on approach to Schönefeld Airport . The aircraft, probably an Ilyushin Il-12, was operating a Warsaw -East Berlin service.
Date: 4 July 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л4869
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Voronezh Airport
Summary: The aircraft had just completed the second leg of a Mineralnye Vody–Rostov–Voronezh–Moscow passenger service as Flight 256 . While taxiing along a dirt taxiway to the airport terminal, at 300 m (980 ft) from the runway, the crew felt a sharp jolt and a dull explosion...
Date: 20 July 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5554
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew intentionally followed the wrong airway, flying at 1,400 m (4,600 ft). Although the crew did not sight land, they decided to continue rather than turn around. The aircraft entered cloud and deviated from the flight route. Rather than turni...
Date: 20 August 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л3488
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gizhiga
Summary: Crashed into terrain while flying in clouds, 23 kilometres (14 mi) out of Gizhiga, and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft had completed an aerogeophysical survey flight.
Date: 16 September 1956
Flight: CCCP-A2582
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Syuldyukar
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Nyurba to ARB-401 at Novosibirsk for overhaul. While on approach to Botuobiya, the crew deviated from the approach pattern. Coming in too low, the main landing gear struck a river bank 1.5 m (4.9 ft) below of and 43 m (141...
Date: 2 November 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л4872
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Crashed in a forest. While on approach to Sverdlovsk, the crew deviated from the glide path in poor visibility. After passing the outer marker, both engines quit at 250 m (820 ft) due to fuel starvation after the crew forgot to move the fuel selector from the right t...
Date: 18 November 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5658
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: The brand-new aircraft was on a Moscow-Irkutsk delivery flight. While on approach to Irkutsk in poor visibility, the crew did not follow the glide path and the aircraft touched down hard too soon, damaging the left main and nose landing gear, left wing, and both engines and ev...
Date: 9 December 1956
Flight: CCCP-Л5033
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Anadyr
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Lavrentiya–Uelkal–Anadyr passenger service. While on the Uelkal-Anadyr leg the aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route. The crew descended through cloud despite being unaware of the aircraft's position and the airc...
Date: 15 February 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4407
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yamal Peninsula
Summary: Force-landed in tundra between Yarato-1 and Yarato-2 lakes on the Yamal Peninsula. The aircraft was overloaded before takeoff from Mys Kamenny and this cargo was not secured, causing a loss of airspeed and a nose-high attitude on takeoff. Two crew members left the cockpit and...
Date: 29 March 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4967
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: Crashed following unexplained left wing separation, probably due to pilot error. The aircraft was operating a Kuibyshev–Ulyanovsk photo flight; personnel from the Ulyanovsk Automotive Plant were to photograph the aircraft from the ground.
Date: 5 May 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л3807
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tanyurer
Summary: Crashed after the pilot lost control in a steep turn shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was operating an aerogeophysical survey flight.
Date: 3 July 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л4825
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Stavropol
Summary: Thirty-two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft struck treetops on Mount Strizhament, broke apart and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft was flying too low in poor visibility and ATC failed to correct it. The aircraft was operating an Ashgabat–Krasnovodsk–Baku–Mineralnye Vody–...
Date: 7 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1828
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magdagachi Airport
Summary: While on approach to Magdagachi the crew deviated from the approach path due to strong winds. The aircraft came in too high and descended too quickly. The crew failed to go-around and the nose wheel struck a mast of a landing light 500 m (1,600 ft) past the outer mar...
Date: 15 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1874
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Copenhagen
Summary: Crashed into the Copenhagen harbour after striking the chimney of a power plant while on approach to Kastrup Airport . The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Riga-Copenhagen international service as Flight 103 .
Date: 17 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л2071
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kiev
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision . The Il-14M was practicing takeoffs and landings. On the second takeoff, the Il-14M collided with the Il-14G that was on approach to Zhulyany Airport. The Il-14M lost its right engine and the cockpit was sheared off while the...
Date: 30 August 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1440
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Slovita
Summary: En route to Kiev, the crew was flying VFR in bad weather and poor visibility, forcing them to follow a road. The crew lost sight of the road while flying through cloud and attempted to locate the road, but the aircraft crashed on a wooded hill. The aircraft was operating a Lvi...
Date: 1 October 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1389
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Aksha
Summary: After takeoff from Irkutsk, the crew deviated from the flight route. The crew became disorientated and were unable to find their destination. The aircraft ran low on fuel in the crew's attempts to find Chita. Low on fuel, the crew decided to make a forced landing near a settle...
Date: 27 October 1957
Flight: CCCP-Н442
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: North Pole drifting ice station SP-7
Summary: Struck ice hummocks 3 km (1.9 mi) short of the runway and crashed after flying too low on approach in bad weather. Although all six crew survived the crash, one died five days later. The remaining crew were rescued 21 hours later by a Mil Mi-4 helicopter.
Date: 2 December 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1657
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Helsinki
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing, ran over an embankment, and came to rest on a road. The aircraft was completing an international scheduled Moscow–Leningrad–Helsinki passenger service as Flight 107 .
Date: 18 December 1957
Flight: CCCP-Л1309
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Jewish Autonomous Region
Summary: Disappeared while operating the first leg of a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Magdagachi-Moscow passenger service as Flight 10 . The wreckage was found in June 1958 on the slope of Mount Poktoy, 30 km (19 mi) west of Birobidzhan. While parked at Khabarovsk Airport and...
Date: 9 June 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1364
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Magadan
Summary: Struck a wooded hillside in bad weather. The aircraft descended to 600 m (2,000 ft) and changed course towards mountainous terrain. The aircraft descended again and entered clouds. The aircraft began to strike tree tops and crashed into a hillside at 430 m (1,41...
Date: 27 June 1958
Flight: CCCP-05643
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Byelaya Loch
Summary: The aircraft struck a hill, stalled , and crashed out of Seymchan during a survey flight.
Date: 2 July 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л3803
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Inta
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain at 600 m (2,000 ft) in adverse weather while operating a Pelengachi-Kazhim (Khanty-Mansisk autonomous district) service.
Date: 15 August 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л5442
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Chita
Summary: While en route a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk - Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 04 , the aircraft ascended to 12,000 metres (39,000 ft) from 10,800 metres (35,400 ft) after entering a turbulent upstream, stalled, spun down, and crashed near Chita.
Date: 5 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л2048
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Jõhvi
Summary: A passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft 30 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker handed a note to a stewardess, who then handed it to the pilot. The pilot locked himself in the cockpit and got a firearm. The hijacker then attempted to break down the door to the cockpit. The...
Date: 7 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1692
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Konstantinovka
Summary: During the final leg from Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe) to Moscow, the crew were unaware that thunderstorms had formed on the flight route. The aircraft flew into a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning, incapacitating the pilots. The lightning strike also damaged the control cab...
Date: 19 September 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л3904
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Lazo
Summary: While en route to Khabarovsk the crew got lost at night in poor weather. The controller failed to determine the position of the aircraft. The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into a wooded slope at 850 m (2,790 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled...
Date: 10 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-84733
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Smyshlyaevka
Summary: Crashed during a training flight due to possible fuel exhaustion.
Date: 16 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-65708
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sukpai
Summary: During an aerial photography flight the left engine caught fire. The pilot descended and attempted a wheels-up forced landing in the tundra. The aircraft crashed some 82 km (51 mi) southeast of Sukpai near the Aksu River in the Sikhot-Alin mountains. The wreckage rem...
Date: 17 October 1958
Flight: CCCP-42362
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Kanash
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Beijing - Omsk -Moscow passenger service. The crew was unable to land at Moscow due to fog and diverted to Sverdlovsk . The aircraft entered a powerful upstream at 10,000 metres (33,000 ft) and ascended to 12,000 metres (39,000&#...
Date: 25 October 1958
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Nizhniye Kresty Airport
Summary: While parked at Nizhniye Kresty (now Chersky) Airport, the aircraft was hijacked by two men who demanded to be flown to the US and threatened to blow up the aircraft if this demand wasn't met. The pilots notified airport personnel who then contacted the police and the KGB. Aft...
Date: 2 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-84624
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Grakhovo
Summary: Crashed following an in-flight fire. The aircraft was operating a Stalino-Penza-Izhevsk cargo service. The cargo consisted of zinc nitrate contained in glass bottles packed in baskets with wood chips. During the flight some of the bottles broke. With the heating system on, the...
Date: 7 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-52024
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Crimean Oblast
Summary: While en route between Sochi and Simferopol the crew encountered poor visibility and radio interference. While on approach to Simferopol the aircraft entered clouds. Unknown to the crew, the aircraft had deviated south from the flight route by 25 km (16 mi). The airc...
Date: 24 November 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л5676
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Stalled and crashed due to shifting cargo.
Date: 7 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л2096
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: Struck trees and crashed short of the runway on the second approach to land in bad weather. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Voronezh-Stalingrad passenger service as Flight 213 .
Date: 15 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-41843
Aircraft: Il-14
Location: Baratayevka Airport
Summary: Stalled and crashed on approach during a training flight due to pilot errors and wing icing.
Date: 15 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1467
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Cherepovets Airport
Summary: The aircraft landed too far down the runway and could not stop in time, overrunning the runway into a ditch, suffering substantial damage. The aircraft was completing a Leningrad–Cherepovets service.
Date: 23 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-61663
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Stalled and crashed while attempting a go-around in poor weather. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Mineralye Vody-Ashgabat-Tashkent passenger service as Flight 466 .
Date: 24 December 1958
Flight: CCCP-Л1458
Aircraft: Il-12T
Location: Uralsk Airport
Summary: After the aircraft lifted off, the pilot ordered the flight engineer to raise the landing gear. After a long takeoff run the flight engineer panicked when he saw a rail line embankment and shut off the engine ignition by mistake. The aircraft touched down again and continued f...
Date: 18 January 1959
Flight: CCCP-41863
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: Crashed while on approach to Stalingrad, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) out of the airport. The aircraft descended to 400 metres (1,300 ft) on finals when contact was lost; it rolled to the right, crashed into a snowy field, and was destroyed by fire. The cause was not determ...
Date: 19 January 1959
Flight: CCCP-Л1975
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Stalled on takeoff and crashed.
Date: 4 February 1959
Flight: CCCP-16192
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Severo-Evensk
Summary: Crashed on a hill in bad weather. The crew decided to descend through clouds despite being unaware of their position. The aircraft struck a hill with its right engine, continued to fly for another 800 m (2,600 ft) and came to rest upon another hill at 760 m (2,4...
Date: April 1959
Flight: CCCP-Л5569
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Ran through shallow water and struck an embankment.
Date: 24 April 1959
Flight: CCCP-84595
Aircraft: Li-2P
Location: Novosibirsk Region
Summary: During an aeromagnetic survey flight, the right engine failed due to fuel starvation after the crew forgot to move the fuel selector from a nearly empty tank to another tank. The crew attempted but failed to restart the engine, instead of feathering the propeller. The crew rai...
Date: 18 June 1959
Flight: CCCP-84627
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Deputatsky Airport
Summary: The center wing section suffered damage following an incident at the airport. Due to the airport's location in the Far North, repairs proved impossible and the aircraft was written off instead.
Date: 10 August 1959
Flight: CCCP-54795
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Khabarovsk region
Summary: Struck a forested mountain slope during a survey flight.
Date: 29 August 1959
Flight: CCCP-84598
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Magdagachi Airport
Summary: Took off with an improperly set rubber trim tab.
Date: 2 September 1959
Flight: CCCP-75676
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Voronezh Region
Summary: The aircraft climbed to 10,000 m (33,000 ft) after takeoff from Moscow, which was too high for the aircraft's weight. Near Voronezh, the aircraft entered a thunderstorm and was pushed by an updraft to 10,700 m (35,100 ft) and descended to 7,000 m (23,0...
Date: 2 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-84448
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: The crew failed to account for wind drift, causing the aircraft to deviate 15 km (9.3 mi) to the left of the flight route. While descending through cloud, the aircraft struck a glacier at 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) on the north slope of Mount Aag, 42 km (26...
Date: 23 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-41806
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed in a forest on approach to Vnukovo Airport and was destroyed by fire. While at 900 metres (3,000 ft), the aircraft was cleared to land and began descending until striking trees, 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) short of the runway. It was operating the last leg of a d...
Date: 27 October 1959
Flight: CCCP-84733
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: near Karaganda Airport
Summary: During the second approach to land at Karaganda, the aircraft lost altitude and speed, causing the right wing to contact the ground. The aircraft crashed in the steppe 600 m (2,000 ft) short of and 71 m (233 ft) to the left of the runway. The aircraft was c...
Date: 16 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-11167
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Lvov
Summary: Crashed on approach to Sknyliv Airport , 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) short of the airfield. When the crew selected 45 degrees of flaps the nose suddenly pitched down and the crew could not regain control. It was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Lvov passenger service as...
Date: 19 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-84633
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed. The wreckage later became corroded as it sat in the open air for a long period of time at the crash site.
Date: 29 November 1959
Flight: CCCP-01426
Aircraft: Il-12
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in poor visibility. The aircraft deviated to the right of the runway and touched down on the grass. The pilot realized the mistake and attempted to make a left turn but the left wing struck the ground. The aircraft struck two trenches, destroyi...
Date: 13 December 1959
Flight: CCCP-91577
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off  Boysun
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain, 27 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Boysun, after the crew deviated from the planned route to avoid bad weather. The aircraft was operating the last leg of a Kabul –Tashkent passenger service as Flight 120 .
Date: 17 December 1959
Flight: CCCP-84587
Aircraft: Li-2P
Location: Vilnius
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The pilot failed to follow the takeoff procedures and the aircraft took off at low speed and a nose-high attitude. The aircraft then banked, touched down, bounced several times, struck two poles and a mound, after which it slid into a trench and burned out....
Date: 15 January 1960
Flight: CCCP-19405
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Didino
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Moscow with a stop at Kazan. Thirty-two minutes after takeoff from Sverdlovsk, the pilot noticed that the aircraft begin turning to the right and also noticed that the pressure and revs in the right engine w...
Date: 19 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-01271
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Berezovo
Summary: The aircraft was refueled at Berezovo Airport with too much fuel. The aircraft took off overloaded with the fuel valve shut off, causing the engine to lose power and a loss of airspeed and altitude resulted. The confused pilots realized this, but too late, and mistook the loss...
Date: 19 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-98332
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Moma Airport
Summary: On takeoff, the aircraft entered a steep climb with a loss of airspeed. At 20 m (66 ft) the aircraft entered a spiraling dive and crashed next to the runway. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear.
Date: 26 February 1960
Flight: CCCP-11180
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Lvov
Summary: Crashed on approach to Snilow Airport , 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) ahead of the runway threshold, in icing conditions . It was completing a domestic scheduled Kiev–Lviv passenger service as Flight 315 .
Date: 27 April 1960
Flight: CCCP-75648
Aircraft: Il-18A
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft was being used for crew training, practicing approaches and landings. During the fifth approach, the rate of descent suddenly increased and the aircraft touched down hard, nosegear first after which it bounced and landed again nosegear first, breaking off the nose...
Date: 5 May 1960
Flight: CCCP-84609
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Enken
Summary: During a positioning flight from Nikolayevsk-on-Amure to Okhotsk, the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and snow. Ice formed on the wings and the aircraft lost speed and altitude until it struck the side of the 1,207 m (3,960 ft) high Dzhugdzur ridge at 900 ...
Date: 10 June 1960
Flight: CCCP-91571
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: near Tkvarcheli
Summary: While en route to Tbilisi, the aircraft struck a mountain at 1,200 m (3,900 ft) after the crew deviated north of the flight route by 17 km (11 mi). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Rostov-Sochi-Kutaisi-Tbilisi passenger service as Flight 207 .
Date: 5 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-98282
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Aldan
Summary: During an aerial photography flight, the pilot realized the aircraft was going to hit a hill. He turned the aircraft to go around the hill, but too late, after which the aircraft clipped a tree with its left wing, hit a second tree with its right wing and crashed in taiga and...
Date: 20 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-61696
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Syktyvkar
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad –Syktyvkar passenger service as Flight 613 when it encountered heavy turbulence on its flight path and broke up, crashing 100 kilometres (62 mi) off the destination city.
Date: 21 July 1960
Flight: CCCP-01405
Aircraft: Il-12P
Location: Minsk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Minsk Airport. The aircraft failed to accelerate on the waterlogged grass runway and lifted off at too low a speed with a nose-high attitude. The aircraft bounced four times and then banked to the left, striking a power pole and a lamp post. Crashing in...
Date: 17 August 1960
Flight: CCCP-75705
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Tarasovich
Summary: En route to Moscow, the crew reported that the number four propeller was feathered and requested an emergency landing at Borispol Airport. Five minutes later the crew reported that the number four engine and right wing were on fire and requested an emergency descent. ATC offer...
Date: 21 August 1960
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking episode.
Date: 2 September 1960
Flight: CCCP-04200
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Zikhnovo
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger service carrying researchers from Mys Schmidta back to Moscow, when it crashed into mountainous terrain in bad weather while en route from Arkhangelsk to Cherepovets , 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away from Zikhnovo.
Date: 26 September 1960
Flight: CCCP-41866
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Brest Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing at Brest Airport. After passing Kobrin the right engine began to run rough and emitted black smoke. The crew shut down the engine, feathered the propeller, and continued to Brest. Due to poor weather at Brest the crew began circling. Unbeknownst to the crew,...
Date: 20 October 1960
Flight: CCCP-42452
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Ust-Orda
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled Moscow-Omsk-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk passenger service as Flight 5 . En route to Irkutsk, the aircraft diverted to Ust-Orda due to bad weather. The crew aborted the approach after the nose gear landing light malfunctioned. The pilot initiated a...
Date: 30 October 1960
Flight: CCCP-52025
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Penza
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Penza Airport. Despite worsening weather, including icing conditions, the aircraft took off. Ice formed on the wings and propellers. Both engines failed and the aircraft began to lose altitude until it struck a ravine with the left and then t...
Date: 11 November 1960
Flight: CCCP-84748
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Zyryanka Airport
Summary: The aircraft took off from Zyryanka Airport despite a snow-covered runway. After a long takeoff run the aircraft achieved a nose-high attitude, stalled, and bounced on the runway several times, catching fire in the process, after which it continued to fly until it banked left...
Date: 25 November 1960
Flight: CCCP-91610
Aircraft: Il-14FK
Location: Leningrad Region
Summary: During a training flight, the instructor simulated a right engine failure while flying between two layers of cloud. The crew became disorientated and the aircraft entered a dive. The aircraft came out of the clouds at 200 m (660 ft), too low to allow recovery from th...
Date: 4 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-52091
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Chernovo
Summary: Experienced a fire in the starboard engine while en route a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service as Flight 61 . This situation prompted the flightcrew to initiate a descent for an emergency landing, in which the wing broke off. The aircraft crashed near Chernovo.
Date: 10 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-33181
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Semipalantinsk–Abai passenger service. Several passengers moved to the rear of the aircraft, causing the center of gravity to move past limits. The aircraft lost airspeed, stalled at 500 m (1,600 ft) and crashed .
Date: 13 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-01245
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yamburg Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft took off from a frozen river in strong crosswinds and an iced over upper wing leading edge. When the pilot forced the aircraft to lift off at low speed, the aircraft banked and turned to the left, striking the river bank and nosing over. Due to...
Date: 26 December 1960
Flight: CCCP-75651
Aircraft: Il-18A
Location: Ulyanovsk Airport
Summary: The aircraft was approaching Ulyanovsk when it suddenly nosed down at 120–150 metres (390–490 ft) after the crew selected 40 degrees of flaps due to tailplane icing, after which the aircraft crashed in a plowed field and caught fire. Test flights later showed that the Il-...
Date: 3 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-25482
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Santash Pass
Summary: At Przhevalsk Airport, seven passengers boarded the aircraft. After passing the Santash Pass, the weather worsened and visibility dropped below minimum. The pilot descended below the clouds without ATC permission and the aircraft later struck a snow-covered hill.
Date: 17 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-84694
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Pervoye Maya
Summary: During an atmospheric sounding flight, the inexperienced pilot allowed a loss of airspeed at 5,200 m (17,100 ft). The aircraft stalled and entered a nosedive. The pilot attempted to regain control, but he could not and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 23 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-61610
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Dnepropetrovsk Airport
Summary: Crashed 150 m (490 ft) short of the runway on final approach following a premature descent. The aircraft was operating a Lugansk-Stalino (now Donetsk)-Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnipro)-Kiev domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 95 .
Date: 30 January 1961
Flight: CCCP-41858
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Stalingrad
Summary: During a training flight out of Stalingrad, the check pilot simulated an engine failure shortly after takeoff without informing the rest of the crew, which was against procedure. The pilot mistook the loss of power for an actual engine failure and ordered the engine shut down...
Date: 1 February 1961
Flight: CCCP-42357
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Vladivostok Airport
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Moscow–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok passenger service as Flight 01 . While on approach to Vladivostok, the aircraft was too high. The right engine was shut down, unbeknownst to the crew. The pilot increased the angle of descent and the aircraft touched...
Date: 16 March 1961
Flight: CCCP-42438
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Sverdlovsk-Leningrad passenger service as Flight 068 . The right engine failed shortly after takeoff. The crew were unable to determine which engine failed because they could not read the instruments due to severe vibr...
Date: 17 March 1961
Flight: CCCP-54783
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Ufa
Summary: The aircraft took off from Ufa in poor weather and failed to gain sufficient speed. Despite this, the pilot rotated the aircraft, but it pitched up, causing a tail strike. After bouncing several times, the aircraft crash landed and overran the runway. The wings and tail were c...
Date: 4 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-01248
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Dovyren
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Nizhneangarsk-Dovyren-Irkana-Nizhneangarsk cargo service, carrying six diesel drums. Twelve minutes after takeoff, the crew radioed that they were climbing to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in good weather. Ten minutes later the aircraft crashed in a...
Date: 18 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-47614
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Novoye Akhperdino
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops. After three flights, the pilot was flying at 10 m (33 ft) following a 500 m (1,600 ft) straight-in path when the aircraft banked left and crashed.
Date: 24 April 1961
Flight: CCCP-98247
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Stepanavan
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yerevan-Stepanavan passenger service. Weather during the first part of the flight was poor and marginal, with rain and clouds. During a left turn the aircraft struck the side of a mountain 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Stepanavan Airport. T...
Date: 5 June 1961
Flight: CCCP-61732
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Chita
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk–Chita–Khabarovsk cargo service. During the approach to Chita, the aircraft was too low and struck trees and crashed on the side of Mount Cherskogo (11 km (6.8 mi) short of the runway). The crew had begun descending too soon.
Date: 22 June 1961
Flight: CCCP-75672
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Bogoroditsk
Summary: Belly landed in a field following a fire in the inner starboard engine that was not extinguished. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow- Sochi service.
Date: 8 July 1961
Flight: CCCP-41848
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Sosnovy Bor
Summary: Crashed due to fuel exhaustion after the crew failed to refuel before takeoff. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 411 .
Date: 10 July 1961
Flight: CCCP-42447
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Odesa
Summary: Encountered downdrafts and struck approach lights on final approach to Odesa Airport in heavy rain. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad-Odessa passenger service as Flight 381 .
Date: 13 August 1961
Flight: CCCP-75653
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Riga
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing at Riga International Airport in fog.
Date: 17 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-42388
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Hard landing at Tashkent Airport .
Date: 22 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-16154
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Oymyakon
Summary: Crashed 95 kilometres (59 mi) away from Oymyakon after running out of fuel. The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Oymyakon cargo service.
Date: 28 September 1961
Flight: CCCP-63857
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Yakutsk Airport
Summary: Struck in the tail by Li-2T CCCP-71199 that had veered off the runway; CCCP-63857 was written off.
Date: 31 October 1961
Flight: CCCP-61712
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Smorodinny
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk – Sangar cargo service. The crew mistook the lights of Smorodinny for the lights of the destination city during a blackout. It descended until 150 metres (490 ft), where it crashed into mountainous terrain.
Date: 2 November 1961
Flight: CCCP-42504
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Made an emergency landing following an engine failure after hitting an antenna on approach to Vladivostok Airport .
Date: 17 December 1961
Flight: CCCP-75654
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Chebotovka
Summary: Crashed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off Chebotovka, after the flight engineer inadvertently modified the position of the flaps at a cruising altitude of 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), causing the aircraft to dive uncontrollably. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled M...
Date: 31 December 1961
Flight: CCCP-75757
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Tbilisi-Mineralnye Vody passenger service. It was one of two Il-18s chartered to pick up passengers in Tbilisi who had been stranded for several days due to bad weather. The boarding process was chaotic and disorganized, with tickets...
Date: 16 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-23721
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Egvekinot-Anadyr mail flight. On approach to Anadyr, weather conditions were poor with low visibility due to clouds. During the final segment, the pilot noticed a man walking on the runway and began a right turn to avoid him. The aircraft stalled...
Date: 21 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-01218
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Levinskaya Verkhoshizhemsky
Summary: The aircraft was beginning a Kirov–Sovetsk–Arbazh–Pizhanka–Kishma–Yaransk–Sanshursk passenger service. After being delayed for several days due to weather, the aircraft took off for Sovetsk. But en route at 150 m (490 ft) with visibility of 2–4 km (1.2–2.5 ...
Date: 27 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-98330
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Farikha
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the pilot began turning left when the aircraft banked left, stalled and crashed. Due to begin a Farikha–Naryan-Mar cargo service.
Date: 27 January 1962
Flight: CCCP-11148
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Ulyanovsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Baratayevka Airport on a training flight, the outer starboard engine did not feather during initial climb out , causing the aircraft to bank right and lose speed, eventually crashing into the ground 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) off the airport.
Date: 15 February 1962
Flight: CCCP-84575
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Shymkent
Summary: The overloaded aircraft took off from a soggy grass runway. The pilot began the takeoff run early as he feared the aircraft would get stuck. Just before the end of the runway, the pilot lifted off too soon and at low speed. The aircraft entered a nose-high, low-speed attitude,...
Date: 21 February 1962
Flight: CCCP-47645
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mount Karpung
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Pevek-Palyavaam cargo service. Another An-2 approaching Palyavaam radioed that it was impossible to land due to poor weather and returned to Pevek. ATC attempted to contact CCCP-47645, but there was no response and the aircraft was declared missing...
Date: 9 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-84717
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Baygubekmuryn Cape
Summary: The aircraft was operating an ice reconnaissance flight over the Aral Sea. At 800 m (2,600 ft) the aircraft flew into clouds and the pilot descended to maintain visual contact with the sea surface, but at 400 m (1,300 ft) the aircraft encountered fog. The p...
Date: 20 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-93473
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kikhshik
Summary: After takeoff for the second leg of a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky–Ust-Bolsheretsk–Kikhshik–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger flight, the crew was told to return to Ust-Bolsheretsk if they encountered snow. A few minutes into the flight, weather worsened with snow and clouds. Des...
Date: 30 March 1962
Flight: CCCP-84685
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, the cargo door opened. The pilot left his seat to close the door, but he had not transferred control to the co-pilot and the now out-of-control aircraft began descending. When the co-pilot gained control, the aircraft struck a telephone pole and crashed.
Date: 4 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-41852
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Severely damaged after the left flap failed to extend on landing during a training flight.
Date: 15 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-23700
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Mount Karpung
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Palyavaam to Pevek. The crew did not follow the Palyavaam River but deviated to the left by 12 km (7.5 mi). Encountering poor visibility (snow), the aircraft struck the side of Mount Karpung.
Date: 19 April 1962
Flight: CCCP-02168
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Taldy-Kurgan
Summary: The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata (now Almaty)–Arasan (and return) passenger flight. A few minutes after takeoff from Taldy-Kurgan for the second leg to Kapal, weather worsened and the crew failed to return as they were told to by ATC. In low visibility, the pilot descend...
Date: 11 May 1962
Flight: CCCP-49262
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Magadan
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops at the "Duksha" sovkhoz (state farm) some 72 km (45 mi) north of Magadan. Five to six minutes after takeoff and flying to the spraying area, the pilot began a right turn on approach to a forest. The right wing struck tree tops and the...
Date: 24 May 1962
Flight: CCCP-54997
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Gorki
Summary: During climbout from Strigino Airport , the left engine failed, probably due to carburetor problems. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing and was forced to make a sharp left turn to avoid a building and a factory's chimney. Th...
Date: 3 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-07968
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaul-Kuyu
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat)-Mary cargo service, carrying 40 bottles of sulfuric acid. Eighteen minutes after takeoff, at 900 m (3,000 ft), smoke spread in the cabin and a fire started. The pilot attempted to extinguish the fire, but he co...
Date: 4 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-42491
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sofia
Summary: Experienced an unexplained failure of the left engine shortly after takeoff from Vrazhdebna Airport , prompting the crew to return to the airport. In doing so, the airplane flew too low through clouds and crashed into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast o...
Date: 20 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-32619
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Kutaisi after dropping off passengers at Tsagueri. En route, weather worsened and approaching a mountain at 850 m (2,790 ft) the crew flew into clouds. The aircraft struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area on a mountain. Th...
Date: 28 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-13653
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ksenyevka
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops at Ksenyevka sovkhoz (state farm), some 160 km (99 mi) northeast of Kostenay. After takeoff, the pilot began a steep climb and then a sharp left turn at low altitude. Because the aircraft was flying too slow, it stalled and crashed and...
Date: 30 June 1962
Flight: CCCP-42370
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Voznesenka
Summary: Accidentally shot down by a training missile while en route from Irkutsk to Omsk as Flight 902 .
Date: 3 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-05833
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Gayvoron
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops in the Spassk-Dalny region and returned to Gayvoron to resupply with 375 kg (827 lb) of pollination products. A second resupply flight was made later, after which the aircraft took off to spray a wheat field. While flying at 6–7 m...
Date: 6 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-91554
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Tashkent
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Bukhara –Tashkent passenger service as Flight 40 , when the starboard wing broke off after hitting a fence, following the loss of height amid an engine failure, causing the aircraft to crash 34 kilometres (21 mi) away from...
Date: 7 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-70889
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tonkeris
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops on a field owned by the Tonkeris kolkhoz (state farm). After seven flights, the crew prepared for the eighth flight. After a straight-in flight at low altitude, the pilot began a right turn when control was lost for reasons unknown. The aircraft...
Date: 28 July 1962
Flight: CCCP-11186
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Sochi
Summary: Crashed at 2,000 feet (610 m) into a mountain while on approach to Sochi Airport in clouds, inbound from Simferopol as Flight 415 .
Date: 7 August 1962
Flight: CCCP-76479
Aircraft: Tu-114D
Location: Moscow
Summary: Nosegear retraction while standing on the apron at Vnukovo Airport undergoing maintenance.
Date: 16 August 1962
Flight: CCCP-98218
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kishinev Airport
Summary: The aircraft were written off after being blown over in a storm while parked at the airport.
Date: 3 September 1962
Flight: CCCP-42366
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Off Khabarovsk
Summary: The aircraft became uncontrollable after rolling and yawing several times at an altitude of 4,500 metres (14,800 ft). Crashed in a swamp, some 90 kilometres (56 mi) away from Khabarovsk. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk– Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passeng...
Date: 18 September 1962
Flight: CCCP-61628
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: near Cherskiy
Summary: While en route to Berelakh, the weather worsened and the aircraft stayed overnight at Berelakh. The next day the aircraft continued to Zyryanka, but had to stay there for two days because of bad weather at Cherskiy. The next day the aircraft departed for Bilibino. The approach...
Date: 25 October 1962
Flight: CCCP-42495
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: On a test flight, the aircraft crashed at Sheremetyevo Airport upon takeoff. The rudder controls were apparently cross-connected.
Date: 1 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-54970
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ribnoye
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Chita to Minsk. During the Krasnoyarsk-Novosibirsk leg, weather conditions worsened and the pilot requested to climb due to icing conditions, but ATC denied this. While flying at 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft), control was...
Date: 19 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-07920
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tynne
Summary: After spraying crops at a sovkhoz near Tynne, the crew took six farmers of the sovkhoz on a tour, all of whom were drunk. Five minutes after takeoff at 130 m (430 ft), the pilot made a sharp turn (apparently to avoid a chalet) when the six passengers drifted to the r...
Date: 29 November 1962
Flight: CCCP-75843
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 18 December 1962
Flight: CCCP-84603
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Olyokminsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Olyokminsk cargo service. During the approach to Olyokminsk, the crew encountered poor weather and followed the Sinyaya River instead of the Lena River. Because of this, the crew began descending too soon and was too low when passing the ou...
Date: 19 December 1962
Flight: CCCP-15939
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kazan
Summary: While approaching Kazan, the engine failed due to contaminated fuel. Flying low and facing power lines, the pilot decided to descend below them and make an emergency landing on a highway. After touching down the aircraft struck a metal slide and obstacles before crashing. Due...
Date: 14 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-71186
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tazovskoye
Summary: Lost control, banked right and crashed shortly after takeoff. ATC personnel were reportedly drunk and sleep-deprived. Due to begin a Tazovskoye-Salekhard passenger service as Flight 76 .
Date: 27 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-16194
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Seymchan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Pevek-Zyrianka-Seymchan-Magadan cargo flight. Due to strong winds, the aircraft deviated from the flight route and neither the crew nor ATC realized this. Approaching a mountainous area in poor weather, the aircraft encountered do...
Date: 31 January 1963
Flight: CCCP-28900
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Leninakan
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Yerevan-Leninakan (now Gyumri)-Akhalkalaki passenger service. Eight minutes into the flight in good weather, the crew radioed their position to ATC. Four minutes after this, the aircraft lost altitude, climbed, banked left and rig...
Date: 1 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-71229
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Kirovograd
Summary: The aircraft was on a training flight from Malaya Viska-Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi). Approaching Kirovograd, the crew encountered poor weather with limited visibility due to fog, which was worse than forecast. On final approach, the instructor was unable to locate the runwa...
Date: 8 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-11193
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Syktyvkar
Summary: Stalled and crashed upon takeoff, following the icing of the intake in three of the engines.
Date: 26 February 1963
Flight: CCCP-75732
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Bukhta Yemlinskaya
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Cape Schmidt-Anadyr-Magadan cargo service. While en route to Magadan both left side engines failed at 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The crew made an emergency landing on the icy surface of Shelikhov Gulf near Bukhta Yemlinskaya. The aircraft was d...
Date: 5 March 1963
Flight: CCCP-75765
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Ashgabat
Summary: Inbound from Krasnovodsk as Flight 191 , struck power lines on approach to Ashgabat Airport , crashed some 300–200 metres (980–660 ft) short of the runway, broke up, and caught fire.
Date: 12 March 1963
Flight: CCCP-98341
Aircraft: An-6
Location: Richardson Lakes
Summary: Damaged in a storm while participating in the 6th Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1962–1963. Four days later the aircraft suffered more damage in a second storm.
Date: 1 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-63825
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Donetsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a night training flight out of Donetsk Airport. After five flights, the crew began a sixth flight in low visibility due to poor weather. On final approach, the pilot decided to continue the descent after passing the decision height despite being unable to d...
Date: 2 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-11338
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Magadan
Summary: Ran off the snowy runway at Magadan Airport and broke in two after the pilot failed to correctly align the aircraft for takeoff.
Date: 4 April 1963
Flight: CCCP-75866
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Urakhcha
Summary: The pitch control mechanism on engine four failed while en route a domestic scheduled Moscow– Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 25 . Unable to determine which of the right side propellers were causing the drag forces, the crew decided to feather both of them, causing the...
Date: 18 May 1963
Flight: CCCP-42483
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Stalled on approach to Smolnoye Airport and crashed 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off the airfield.
Date: 9 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-33116
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Rishtan
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops. After five flights, the crew started on the sixth flight when the spraying equipment malfunctioned. The crew was so focused on the spraying equipment that they failed to notice an oncoming tree. The aircraft struck the tree with its left wing a...
Date: 14 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-15986
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Pryutovo
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops on behalf of a sovkhoz (state farm) between Pryutovo and Aksakovo. The crew failed to get enough sleep the night before. After a few morning flights, the crew took a lunch break and drank large amounts of vodka with local farmers. The crew got b...
Date: 23 June 1963
Flight: CCCP-09154
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Balakhta
Summary: The crew was spraying crops in the region of Balakhta. The evening and night before, the crew drank some five bottles of vodka with three women and failed to get any sleep. The next morning, the crew arrived at the aircraft and completed 11 flights without incident. The crew p...
Date: 13 July 1963
Flight: CCCP-42492
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Crashed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) short of the runway on final approach to Irkutsk Airport , inbound from Beijing . The aircraft was completing the first leg of an international scheduled Beijing-Irkutsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 012 and made a premature descent. The...
Date: 24 July 1963
Flight: CCCP-43833
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaganda Airport
Summary: A former pilot, who was drunk, entered the aircraft which was waiting on the apron for crew and passengers, took off and performed unauthorized stunts at low altitude. Three minutes after takeoff the left wing hit the apron and the aircraft slid across the apron, destroying a...
Date: 21 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-45021
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Leningrad
Summary: On takeoff from Tallinn, the nosegear failed to retract. The crew diverted to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) due to fog at Tallinn. The aircraft circled Leningrad to burn fuel, reducing weight for landing. While the aircraft was circling the crew attempted to force the nose...
Date: 23 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-35359
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Nadymsky District
Summary: Fifty-five minutes into a flight from Tazovskoye to Salekhard the engine failed at 300 m (980 ft). A forced landing on a small lake was attempted, but the aircraft could not make it that far, losing speed as it "hopped" over an obstacle and crashed in tundra 100 ...
Date: 24 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-61617
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: After takeoff from Kutaisi, the crew continued to fly under VFR despite poor visibility from heavy rain. Unbeknownst to the crew, the aircraft had deviated 13 km (8.1 mi) from the flight route. Eight minutes after takeoff, the aircraft struck the side of a mountain w...
Date: 31 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-65706
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Sharya
Summary: The aircraft was on an aerial photography flight to take photos of the rail line from Neya to Svesha. After 130 minutes of flight, the left engine failed due to carburetor problems. The pilot decided to divert to Sharya, but the right engine overheated. A forced landing was at...
Date: 31 August 1963
Flight: CCCP-01154
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kapan
Summary: The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kapan–Goris passenger service, deviated from the flight route by 5.5 km (3.4 mi). It entered a gorge near Kapan and was forced to make a climbing turn to get out, but the aircraft lost airspeed and struck treetops at 1,250...
Date: 20 October 1963
Flight: CCCP-04197
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Graham Bell Island
Summary: Flew into the slope of a glacier during a survey flight; the crew lost spatial orientation in the polar night .
Date: 10 November 1963
Flight: CCCP-75686
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Kuybyshev Airport
Summary: On approach to Kuybyshev (now Samara) the cloud base dropped to 120 m (390 ft), which was minimum for Kuybyshev Airport. Breaking through the clouds, the crew realized the aircraft was not lined up with the runway and the pilot made some sharp maneuvers to line the a...
Date: 15 November 1963
Flight: CCCP-16139
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Izobilnoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Yerevan-Baku-Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) cargo service. After climbout to 2,100 m (6,900 ft), the crew got permission to make a stop at Rostov-on-Don before continuing to Dnipropetrovsk, but in the process, failed to request about en rout...
Date: 3 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-16202
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Pevek
Summary: During the takeoff roll, the pilot began the rotation. The aircraft lifted up a few meters but could not gain enough altitude and banked right. The crew attempted to regain control, but the aircraft was out of control. The pilot then attempted to reduce power on the left and t...
Date: 7 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-11347
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Lost control and crashed when both port propellers could not be feathered following fuel line problems. The aircraft was operating a Kirensk-Irkutsk cargo service as Flight 1076 .
Date: 16 December 1963
Flight: CCCP-16181
Aircraft: Li-2G
Location: Parbig
Summary: On takeoff, the aircraft banked left and the left landing gear struck the ground three times over 190 m (620 ft). After passing the end of the runway, the aircraft rolled for 36 m (118 ft) in deep snow, after which it climbed steeply to 280 m (920 ...
Date: 3 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-23740
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Crashed short of the runway during a night time training flight.
Date: 25 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-13651
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kenkiyak
Summary: Struck a hill in poor weather following a premature descent. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Baiganin–Kenkiyak–Aktyubinsk passenger service.
Date: 29 January 1964
Flight: CCCP-54818
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Nukha
Summary: After a 124 m (407 ft) takeoff roll, the tail wheel lifted up, but the left landing gear struck a bump on the runway. Instead of abandoning takeoff, the pilot continued and began takeoff quickly. He pulled back on the control column to rotate, but the aircraft's spee...
Date: 9 February 1964
Flight: CCCP-55541
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Dhzigda Airport
Summary: The pilot became disorientated on takeoff, allowing the aircraft to lose altitude. The aircraft struck trees and crashed in a forest near the Maya River. The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Dhzigda to Nelkan.
Date: 13 May 1964
Flight: CCCP-09259
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Svetilnoye
Summary: After completing a crop-spraying flight the aircraft came in too high for landing. The aircraft landed hard 9 m (30 ft) short of the runway, nosing over and catching fire.
Date: 8 June 1964
Flight: CCCP-25467
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Cheremshan
Summary: While on a positioning flight from Cheremshan to Kazan following crop-spraying, the crew, who were drunk, performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft crashed 160 m (520 ft) outside the airfield.
Date: 9 June 1964
Flight: CCCP-42476
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Weather at Novosibirsk was poor due to a thunderstorm near the airport. Despite this, the crew continued the approach and lost sight of the runway after flying into heavy rain. When the aircraft touched down, one of the pilots performed an overshoot and another activated the b...
Date: 2 July 1964
Flight: CCCP-75661
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Krasnodar
Summary: Landed wheels-up after flying through a hailstorm.
Date: 3 July 1964
Flight: CCCP-09242
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Urtazym
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying. The pilots became distracted while listening to a weather forecast on the radio and writing it down. The aircraft gradually lost altitude until it struck a hill.
Date: 3 August 1964
Flight: CCCP-75824
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Magadan Airport
Summary: While on approach to Magadan from Khabarovsk, the aircraft began descending prematurely. The instructor-pilot took control to level out after he realized that the descent speed was increasing, but the aircraft was too low and it struck a concrete embankment at the start of the...
Date: 14 August 1964
Flight: CCCP-62730
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Elista
Summary: During a training flight at Elista Airport, the engine caught fire. The pilot decided to return for an emergency landing but on final approach, fuel vapors exploded, and the aircraft crashed. Poor maintenance was blamed.
Date: 2 September 1964
Flight: CCCP-75531
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Crashed into a hillside at 2,000 feet (610 m) while on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport , inbound from Khabarovsk as Flight 721 , following a premature descent.
Date: 13 October 1964
Flight: CCCP-04370
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Cape Khorgoy
Summary: Struck a hill near the Anabar River, Tiksi Region in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a second hill after flying for 650 m (2,130 ft), bounced off of it and crashed after 60 m (200 ft), breaking off an engine.
Date: 24 October 1964
Flight: CCCP-01231
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Nikolayevsk-na-Amure
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the crew encountered poor weather, which was not forecast. The crew decided to return but became disorientated and the aircraft struck a hillside at 190 m (620 ft). The aircraft was operating a Nikolayevsk-na-Amure–Okha cargo service (mail).
Date: 9 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-43915
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Găvănoasa
Summary: During a positioning flight following crop spraying at the "Gigant" kolkhoz (collective farm), the drunk crew performed stunts. The aircraft lost airspeed, entered a dive and crashed.
Date: 18 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-09275
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Murmansk Airport
Summary: En route to Umba the aircraft deviated 3 km (1.9 mi) to the right of the flight route in poor visibility. The aircraft struck a snow-covered hill 3 m (9.8 ft) from the top some 20 km (12 mi) from Murmansk.
Date: 28 November 1964
Flight: CCCP-41883
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Surami
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tbilisi –Kutaisi–Krasnodar passenger service as Flight F-51 . While en route it first leg, it crashed at 980 metres (3,220 ft) into a mountain, near Surami, after the actual airspeed was incorrectly reported to the crew and...
Date: 2 January 1965
Flight: CCCP-63842
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Darvaza Airport
Summary: While on the second leg of a domestic scheduled Tashauz–Darvaza–Ashgabat passenger service as Flight 112 , both engines failed on takeoff from Darvaza due to fuel starvation after the pilot selected a near-empty fuel tank. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed in the desert 4...
Date: 4 January 1965
Flight: CCCP-75685
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: While on approach to Alma-Ata the crew were unaware that the weather was poor. The aircraft deviated to the right after passing the locator middle marker. Air traffic control instructed the pilot to perform a go-around, but the pilot continued the approach. The aircraft crashe...
Date: 2 February 1965
Flight: CCCP-45218
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Varkhi
Summary: The aircraft was operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Mayakovskogo" kolkhoz (collective farm). The crew, who were drunk, left Gorodok and approaching Varkhi, made a sharp right turn at low altitude when the right wing stuck telephone lines and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 7 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-54971
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aradan
Summary: Lost control following a failure of the left wing in severe turbulence. The aircraft was operating an Abakan–Kyzyl passenger service as Flight 542 . The crash is the deadliest known accident involving the Li-2. Following a 1966 crash of an Li-2 in the same circumstances, it wa...
Date: 8 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-45028
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport after the pilots lost control of the aircraft during climb out, likely caused by problems with the altitude indicators. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev–Rostov–Sochi passenger service as Flight 513 .
Date: 8 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-75690
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Frunze
Summary: Damaged in a wheels-up landing at Frunze Airport. The crew forgot to lower the landing gear after several landing attempts.
Date: 20 March 1965
Flight: CCCP-46764
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Khanty-Mansiysk
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport inbound from Tyumen , breaking up after hitting a snowdrift, and catching fire.
Date: 21 July 1965
Flight: CCCP-01201
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Gorny
Summary: While flying the Briakan–Komsomolsk-na-Amure leg of a Poliny Osipenko–Khabarovsk passenger service, the aircraft encountered poor weather. The crew deviated 17 km (11 mi) to the right of the flight route, entering clouds. The aircraft contacted tree tops on a mountai...
Date: 25 August 1965
Flight: CCCP-05856
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Šilale
Summary: The co-pilot, who was drunk, took off at dusk. The aircraft struck a tree top 7 km (4.3 mi) from the airstrip, crashed and burned out.
Date: 5 September 1965
Flight: CCCP-98320
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Loukhi
Summary: During a positioning flight from a lake to Loukhi, the pilot, who was drunk, began a steep descent over Lake Keret. The co-pilot attempted to recover, but the aircraft crashed in the lake, nosed over, and sank in 4 m (13 ft) of water. The co-pilot was rescued by a bo...
Date: 11 September 1965
Flight: CCCP-11337
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Ulan-Ude
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Tashkent-Fergana-Novosibirsk-Krasnoyarsk-Irkutsk-Yuzhno Sakhalinsk cargo service. The crew diverted to Ulan-Ude after the airport at Irkutsk was closed due to poor weather. The crew did not set the altimeter correctly, causing false readings. The a...
Date: 11 November 1965
Flight: CCCP-45086
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Murmansk
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Murmansk passenger service as Flight 99 when it crashed 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) off Murmansk Airport , on approach. The pilot mistook lights near the Middle Marker Beacon for runway lights and began descending, but b...
Date: 16 November 1965
Flight: CCCP-01189
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Ust-Maya
Summary: Main undercarriage broke off upon landing in snow.
Date: 23 December 1965
Flight: CCCP-75688
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Magadan
Summary: The airframe sustained irreparable damages when it dived from 8,000 metres (26,000 ft).
Date: 31 December 1965
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking episode.
Date: 1 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-61618
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: While flying at 3,300 m (10,800 ft), the right engine failed. The crew considered diverting to Sobolevo but the runway was covered in snow and decided to continue. The aircraft started to gradually lose altitude and was at 2,900 m (9,500 ft) after passing S...
Date: 14 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-02185
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Shamurat
Summary: En route to Samarkand from the "Kommunizm" state farm the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and heavy rain. The captain decided to continue the flight, and deviated east from the flight route for better weather. While flying over the Karatau mountain range, the...
Date: 30 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-02851
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Velyka Vyska
Summary: During a training flight out of Lelekovka in poor visibility the trainee pilot left zone no. 2 by mistake and began losing height. When he saw a triangulation tower he began a steep right turn. The instructor intervened, but too late, and the aircraft struck the ground near a...
Date: 16 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-52058
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Pechora
Summary: Experienced a fire in one of the engines while en route a domestic scheduled Vorkuta –Syktyvkar passenger service as Flight 302 . The crew attempted to divert the aircraft to Pechora after the fire could not be extinguished, but the burning engine detached from the wing, causi...
Date: 17 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-76491
Aircraft: Tu-114
Location: Moscow
Summary: Struck a snowdrift with the port main landing gear upon takeoff from Sheremetyevo Airport. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft so as to bank it to the right, causing the inner starboard propeller to hit the ground. The airplane, due to inaugurate the Moscow – Conakry – Accra – B...
Date: 21 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-79943
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Baranikha
Summary: The aircraft was on a special flight from Pevek to Baranikha in good weather. While approaching Baranikha, weather worsened and visibility dropped due to snow. The aircraft descended to 330 m (1,080 ft), but it struck a snow-covered hill, tearing off the left ski. af...
Date: 26 February 1966
Flight: CCCP-79910
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mys Nalycheva
Summary: The aircraft encountered poor weather, with poor visibility and heavy snow. The crew deviated to the left of the flight route by 17 km (11 mi); the aircraft then crashed at 589 m (1,932 ft) on the snow-covered summit of a hill on Mys Nalycheva.
Date: 2 March 1966
Flight: CCCP-79860
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Golubichnoye
Summary: Crashed during a training flight. The cause of the crash was not determined, but an in-flight fire or spatial disorientation were theorized.
Date: 25 March 1966
Flight: CCCP-65710
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ramenskoye
Summary: While at 2,100 m (6,900 ft) during a training flight, the aircraft encountered turbulence and crashed out of control. The left outer wing had separated in turbulence due to a design defect.
Date: 23 April 1966
Flight: CCCP-61772
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Baku
Summary: Twelve minutes after takeoff, the pilots reported that they were having engine problems and thought wet spark plugs were the cause. The crew turned around to return to Baku, but during the approach power was lost in the left engine. The pilots later reported that the temperatu...
Date: 23 April 1966
Flight: CCCP-02807
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Labinsk
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the aircraft lost altitude while turning at low altitude. The aircraft crashed in a 50-60-degree bank.
Date: 13 June 1966
Flight: CCCP-45017
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Minsk
Summary: Overran wet runway on landing at Minsk-1 International Airport .
Date: 24 June 1966
Flight: CCCP-01127
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Arteni
Summary: Struck a high-voltage power line and crashed during a crop-spraying flight.
Date: 27 July 1966
Flight: CCCP-45038
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Zaporizhia Oblast
Summary: During the Kharkov–Simferopol leg of a Kazan–Kharkov–Simferopol passenger service as Flight 67 , the aircraft unexpectedly entered storm clouds at 7,200 m (23,600 ft), after which it rolled 60-70° and entered a high-speed dive for 10 seconds. The crew were able to re...
Date: 27 August 1966
Flight: CCCP-75552
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Overran the runway on takeoff with a locked rudder at Arkhangelsk Airport . The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Arkhangelsk-Leningrad passenger service as Flight 3772 .
Date: 7 September 1966
Flight: CCCP-79816
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was on a Dushanbe–Murghab flight in support of a geological expedition. While flying through the Murghab River gorge the aircraft caught fire, probably due to an acetone spill in the cabin. The pilot attempted to force-land in the area where the Murghab and Zapadn...
Date: 9 September 1966
Flight: CCCP-96224
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Off Tsikhisdziri Cape
Summary: Ditched in the Black Sea following engine failure. Ten minutes after takeoff, at 250 m (820 ft), the engine failed due to magneto problems. The crew ditched the aircraft near a fishing boat; the aircraft was recovered five days later from a depth of 34–36 m (112...
Date: 22 November 1966
Flight: CCCP-75665
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma Ata (now Almaty)-Semipalatinsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight X-19 . During the takeoff roll at Alma-Ata Airport the number three engine failed, probably due to wet snow ingestion. The takeoff was continued but the...
Date: 18 December 1966
Flight: CCCP-46601
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Zafarabad
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, took a mechanic on a ride, during which the pilot performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire.
Date: 14 January 1967
Flight: CCCP-04343
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Crashed and exploded during an emergency landing following a fire in the cargo hold that broke out shortly after takeoff from Tolmachevo Airport. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Novosibirsk-Krasnoyarsk-Khabarovsk cargo service as Flight 5003 .
Date: 6 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-11007
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Salekhard
Summary: The crew did not make a proper selection of the flaps before takeoff from Salekhard Airport ; the aircraft stalled following rotation , crashing into the banks of the Ob River , 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) off the airport. Due to operate a Salekhard– Tarko-Sale cargo service.
Date: 12 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-61657
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Off Yakutsk
Summary: One of the engines caught fire while en route an Olyokminsk–Yakutsk service as Flight 1799 . The aircraft crashed after it hit trees 86 kilometres (53 mi) away from Yakutsk when the crew attempted to force-land the aircraft amid snowy weather in darkness.
Date: 13 March 1967
Flight: CCCP-04959
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Black Sea
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked and stolen at Tuapse by a former Soviet Air Force and Aeroflot pilot who wished to escape to Turkey. While flying over the Black Sea the aircraft was intercepted by a Yak-28P and later shot down by a MiG-17.
Date: 6 April 1967
Flight: CCCP-75563
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft arrived at Domodedovo Airport from Krasnoyarsk. The aircraft was then to be ferried to Vnukovo Airport, but after performing a turn after takeoff, the aircraft spiraled down and crashed 2 km (1.2 mi) to the right of the runway.
Date: 11 April 1967
Flight: CCCP-04213
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Nizhniye Kresty
Summary: While on approach to Nizhniye Kresty Airport, the pilot mistook empty barrels, marking the start of the snow airstrip, for parked helicopters. The pilot performed an emergency turn out, but this caused the aircraft to stall and crash on the frozen Kolyma River 3.5 km (2.2...
Date: 11 May 1967
Flight: CCCP-05604
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Alexeyevka
Summary: En route to Alexeyevka the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and rain. Entering clouds, the aircraft deviated 6 km (3.7 mi) from the flight route. The aircraft struck the side of Mount Aina-Sulak at 970 m (3,180 ft).
Date: 4 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-04366
Aircraft: An-12TP-2
Location: Blagoveshchensk
Summary: Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Blagoveshchensk Airport .
Date: 11 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-49345
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Gazimurski Zavod
Summary: Lost altitude while turning and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 17 June 1967
Flight: CCCP-71220
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Karaganda Airport
Summary: After touching down at Karaganda, the aircraft lifted off again due to elevator control problems. The aircraft climbed to 10–15 m (33–49 ft) at which the pilot then decided to perform a go-around. The aircraft stalled at 20–25 m (66–82 ft), crashed back on...
Date: 4 July 1967
Flight: CCCP-98241
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Verkhnyaya Dobrinka
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Dobrynski" sovkhoz, the crew, who was drunk, flew too low and nearly struck a telephone line. While attempting to 'hop' over the line, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field and burned out.
Date: 28 July 1967
Flight: CCCP-09243
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Udskoye
Summary: The aircraft was operating the second leg of a Kurun-Uryakh–Nelkan–Udskoye in support of an expedition. On approach to Udskoye the crew encountered poor weather (low clouds and fog). The crew failed to return and deviated from the flight route to the left by 14 km (8.7...
Date: 9 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-55799
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aravan
Summary: While spraying crops at the "im. Zhdanova" kolkhoz, the crew mishandled the fuel system and the engine quit. Instead of attempting a forced landing, the crew decided to restart the engine. Altitude was lost and the aircraft struck trees next to a house, ripped off the house's...
Date: 13 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-15959
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ayanka
Summary: The crew and a friend of the crew left Ayanka for a fishing party by the Penzhina River (8 km (5.0 mi) north of Ayanka). En route while flying too low, the aircraft struck trees, stalled and crashed on a sandbank. The crew had no permission for the flight.
Date: 29 August 1967
Flight: CCCP-42615
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Meschura Airport
Summary: On initial climb the engine control lever disconnected due to a missing lock tab. The aircraft lost altitude and airspeed and crash landed on trees and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Meschura–Knyazhpogost passenger service as Flight 96 .
Date: 12 October 1967
Flight: CCCP-16150
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Takhtamygda–Kyzyl-Syr cargo service. The crew diverted to Aldan after the left engine failed. While on approach to Aldan the landing gear did not lower and the crew aborted the approach. A steep left turn was performed to avoid hitting a mountain p...
Date: 20 October 1967
Flight: CCCP-29320
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Vetluga
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff from Vetluga Airport. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear. Due to begin the second leg of a Gorki–Vetluga–Kalinina–Sharya passenger service.
Date: 16 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-75538
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: One of the engines caught fire upon takeoff from Koltsovo Airport. The propeller could not be feathered, causing the aircraft to crash upside down. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk–Tashkent passenger service as Flight 2230 .
Date: 19 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-04227
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: The aircraft was returning to Krasnoyarsk following a cargo flight to Yeniseysk. In low visibility, the crew did not realize that they were flying too low. Some 55 m (180 ft) before the middle marker, the aircraft struck a telephone pole, a wooden fence and a hangar...
Date: 26 November 1967
Flight: CCCP-09210
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dubovka
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Baku to Kharkov (now Kharkiv) for overhaul. During the Kizlyar–Stavropol leg, the crew encountered poor weather (low clouds and snow). Instead of returning, the pilot decided to continue. The aircraft struck the side of a mountain northwest...
Date: 1 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-96215
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mugur-Aksy
Summary: During the second leg of a Kyzyl–Teeli–Mugur-Aksy passenger service, the crew flew into clouds while on approach to Mugur-Aksy and deviated from the flight route. The crew decided to go around, but too late; the aircraft struck the side of a snow-covered mountain some 7 k...
Date: 30 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-46215
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Liepaya
Summary: Inbound from Riga, the aircraft was too high above the glide slope. The crew added takeoff power and started a missed approach. At that time, the left engine was in reverse thrust mode. The aircraft lost altitude, rolled to the left and crashed in a snow-covered field. The air...
Date: 31 December 1967
Flight: CCCP-46201
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Voronezh
Summary: Crashed short of the runway on approach to Voronezh Airport .
Date: 4 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-96226
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Vologda
Summary: Mid-air collision. CCCP-09667 was operating a Ust-Kubinsk-Vologda passenger service while CCCP-96266 was departing Vologda on a cargo flight to Saint Petersburg. In limited visibility in snow, both aircraft collided at 200 m (660 ft) and crashed 23 km (14 m...
Date: 6 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-47733
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Olyokminsk
Summary: Broke up at 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and crashed 92 kilometres (57 mi) west of Olyokminsk. The aircraft was operating the second leg of a scheduled domestic Yakutsk–Olyokminsk–Lensk–Ust-Kut–Krasnoyarsk–Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 1668 . The cause was neve...
Date: 9 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-75519
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Karaganda Airport .
Date: 29 January 1968
Flight: CCCP-11015
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Hard landing at Yakutsk Airport .
Date: 12 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-28946
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ayaguz
Summary: En route to Ayaguz the aircraft encountered snow. The aircraft then crashed into the side of Mount Tikasu at 1,850 m (6,070 ft) and caught fire. The pilot left the crash site the next day and hiked 18 hours through deep snow to Nekrasovka. The other five survivors we...
Date: 19 February 1968
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Baghdad
Summary: Hit a building on landing.
Date: 24 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-75560
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Donetsk Airport
Summary: The crew aborted takeoff for unknown reasons. Unable to stop within the remaining runway distance, the aircraft overran, breaking off the landing gear.
Date: 29 February 1968
Flight: CCCP-74252
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Off Bratsk
Summary: Broke up in-flight during an emergency descent, crashing and bursting into flames 160 kilometres (99 mi) away from Bratsk, possibly due to a fuel leak. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk– Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service as Flight 15 . On...
Date: 7 March 1968
Flight: CCCP-45019
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Volgograd Airport
Summary: During the takeoff roll, the pilot attempted to rotate and pulled back on the control column. At the same time, he accidentally pushed the spoiler switch for three seconds. The aircraft climbed to 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and flew for 400 m (1,300 ft), but then i...
Date: 9 March 1968
Flight: CCCP-41840
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: Mount Getantag
Summary: The aircraft was flying a Tbilisi– Yerevan cargo service when the crew decided to fly back to Tbilisi as they had lost visual because of the weather. The aircraft crashed into Mount Getantag at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).
Date: 22 April 1968
Flight: CCCP-75526
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Moscow
Summary: Hit power lines while on a training flight and crashed near Domodedovo Airport .
Date: 16 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-05977
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Maryinka
Summary: The aircraft was due to begin crop-spraying for the "Pobeda" sovkhoz. Immediately after takeoff the pilot probably lost control of the flaps and ailerons. The pilot dropped the load (the aircraft was due to perform crop-spraying) and regained control of the aircraft, but some...
Date: 19 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-45228
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tenginskaya
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Pobeda" sovkhoz, the aircraft lost altitude while turning. The aircraft crashed and burned out. The pilot had performed the turn too sharp, too low, and too slow.
Date: 28 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-45209
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Slobodovka
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 30 May 1968
Flight: CCCP-05989
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Semikarakorsk district
Summary: The pilot was performing crop-spraying flight for the "Novo-Zolotovski" state farm with a local guide on board. Distracted by the passenger, the pilot allowed the aircraft to lost altitude. The aircraft struck the ground and burned out.
Date: 1 July 1968
Flight: CCCP-02332
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Breusovka
Summary: The aircraft was spraying crops near Olkhovatka, Poltava Region. During one of these flights, the pilot allowed two passengers on board. After completing the flight the pilot flew to Kozelshchyna, taking on passengers as he went. At Kozelshchyna the pilot and passengers drank...
Date: 21 July 1968
Flight: CCCP-32209
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sufi-Kurgan
Summary: Crashed on a mountain slope. The pilots became disorientated in bad weather and deviated west of the flight route by 10 km (6.2 mi). The aircraft was operating a Dzhargital–Lyahsh–Daraut-Kurgan–Osh passenger service.
Date: 3 August 1968
Flight: CCCP-01118
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Psebai
Summary: En route to Psebai, the aircraft encountered poor weather with rain and poor visibility. The crew decided to return but the aircraft struck a wooded mountain side in the Skalisty Range at 1,050 m (3,440 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar–P...
Date: 8 August 1968
Flight: CCCP-11172
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Mirny
Summary: Hit a vehicle after running off the runway of Mirny Airport following the failure of the main starboard undercarriage.
Date: 22 September 1968
Flight: CCCP-91763
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Seymchan
Summary: During a flight in support of a geologic expedition the aircraft encountered poor weather over the mountains with low clouds. The aircraft drifted off course by 25 km (16 mi) and began descending in cloud over mountains until it struck the side of Mount Khapchagai so...
Date: 6 October 1968
Flight: CCCP-46552
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mary
Summary: Forced landing due to engine failure while flying at 4,200 m (13,800 ft).
Date: 20 October 1968
Flight: CCCP-75436
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: During the first leg of a Novosibirsk–Yakutsk–Magadan passenger service, hydraulic pressure on engine two dropped for reasons unknown. The pilot decided to divert to Krasnoyarsk, where weather was poor. The approach was made in snow and during finals, the aircraft was too low...
Date: 2 November 1968
Flight: CCCP-11349
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Lensk
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain on approach to Lensk Airport , 15.6 kilometres (9.7 mi) off Lensk.
Date: December 1968
Flight: CCCP-04214
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location:   Antarctica
Summary: Damaged on landing; subsequently destroyed by strong winds.
Date: 10 January 1969
Flight: CCCP-70940
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Malka
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew set course over mountains instead of along the valleys, despite poor weather. The aircraft entered clouds and struck a mountain slope at 1,230 m (4,040 ft) in the Ganalskiye gory range, slid for 700 metres (2,300 ft) down the slope, e...
Date: 3 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-06214
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Rubashovka
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight from Rubashovka to the "Krasnoye Znamya" sovkhoz (state farm) the pilot, who was drunk, performed stunts with an unauthorized passenger on board. The pilot was recovering from a loop at low-altitude when the aircraft crashed 140 m (460 f...
Date: 24 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-46751
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport. The right engine had lost power after the landing gear was retracted, causing a loss of speed and height, hitting trees and crashing into the ground. The airframe broke in two, and both pieces caught fire. Due to operate a d...
Date: 28 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-98316
Aircraft: An-6
Location: Sagirdasht
Summary: En route to Tavildara the aircraft encountered poor weather over mountainous terrain with cloud-covered summits. The aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route, striking the side of a mountain in the Darwaz Range. The wreckage was found on 31 Mar...
Date: 30 March 1969
Flight: CCCP-29320
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sergeyevka
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Priluki to Sergeyevka for crop-spraying when it crashed near Sergeyevka airstrip after the crew became disorientated in poor weather.
Date: 7 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-13667
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shcherbinovsky District
Summary: While operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Severny" state farm, the pilot, who was drunk, allowed two passengers on board. While attempting a steep turn at low altitude the aircraft lost control and crashed.
Date: 18 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-09193
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Otar
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, took six passengers on a joy ride, during which he performed stunts. The aircraft crashed in a field near Otar.
Date: 28 April 1969
Flight: CCCP-42436
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Irkutsk Airport.
Date: 15 May 1969
Flight: CCCP-32607
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Novotitarovka
Summary: After being refilled with pesticides for crop-spraying, the co-pilot took a ground mechanic for a ride. The pilot attempted but failed to stop the aircraft as it taxied for takeoff. The co-pilot performed stunts at low altitude until the aircraft struck a 7 m (23 ft)...
Date: 23 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-52018
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Poroslitsy
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Moscow– Chernigov passenger service as Flight 831 . The captain unilaterally decided to increase height, colliding mid-air with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), over the Poroslitsy village, Yukhnov...
Date: 25 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-11380
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Mirny
Summary: Starboard main landing gear broke off upon landing at Mirny Airport .
Date: 26 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-91527
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Magadan
Summary: A fire broke out shortly after takeoff from Magadan Airport. While attempting an emergency landing, the aircraft hit trees and crashed. Due to operate a Magadan– Seymchan cargo service.
Date: 28 June 1969
Flight: CCCP-91495
Aircraft: Il-14G
Location: near Talas
Summary: The crew made a wrong turn after takeoff, turning right instead of turning left. The aircraft then flew over mountainous terrain, striking a mountain at 3,150 metres (10,330 ft) some 8.7 km (5.4 mi) to the left of the flight route. The aircraft was operating a d...
Date: 5 July 1969
Flight: CCCP-09168
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Udokan Range
Summary: Struck a mountain. Between Ust-Nyukzha and Chara the aircraft encountered poor weather with low clouds and rain. While flying along the Khani river valley, the aircraft struck the side of a mountain at 1,800 m (5,900 ft) in the Udokan Range. Wreckage was found on 16...
Date: 3 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-46248
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Preobrazhenka
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk – Vinnitsa passenger service as Flight N-826 , when a blade from one of the port propellers separated from the engine. The detached blade punctured the fuselage and severed the controls. The airplane entered a spin...
Date: 12 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-11018
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: The aircraft was completing the first leg of a Tiksi –Novosibirsk–Moscow cargo service as Flight 5134 , when the engines lost power on approach to Novosibirsk Airport ; it descended into a forest, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) away from the airfield, and caught fire.
Date: 19 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-96176
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mostki
Summary: Crashed during a crop-spraying flight. The crew, who was drunk, allowed three passengers on board. The crew performed some maneuvers at low height until the aircraft struck trees at a height of 15–17 m (49–56 ft). The aircraft crashed and caught fire.
Date: 26 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-75708
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Inbound from Norilsk , the crew forgot to lower the landing gear. The aircraft belly landed at Vnukovo Airport, and a fire broke out. The aircraft was operating a Sochi-Norilsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 1770 .
Date: 26 August 1969
Flight: CCCP-41971
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Khovu-Aksy
Summary: Struck a mountain. The aircraft encountered poor weather, with low clouds over mountainous terrain. Flying through clouds, the aircraft struck a wooded mountain slope at 1,940 m (6,360 ft). The aircraft, operating a domestic scheduled Kyzyl–Khovu-Aksy passenger servi...
Date: 1 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-61731
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: near Zaliv Kresta Airfield
Summary: The aircraft departed Anadyr but returned due to bad weather at Egvekinot. Three hours later the aircraft took off again. While on approach, the crew drifted to the right during the descent towards land. The crew performed a 180-degree turn over mountainous terrain and the air...
Date: 8 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-11377
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Amderma
Summary: While the aircraft was taxiing at Amderma Airport for departing to Norilsk, it was impacted in the nose by a crashing Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-128 that veered off the runway following the collapse of its starboard main undercarriage upon landing. Both airplanes burst into f...
Date: 10 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-75791
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Collided with a vehicle after landing at Yakutsk Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Yakutsk passenger service as Flight 93 .
Date: 26 September 1969
Flight: CCCP-44984
Aircraft: An-2
Location: off Tiksi
Summary: Ditched in Tiksi Bay due to engine failure (caused by a manufacturing defect) while approaching Tiksi at night in poor weather.
Date: 12 October 1969
Flight: CCCP-11169
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Mirny
Summary: Landed on icy runway at Mirny Airport .
Date: 13 October 1969
Flight: CCCP-47772
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Crashed some 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) short of the runway, on approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport , after a feathering of the propellers due to an accidental activation of the de-icing system. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Surgut-Nizhnevartovsk passenger se...
Date: 1 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-43847
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kazalinsk
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff. Before taking off, 12 passengers wanted to fly to Frunze (now Tuganbay); these passengers paid the pilot to board the aircraft. As a result, the aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was too far to the rear. The aircraft went into a...
Date: 13 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-11376
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Amderma
Summary: Crashed on approach to Amderma Airport, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the airfield, due to icing conditions . The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Amderma-Yakutsk cargo service as Flight 5009 .
Date: 25 November 1969
Flight: CCCP-44995
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Mukachevo
Summary: En route to Irshava the aircraft encountered poor weather, with low clouds over the mountains. The crew deviated to the left of the flight route, after which the aircraft entered clouds and struck the side of a mountain at 420 m (1,380 ft). The aircraft was operating...
Date: 6 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-11381
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Khatanga
Summary: The aircraft was completing a Syktyvkar–Khatanga cargo service as Flight 5135 when it crashed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off Khatanga Airport , on approach, due to icing .
Date: 9 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-35083
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lunino
Summary: An An-2 (CCCP-35082) left Penza on a positioning flight to Kazan. CCCP-35083 left three minutes later on the same route. Inexplicably, the crew of the second An-2 wanted to catch up with the first An-2. The crew accelerated, joining up with the first An-2 twenty minutes later,...
Date: 10 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-52010
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: off Makhachkala
Summary: Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft was cleared to climb to 2,100 m (6,900 ft) when the pilot reported clouds over the sea, which was not forecast. The aircraft suddenly nosed down and crashed into the sea 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from the shore. The wreckage wa...
Date: 11 December 1969
Flight: CCCP-75699
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Unknown
Summary: En route to Tashkent from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) the crew mishandled the trim tabs and autopilot. The aircraft entered a dive at 8,800 m (28,900 ft) and descended to 6,600 m (21,700 ft) before the crew regained control. The aircraft was able to make...
Date: 1970
Flight: CCCP-46241
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Saratov
Summary: Destroyed by fire while refuelling at Saratov Airport .
Date: 28 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-47701
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Off Batagay
Summary: Crashed 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Batagay on a premature descent to the city airport, inbound from Deputatskiy Airport on a domestic scheduled passenger service.
Date: 29 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-45083
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Murmansk
Summary: Crashed into a snow-covered hill, 29 kilometres (18 mi) away from Murmansk Airport , on approach, sliding down the snowy slope. Five occupants of the airplane perished immediately after impact; another six occupants died from hypothermia while awaiting for the rescue team...
Date: 31 January 1970
Flight: CCCP-40573
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Tokmass
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Chelyabinsk to Magnitogorsk when it stalled and crashed after the crew became disorientated in an area of heavy snow and poor visibility.
Date: 6 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-75798
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Samarkand
Summary: Crashed into a mountain amid a cloudy scenario, 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Samarkand. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent-Samarkand passenger service as Flight U-45 .
Date: 25 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-61637
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ust-Maya
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Ust-Maya to Yakutsk when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Ust-Maya Airport following a malfunction on one of its engines during initial climbout.
Date: 26 February 1970
Flight: CCCP-12966
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Beryozovo
Summary: Hard landing at Beryozovo Airport.
Date: 5 March 1970
Flight: CCCP-58340
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: Stalled and crashed on takeoff from Ust-Kut Airport due to shifting cargo.
Date: 19 March 1970
Flight: CCCP-25598
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nikolayevo-Kozlovski
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain . The aircraft was performing an unauthorised crop spraying mission.
Date: 1 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-47751
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Toguchina
Summary: The aircraft crashed 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Toguchina, after it collided with a weather balloon while en route a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk –Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 1661 .
Date: 4 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-52002
Aircraft: Avia 14M
Location: Zaporozhye
Summary: Crashed on approach to Zaporozhye Airport . The crew initiated the approach prematurely and did not monitor altitude. The pilots were late in configurating the plane for landing, and came in too low. A go-around was initiated at 40 metres (130 ft). While making a right-ha...
Date: 20 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-06333
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kuban
Summary: The aircraft was operating fertilizer application flights for the Kuban state farm. On the seventh flight, an aircraft technician and a farm employee were on board (the employee was also in the cockpit). The co-pilot took control of the aircraft while the pilot and employee we...
Date: 24 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-41398
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rostov Region
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The crew had not extended the flaps.
Date: 28 April 1970
Flight: CCCP-15935
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Ryazan region
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Nekrasovo" state farm, the aircraft went into a steep turn to avoid a power line. Altitude was lost and the aircraft crashed upside down.
Date: 10 May 1970
Flight: CCCP-32463
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Irkutsk region
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Zavyety Ilyicha" collective farm, the crew, who was drunk, performed a steep turn at very low altitude. The aircraft lost speed and altitude and crashed.
Date: 15 May 1970
Flight: CCCP-11149
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Kishinev
Summary: On a training flight, lost control after a go-around at Kishinev Airport with two shut-down engines.
Date: 5 June 1970
Flight: CCCP-75533
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Samarkand
Summary: The locking of the rudder on take-off led to the crash of the aircraft at Samarkand Airport.
Date: 25 July 1970
Flight: CCCP-41295
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 26 July 1970
Flight: CCCP-29387
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aukštelkai
Summary: After crop spraying at the "Gražionis" sovkhoz (state farm), the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts. Airspeed was lost and the aircraft crashed in the Možaicai forest and burned out.
Date: 8 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-11188
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Kishinev
Summary: Force landed 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Kishinev. Twelve minutes into the flight, at 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), the crew detected smoke in the cockpit with a burning smell. An in-flight fire erupted after the number four engine suffered an uncontained failure, forcing...
Date: 9 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-45215
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kirovograd
Summary: Crashed after striking a telephone line.
Date: 20 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-15238
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Namangan Region
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 23 August 1970
Flight: CCCP-75823
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
Summary: While on final approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk the aircraft came in too high and descended quickly. The aircraft landed first with the nosegear, collapsing it, after which the aircraft then slid off the runway, breaking off both wings. The aircraft was completing a domestic sche...
Date: 2 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-45012
Aircraft: Tu-124
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Crashed after control of the aircraft was lost en route a domestic scheduled Rostov-on-Don – Vilnius passenger service, operated as Flight 3630 .
Date: 3 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-87690
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Leninabad
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain at 2,100 m (6,900 ft). The crew began descending over mountainous terrain in IMC conditions while they were not aware of the aircraft's exact position. The aircraft was operating a Frunze (now Bishkek)–Leninabad passenger service as F...
Date: 5 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-28952
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dzharkishlak
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "im. Kalinina" collective farm the aircraft struck a high-voltage power line while spraying a field which was not to be sprayed. The aircraft crashed in a cotton field.
Date: 21 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-02195
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Bulbukhta
Summary: Struck a mountain at 1,400 m (4,593 ft) in poor visibility. The aircraft was operating a Perevoz-Bulbukhta cargo service with supplies for a mine.
Date: 27 September 1970
Flight: CCCP-35417
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Izhevsk
Summary: Crashed after a loss of speed while on approach to an airfield near Izhevsk.
Date: 1 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-11031
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kamenny Mys
Summary: Crashed upon take-off following engine failures due to malfunctions in the fuel pump system.
Date: 14 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-02833
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chernivtsi
Summary: Crashed while attempting to land in poor weather.
Date: 15 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-46256
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Trabzon
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route from Batumi to Sukhumi by two hijackers, who demanded to be flown to Turkey .
Date: 16 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-75578
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Simferopol
Summary: The crew diverted to Simferopol following an engine failure. The aircraft overran the runway after landing.
Date: 16 October 1970
Flight: CCCP-84771
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport . The aircraft was overloaded, having its center of gravity beyond the aft limit .
Date: 29 November 1970
Flight: CCCP-25611
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tambov
Summary: Crashed while flying a low-altitude steep turn.
Date: 31 December 1970
Flight: CCCP-75773
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed upon take-off from Pulkovo Airport when the crew forgot to select the flaps a priori. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Leningrad– Yerevan passenger service as Flight 3012 .
Date: 22 January 1971
Flight: CCCP-11000
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Surgut
Summary: The aircraft was operating a cargo service from Omsk to Surgut when it crashed 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) short of the runway due to icing conditions .
Date: 31 January 1971
Flight: CCCP-12996
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Surgut
Summary: Icing conditions on the ailerons led the aircraft to undershoot the runway on landing at Surgut Airport and crash .
Date: 7 February 1971
Flight: CCCP-91535
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kirovsk Airport
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing.
Date: 16 February 1971
Flight: CCCP-11374
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Vorkuta
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Norilsk –Vorkuta flight. It was due to land at Vorkuta Airport , but diverted to an alternative airfield because of the weather. Overran the runway on landing, hit a snow mound, and broke up.
Date: 31 March 1971
Flight: CCCP-11145
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Voroshilovgrad
Summary: Crashed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) away from Voroshilovgrad Airport on approach, due to structural failure of the starboard outer wing. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev –Voroshilovgrad passenger service as Flight 1969 .
Date: 31 March 1971
Flight: CCCP-46747
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: While practicing approaches, the instructor-pilot thought the right engine was malfunctioning. The mechanic reduced power to the right engine while increasing power to the left engine. The mechanic then shut down the left engine by mistake and the right engine failed. The crew...
Date: 11 April 1971
Flight: CCCP-25588
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tedzhen
Summary: Lost airspeed and crashed on takeoff.
Date: 29 April 1971
Flight: CCCP-42696
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chernivtsi
Summary: Force-landed in a forest due to a loss of engine power.
Date: 24 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-02171
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kirov
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 25 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-11024
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Batagay Airport
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 31 May 1971
Flight: CCCP-32076
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Malakhovo
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a forest and burned out.
Date: 1 June 1971
Flight: CCCP-47729
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bogodorsk Island
Summary: Crashed near Ulan-Ude while on a training flight. Part of the training was to fly the aircraft with one engine out. After the engine was shut down and its propeller feathered, the flight engineer shut down the remaining engine by mistake and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 15 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-06266
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Pochop
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the crew, who was drunk, performed a low-altitude turn. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed in a field.
Date: 16 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-43828
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Kamennaya Sarma
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Pobeda" collective farm the engine failed, probably due to a carburetor problem. Due to the terrain an immediate forced landing was not possible; instead the pilot performed a left turn but the aircraft lost altitude and crashed.
Date: 25 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-42405
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Irkutsk Airport
Summary: Landed hard and burst into flames at Irkutsk Airport, inbound from Novosibirsk. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk–Irkutsk–Vladivostok passenger service as Flight 1912 .
Date: 28 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-87719
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Lipetsk Airport
Summary: Overran the runway on landing.
Date: 29 July 1971
Flight: CCCP-12993
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Calcutta
Summary: Overshot the runway on landing in heavy rain at Dum Dum Airport .
Date: 16 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-62707
Aircraft: Be-30
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Crashed during service trials, possibly due to a crew member shutting down an engine by mistake.
Date: 22 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-96221
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Polotsk
Summary: Crashed out of control from 300 m (980 ft). The aircraft was flying 12 miners from Polotsk to Chelyabinsk, all of whom were drunk and not wearing seat belts. The passengers were probably moving around the cabin without crew permission, and this may have affected the...
Date: 25 September 1971
Flight: CCCP-98281
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tokko
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 10 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-42490
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: While climbing through 1,200 m (3,937 ft) an explosive device detonated shortly after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport . The blast damaged the fuselage on the left side and destroyed flight controls. Control was lost and the aircraft rolled right, entered a descent and c...
Date: 11 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-47678
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tyubelyaha
Summary: Crashed into a mountain in poor weather while en route a Moma Airport – Ust-Nera passenger service. The wreckage was found five days later.
Date: 12 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-11137
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Kishinev
Summary: Damaged on landing at Kishinev Airport.
Date: 17 October 1971
Flight: CCCP-70908
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Crashed following the failure of the slat control cable.
Date: 12 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-46809
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Vinnytsia
Summary: Stalled and crashed during a go-around at Vinnytsia Airport , inbound from Kiev as Flight N-63 .
Date: 13 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-46378
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kerch
Summary: Struck power lines on approach to Kerch Airport . The aircraft was operating a Simferopol-Kerch passenger service as Flight N-639 .
Date: 22 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-62760
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Written off after overrunning the runway on landing at an airstrip near Yerevan.
Date: 29 November 1971
Flight: CCCP-32207
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Aloja Airstrip
Summary: Crashed during crop-spraying after the pilot performed stunts at low altitude.
Date: 1 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-46788
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Saratov
Summary: During the descent to Saratov the aircraft flew through cloud, during which ice built up on the airframe. The pilot attempted to increase engine power to correct the decrease in speed, but this failed. The aircraft lost control and entered a high rate of descent and crashed 13...
Date: 8 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-98292
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Damanka
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Maikop to the ARZ-421 overhaul facility at Vinnitsa, with a stopover at Kerch. The aircraft was flying too low, and deviated south of the flight route by 15 km (9.3 mi). Poor weather with bad visibility were encountered and the air...
Date: 9 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-33164
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tashkent Region
Summary: Crashed on landing due to high winds.
Date: 12 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-55567
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Farikha Airstrip
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft entered the back side of the power curve, probably due to a loss of engine power. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed on the ice short of the runway and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Farikha–Naryan-Mar cargo...
Date: 29 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-50573
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Khanty-Mansisk
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 30 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-91570
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Baranikha Airport
Summary: Overran the runway.
Date: 30 December 1971
Flight: CCCP-98348
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Baikit
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 22 February 1972
Flight: CCCP-46732
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Lipetsk
Summary: Crashed after the pilot accidentally activated the thrust reversers while the aircraft was on approach to Lipetsk Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Lipetsk service as Flight 25 .
Date: 27 February 1972
Flight: CCCP-46418
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Lost control and crashed on approach to Mineralnye Vody Airport , after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.
Date: February 1972
Flight: CCCP-11142
Aircraft: An-10
Location: Rostov Airport
Summary: Burned out at the ARZ-412 maintenance facility at Rostov Airport.
Date: 19 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-42408
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Omsk
Summary: Struck a snow wall on landing at Omsk Airport following several landing attempts.
Date: 26 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-29380
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sterlitamak
Summary: Crashed due to icing.
Date: 27 March 1972
Flight: CCCP-42621
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Voroshilovgrad
Summary: Taking off from Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk), the pilot decided to commit suicide due to marital problems. The pilot flew the aircraft into a four-story building where he lived, damaging several apartments and catching fire in the process. Although there were no injuries in th...
Date: 11 April 1972
Flight: CCCP-44937
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yukagir Village
Summary: Lost control and crashed on a flapless take-off at the Yukagir Village, Ust-Yansky District .
Date: 14 April 1972
Flight: CCCP-01506
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vyyezdoye
Summary: The aircraft had been performing crop-spraying flights. On the 30th flight the aircraft struck a high-voltage power line while flying against the sun and then crashed into a water-filled ravine.
Date: 4 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-87778
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bratsk
Summary: Crashed into trees and burnt up when it was pushed down by a downdraft on approach to Bratsk Airport , inbound from Irkutsk as Flight B-608 .
Date: 5 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-25604
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Poltava Region
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the pilot, who was drunk, performed low-altitude stunts over a village. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a building.
Date: 8 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-45192
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Argyz District
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight, the aircraft took off in the direction of a forest. The aircraft struck tree tops shortly after takeoff, crashed in the forest and caught fire.
Date: 12 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-50506
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 18 May 1972
Flight: CCCP-11215
Aircraft: An-10A
Location: Kharkov
Summary: Operating a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 1491 , crashed 24 kilometres (15 mi) off Kharkiv on approach to the city airport , inbound from Moscow , when both wings separated from the fuselage. Aeroflot retired its An-10 fleet from service following this ev...
Date: 15 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-02692
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rechka
Summary: While operating a crop-spraying flight for the "Peredolski" state farm the engine lost power, due to deposits on the intake valves. The aircraft lost power and crashed into a horse stable on the banks of the Luga River.
Date: 28 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-02582
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shiringa
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Yeravninski" state farm the crew made an unauthorized flight from Shininga. The aircraft lost altitude while in a turn and crashed.
Date: 28 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-35313
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kzyl-Orda
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 29 June 1972
Flight: CCCP-46652
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Astrakhanka District
Summary: While crop-spraying the aircraft lost control while performing a right turn at low altitude, probably due to failure of the right-hand rudder control cable. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
Date: 11 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-98280
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Okha
Summary: Shortly after takeoff the aircraft encountered thick fog at 35–40 m (115–131 ft). The pilot then turned around but the aircraft lost airspeed, stalling and crashing on the shore of Pvernaya Bukhta Bay and burned out. The aircraft was operating an Okha–Tsimmermanovka...
Date: 19 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-15283
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yenotayevka
Summary: Crashed in steppe 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Yenotayevka Airfield and burned out. The pilot was drunk.
Date: 28 July 1972
Flight: CCCP-32649
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ust-Kuiga
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 4 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-91537
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Aldan
Summary: Destroyed by fire in a forced landing attempt due to an engine failure, shortly after take-off from Aldan Airport . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Aldan– Chulman passenger service.
Date: 11 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-01526
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kherson
Summary: Banked right, rolled left then right and crashed on final approach. The aircraft had encountered wake turbulence from a Mi-6 helicopter that had passed through the approach path 45 seconds prior. Due to complete a Novooleksiivka–Kherson passenger service as Flight D-44 .
Date: 13 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-01147
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 26 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-75663
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Crashed upon landing in fog at Talagi Airport .
Date: 30 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-32520
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Perevitsy
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Vrachevo-Gorki" state farm, the aircraft encountered thick smoke from area peat fires. The pilots became disorientated, allowing the aircraft to lose altitude until it crashed into the bank of the Oka River.
Date: 30 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-49369
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Suntar
Summary: While transporting a cargo of fuel barrels, a fire started in the cargo hold. Although a forced landing was performed, the aircraft burned out.
Date: 31 August 1972
Flight: CCCP-74298
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Smelovskiy
Summary: A fire broke out in the cargo hold, at 7,200 metres (23,600 ft), while the aircraft was covering a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata –Moscow passenger service as Flight 558 . The crew attempted to make an emergency landing at Magnitogorsk. During the descent, the airplane enter...
Date: 10 September 1972
Flight: CCCP-02369
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Velikaya Vulyga
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried back to Vinnitsa from Velikaya Vulyga following a crop-spraying flight. Before takeoff, however, the crew, who was drunk, forgot to remove clamps on the rudder and stabilizer. The aircraft banked left on takeoff at 10–15 m (33–49 ft), l...
Date: 13 September 1972
Flight: CCCP-33233
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Semipalatinsk Region
Summary: While attempting to take off from poor terrain, the aircraft crashed.
Date: 1 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-75507
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Adler
Summary: Crashed into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Sochi Airport , 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the shore. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Adler–Moscow passenger service as Flight 1036 .
Date: 6 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-70738
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Cherski
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 13 October 1972
Flight: CCCP-86671
Aircraft: Il-62
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed into a lake after several landing attempts into Sheremetyevo Airport , approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Paris –Leningrad–Moscow passenger service as Flight 217 .
Date: 4 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-46202
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kursk
Summary: Crashed after it contacted trees on approach to Vostochny Airport .
Date: 5 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-32585
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Udskoye
Summary: Banked left, lost altitude and crashed three minutes after takeoff while performing a left turn. The pilot was drunk. Due to begin a Udskoye–Chumikan–Tugur–Nikolayevsk-on-Amur passenger service as Flight 372 .
Date: 13 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-09676
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yeniseisk
Summary: While on a flight from Nazimoto to Yeniseisk the engine lost power, due to contaminated fuel. The crew decided to make a forced landing in a forest 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Yeniseisk, but the aircraft struck trees, crashed and caught fire.
Date: 14 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-91726
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lensk
Summary: Unknown
Date: 21 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-11360
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Vorkuta
Summary: Landed short of the runway at Vorkuta Airport, ending up in a ravine.
Date: 22 November 1972
Flight: CCCP-87819
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport due to icing conditions.
Date: 3 December 1972
Flight: CCCP-41306
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yerbogachon
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 21 January 1973
Flight: CCCP-46276
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Petukhovo
Summary: Crashed into the snow near Petukhovo, apparently after it was hit by a surface-to-air missile while en route to Perm Airport . There were 39 people on board. Despite a few of them surviving the accident, they later died because of the low temperatures, before the rescue team r...
Date: 17 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-11341
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Amderma
Summary: Hard landing at Amderma Airport .
Date: 19 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-85023
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Prague
Summary: Crashed on approach to Ruzyne Airport . While completing an international scheduled Moscow-Prague passenger service as Flight 141 the aircraft suddenly lost height and struck the ground, probably due to turbulence.
Date: 24 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-75712
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Off Ura-Tyube
Summary: Broke up at a height of 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) as it spun , crashing 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Ura-Tyube. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dushanbe –Leninabad passenger service as Flight 630 .
Date: 28 February 1973
Flight: CCCP-87602
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: Seconds after getting airborne, the airplane fell back to the runway at Semipalatinsk Airport for reasons unknown. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Semipalatinsk– Ust-Kamenogorsk passenger service as Flight X-167 .
Date: 6 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-11994
Aircraft: An-12AP
Location: Graham Bell Island
Summary: Crashed on landing. Wreckage remains at the crash site.
Date: 6 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-93467
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Serov
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 7 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-70816
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Smolensk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 9 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-01262
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kondinskoye
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Elushkino to Kondinskoye. The pilot and passenger (the director of Kondinskoye Airport) were both drunk. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed in a snow-covered swamp near Lake Khattavtur some 57 km (35 mi) west of Kond...
Date: 24 March 1973
Flight: CCCP-05670
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Ozyornaya
Summary: During a cargo flight from Ozyornaya to Ust-Bolsheretsk the pilot, who was drunk, intentionally deviated from the flight route. The aircraft entered clouds and struck the northern slope of a snow-covered mountain at 350 m (1,150 ft).
Date: 14 April 1973
Flight: CCCP-35547
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Andreyevka
Summary: During a ferry flight from Andreyevka to a state farm in Almaty for crop-spraying, the pilot decided to fly over the Chubundy mountain range rather than flying around it. The aircraft then encountered poor weather and later crashed on a mountain top at 1,200 m (3,900 ...
Date: 24 April 1973
Flight: CCCP-42505
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was en route from Shosseynaya Airport to Moscow as Flight 2420 when it was hijacked by a person demanding to go to Stockholm. Despite an explosive device exploding in flight when the landing gear was lowered, killing the flight engineer and the hijacker and blowin...
Date: 3 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-04244
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location: North Pole
Summary: The aircraft took off from North Pole-21 drifting station to an ice floe in an area called "Point 4". After landing on the ice floe, the thickness was measured at 55 cm (22 in). The aircraft was parked and experiments began. When the ice was drilled to install instru...
Date: 7 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-85030
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Vnukovo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the crew took off with the inner spoilers deployed. This caused severe vibrations and a loss of power in two engines. The crew made a forced landing in a forest.
Date: 11 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-75687
Aircraft: Il-18B
Location: Off Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 6551 , when it crashed 84 kilometres (52 mi) south of Semipalatinsk, after it broke up at 5,000 metres (16,000 ft), possibly due to a steep emergency descent.
Date: 11 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-05915
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Kursk
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 14 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-70569
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vologda
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 18 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-42379
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Off Chita
Summary: Hijacked en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Chita passenger service as Flight 109 by a passenger who demanded to be flown to China . Negotiations between the crew and the hijacker broke down and the hijacker was shot and mortally wounded by the onboard air marshal. As he la...
Date: 20 May 1973
Flight: CCCP-55798
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Starobeshevo District
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Gornyak" state farm, the aircraft lost altitude, crashed and caught fire while performing a right turn at 50 m (160 ft).
Date: 21 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-09228
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Abakan
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Rossiya" state farm, the aircraft entered a downward spiral while turning at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and crashed in a field.
Date: 25 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-32558
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Struck obstacles while flying too low.
Date: 30 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-65668
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Amman
Summary: Crashed into a house and broke in three after it failed to get airborne at Marka International Airport . The aircraft was due to operate a scheduled Amman– Beirut international passenger service as Flight 512 . Two occupants of the aircraft died, as well as seven people on the...
Date: 4 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-91534
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Shakhtyorsk
Summary: Flew into the side of a mountain 53 kilometres (33 mi) away from Shakhtyorsk when it made a premature descent.
Date: 9 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-45062
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Eleven minutes after takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport , while climbing to 6,600 m (21,700 ft), the right engine suffered an uncontained failure. Debris penetrated the fuselage, killing two passengers and injuring another four. Panicking passengers moved towards the fro...
Date: 20 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-79827
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Saatli District
Summary: During crop-spraying the engine failed at 20–25 m (66–82 ft) due to a bird strike. Because of the terrain, a forced landing was not possible. While the crew was performing a left turn the aircraft struck a canal embankment and crashed.
Date: 26 July 1973
Flight: CCCP-35559
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ordzhonikidze
Summary: Crashed after the pilot failed to recover from a stall.
Date: 2 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-70807
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shakhty
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 2 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-33242
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chumikan
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 8 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-87790
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Arkhangelsk Airport
Summary: On takeoff, the crew attempted to lift the nose of the aircraft, but the elevators were locked. The aircraft ran off the runway, running through shrubs, striking the localizer antenna and finally crashing into a concrete and catching fire. An electrical failure caused the elev...
Date: 13 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-23722
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Uelen
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 16 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-41373
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Kotui River
Summary: Crashed on the bank of the Kotui River while flying too low.
Date: 18 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-46435
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Off Baku
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Baku Airport the left engine failed. The crew retracted the flaps and began a left turn, but while turning the left wingtip struck a cable on an oil rig at Neftyanyye Kamni oilfield. The aircraft entered a descent, striking a pipeline and crashed nea...
Date: 29 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-28954
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nerkha
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 30 August 1973
Flight: CCCP-09649
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kyzyl
Summary: Crashed while flying at low altitude.
Date: 8 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-41913
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Bogashevo Airport
Summary: During a training flight, the aircraft banked left at 100–120 m (330–390 ft), rapidly lost altitude, and crashed 230 m (750 ft) short of the runway and caught fire.
Date: 15 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-32213
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Samarkand region
Summary: On takeoff, the landing gear hit an earth wall and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 30 September 1973
Flight: CCCP-42506
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Loss of control following take-off from Koltsovo Airport . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk– Khabarovsk passenger service as Flight 3932 .
Date: 2 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-12967
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Magadan
Summary: Deviated some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the extended centerline on approach to Magadan Airport and crashed into a hillside. The aircraft was operating a Yakutsk-Magadan cargo service as Flight 10178F .
Date: 5 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-04340
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Mount Khuuta
Summary: During a flight from Mys Kamenny to Vorkuta in support of a military unit the crew intentionally deviated from the fight route by 45 km (28 mi). The crew descended to 300 m (980 ft) in poor visibility and struck the side of Mount Khuuta. All eight on board...
Date: 10 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-71209
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Tashauz
Summary: Stalled and crashed soon after takeoff from Tashauz Airport , when one engine failed and the other lost power. Due to begin a Tashauz– Darvaza -Ashkhabad cargo service as Flight 112 . All civil Li-2s were retired as a result of this accident.
Date: 11 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-70880
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Goris
Summary: Crashed while flying too low.
Date: 13 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-42486
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was about to complete a domestic scheduled Tbilisi –Moscow passenger service as Flight 964 when it crashed on approach to Domodedovo Airport following an electrical power failure. This crash is the worst ever accident involving the Tu-104.
Date: 20 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-45031
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kazan Airport
Summary: The aircraft touched down too late and too fast on a snow-covered runway. Unable to slow down, the aircraft ran off the runway, struck an obstacle and came to rest 617 m (2,024 ft) from the end of the runway. Cause attributed to crew errors.
Date: 25 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-01609
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nyrob
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to overloading.
Date: 27 October 1973
Flight: CCCP-70408
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kolpashevo
Summary: Crashed on takeoff after the aircraft had not been completely de-iced.
Date: 2 November 1973
Flight: CCCP-87607
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Moscow
Summary: Ten minutes before landing at Bryansk , inbound from Moscow as Flight 19 , the aircraft was hijacked by four hijackers that demanded money and to be flown to Sweden . After taking the passengers as hostages, the hijackers attempted to storm the cockpit. After determining that...
Date: 4 November 1973
Flight: CCCP-41978
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Force-landed due to engine failure.
Date: 7 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-42503
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Inbound from Kutaisi at above-normal speed, the aircraft crashed when one wing touched the ground as the crew tried to slow it down for landing at Domodedovo Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi-Moscow passenger service as Flight 964 .
Date: 16 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-45061
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Karacharovo
Summary: On approach to Vnukovo Airport inbound from Vilnius, control was lost at 8,000 m (26,000 ft) due to a short circuit in the elevator trim system. The aircraft was operating a domestic passenger service as Flight 2022 .
Date: 19 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-40521
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sanatorny
Summary: While en route to Shurma the aircraft encountered poor weather with snow and bad visibility. The aircraft encountered severe icing conditions between Urzhum and Shurma. Control was lost due to icing and the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field.
Date: 21 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-87629
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Hard landing in fog at Erebuni Airport .
Date: 23 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-45044
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Vynnyky
Summary: Strong vibrations created by a defective turbine blade in one engine caused the rupture of the fuel line, starting a in-flight fire in the airframe, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Lvov –Kiev passenger service as Flight 5398 . The aircraft crashed near Vynnyky sho...
Date: 24 December 1973
Flight: CCCP-32448
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Khantaiskoye Ozero
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Dudinka–Khantaiskoye Ozero cargo service. The crew cut the route short, but could not establish their position due to poor visibility. The crew did not realize that the frequency of the radio beacon at their destination had been changed. While desc...
Date: 1974
Flight: CCCP-04243
Aircraft: Li-2T
Location:   Antarctica
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 6 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-46357
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Mukachevo
Summary: Was operating a domestic scheduled Ivano-Frankovsk – Uzhgorod passenger service as Flight H-75 when it attempted to land at the Mukachevo Air Base as the airport of destination was temporarily closed. On approach, the aircraft flew through clouds in icing conditions, yet the d...
Date: 22 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-33225
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yegorlykskaya District
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "im. Kirova" state farm in poor weather with poor visibility, the pilot descended to locate the airstrip but the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field and burned out.
Date: 25 January 1974
Flight: CCCP-46277
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: Crashed after takeoff from Rostov Airport .
Date: 5 February 1974
Flight: CCCP-01579
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 22 March 1974
Flight: CCCP-73960
Aircraft: Li-2
Location: Kirov Airport
Summary: Crashed shortly after take-off due to an engine failure.
Date: 6 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-52053
Aircraft: Avia 14P
Location: Ust-Kuyga
Summary: Unintentional retraction of the landing gear.
Date: 9 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-87369
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazan
Summary: Crashed at Kazan Airport after an engine fire.
Date: 16 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-33085
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: Caught in a downdraft over mountainous terrain, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed.
Date: 27 April 1974
Flight: CCCP-75559
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport, during initial climbout, following a failure of the outer starboard engine. An asymmetric retraction of the flaps, amid a strong vibration of the airframe, led to the loss of control of the aircraft, which was due to operate...
Date: 1 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-12950
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: North Pole-22
Summary: Hit an ice pinnacle during an emergency take-off, crashing and catching fire.
Date: 2 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-87398
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: Crashed following an aborted take-off at Rostov Airport. The aircraft was operating a Lipetsk-Rostov on Don-Mineralnye Vody passenger service as Flight 1255 .
Date: 9 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-75425
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Ivano-Frankovsk
Summary: The aircraft overran the 500-metre-long (1,600 ft) airstrip it was mistakenly landed on at Ivano-Frankovsk Airport , ending up in a ravine and breaking in two.
Date: 13 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-23664
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Crimea
Summary: Struck a mountain. The crew were attempting to cut their route short over mountains.
Date: 19 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-25487
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Samarkand region
Summary: Fell back on the runway during a tail-wind takeoff.
Date: 23 May 1974
Flight: CCCP-87579
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Gorenychi
Summary: Entered a high-speed descent and crashed on approach to Zhulyany Airport . Suspected flight crew intoxication with carbon monoxide . The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Leningrad–Khmelnitskiy-Kiev–Kirovograd passenger service as Flight H-166 .
Date: 24 June 1974
Flight: CCCP-75405
Aircraft: Il-18E
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Suffered a bird strike shortly after takeoff from Yuzhny Airport . The aircraft, climbing through 10–15 m (33–49 ft), descended and crashed. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 5139 .
Date: 29 June 1974
Flight: CCCP-02383
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Demidovo (near Nizhny Karachan )
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "im. Dimitrova" collective farm, the engine failed. The aircraft was flying over a forest at 80–90 m (260–300 ft) when it lost altitude, struck tree tops, and crashed upside-down in the forest and burned out.
Date: 4 July 1974
Flight: CCCP-92836
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Usinsk Airport
Summary: The pilot, who was drunk, flew too low. The aircraft struck tree tops and crashed in a forest clearing.
Date: 27 July 1974
Flight: CCCP-35029
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sasovo
Summary: A fully upward deflection of the elevator trim tab caused the airplane to lose control and crash.
Date: 28 August 1974
Flight: CCCP-04302
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Andryushkino
Summary: Damaged struts collapsed on landing, causing the left lower wing to tear off.
Date: 18 October 1974
Flight: CCCP-11030
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: The aircraft hit trees on approach to Yeniseysk Airport when the airplane descended below the glidepath in bad weather, crashing some 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) short of the runway.
Date: 1 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-70766
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Surgut
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Mi-8T . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Khanty-Mansiysk –Surgut passenger service, while the helicopter had left Surgut bound for Nefteyugansk . 24 people aboard the helicopter also perished in the accident.
Date: 5 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-42501
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Chita
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Chita Airport , crashing into a railway embankment.
Date: 5 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-91730
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aleksandrovskoye Airport
Summary: While parked at the airport, the aircraft was blown over during a storm.
Date: 14 November 1974
Flight: CCCP-91515
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Kiev
Summary: Lost control and crashed on fire shortly after take-off from Zhulyany Airport.
Date: 4 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-12985
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Both aircraft collided in the air when the An-2R, just departing Irkutsk Airport, crossed the path of the An-12B that was on a training flight. The accident was caused by air traffic controllers error, who cleared the An-2R for take-off.
Date: 8 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-05783
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kiev region
Summary: Crashed due to fuel exhaustion.
Date: 9 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-44917
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Lost control and crashed after the cargo shifted.
Date: 14 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-87630
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bukhara
Summary: Aborted takeoff from Bukhara Airport , overrunning the runway and hitting a dike. Was due to operate a domestic scheduled Bukhara–Samarkand passenger service as Flight 124 .
Date: 24 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-15890
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Baturino
Summary: Some five to six minutes before arrival at Baturino the engine failed at 200 m (660 ft). The crew performed a forced landing on a frozen marsh but the aircraft contacted tops of dead trees and crashed. The aircraft was completing a Tomsk–Baturino cargo service as Fli...
Date: 27 December 1974
Flight: CCCP-06911
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Crashed due to overloading.
Date: 1975
Flight: CCCP-09233
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Undercarriage collapse on hard landing.
Date: 16 January 1975
Flight: CCCP-70417
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Sam Neua
Summary: Crashed into a mountain in poor weather at night near Sam Neua Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Vientiane-Sam Neua passenger service.
Date: 28 January 1975
Flight: CCCP-87825
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zaporozhye Airport
Summary: Before departure, the aircraft was cleared of snow, but due to continued snowfall the wings were covered in snow again. Snow was blown off the right wing during run-up. After lift-off the aircraft banked left and touched down on the left landing gear. Although takeoff was abor...
Date: 12 February 1975
Flight: CCCP-75801
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Both nosegear and port main gear legs collapsed as the aircraft undershoot the runway when attempting to land in bad weather at Yemelyanovo Airport .
Date: 15 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-70177
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Omsk
Summary: Stalled following takeoff from Omsk Airport, banking to the left, crashing, and catching fire. The gust locks had not been disengaged before takeoff due to a maintenance error. Due to operate an Omsk–Leningradskoe–Kokchetau passenger service as Flight 454 .
Date: 28 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-46476
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Poltava
Summary: The aircraft descended below the glidepath and crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport .
Date: 30 April 1975
Flight: CCCP-06444
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Tambov
Summary: Lost altitude and crashed in a field while crop-spraying.
Date: 18 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-70426
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Birobidzhan
Summary: The aircraft was flying a turn while low on fuel. Air entered the fuel system, causing the engine to quit and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 19 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-07960
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mestia
Summary: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff after it was caught in a strong downdraft.
Date: 20 May 1975
Flight: CCCP-43908
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Destroyed on landing.
Date: 19 June 1975
Flight: CCCP-41932
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Markovo
Summary: Crashed while flying in poor weather.
Date: 28 June 1975
Flight: CCCP-02132
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Karaganda
Summary: Struck terrain while flying too low.
Date: 15 July 1975
Flight: CCCP-87475
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Batumi
Summary: Struck a mountain following a go-around at Chorokh Airport . Was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Batumi passenger service as Flight E-15 .
Date: 23 July 1975
Flight: CCCP-70235
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Termez
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 9 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-52056
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: The airplane went off the approach pattern to Bagdarin Airport and struck a wooded hillside in a cloudy scenario.
Date: 15 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-87323
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Krasnovodsk
Summary: Crashed on final approach to Krasnovodsk Airport after the airplane descended below the glideslope due to an incorrect position of the flaps. It was completing a domestic scheduled Baku–Krasnovodsk passenger service as Flight A-53.
Date: 30 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-70506
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mogilev region
Summary: The aircraft was operating a medical flight to deliver a sick patient to a hospital in Mogilev. After landing in Krasnopole the crew reported that the engine would not start due to a defective starter. A second An-2 (CCCP-35443) was flown over with technicians, and the patient...
Date: 30 August 1975
Flight: CCCP-42472
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Main undercarriage break-up upon hard landing at Tolmachevo Airport .
Date: 18 September 1975
Flight: CCCP-98302
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Off Turukhansk
Summary: Flew into a 410-metre-high (1,350 ft) hill, 72 kilometres (45 mi) northwest of Turukhansk. The aircraft was operating a military service for the Soviet Air Force.
Date: 6 October 1975
Flight: CCCP-87328
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kirov
Summary: Crashed at Kirov Airport following the failure of the three engines.
Date: 22 October 1975
Flight: CCCP-87458
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Novgorod
Summary: The airplane was operating a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar – Vologda –Novgorod–Riga passenger service as Flight A-98 . When it was about to complete its second leg, the flightcrew attempted an approach to Novgorod Airport , despite poor visibility. The aircraft went off course,...
Date: 17 November 1975
Flight: CCCP-46467
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Gali
Summary: Went off course when trying to avoid a thunderstorm while en route a domestic scheduled Tbilisi–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight 6274 . Crashed into a mountain 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Gali.
Date: 20 November 1975
Flight: CCCP-46349
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kharkov
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Kharkov Airport , inbound from Rostov-on-Don, crashing into a hillside 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the airport. There was a discrepancy between the aircraft's barometric altimeter and the actual altitude. The aircraft was operating a domestic sc...
Date: 10 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-23691
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Serafimovich
Summary: Crashed while flying too low in poor weather.
Date: 13 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-49280
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nizhneangarsk
Summary: Crashed while flying too low in poor weather.
Date: 15 December 1975
Flight: CCCP-11005
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Fergana
Summary: The landing gear was accidentally retracted on the take-off run at Fergana Airport .
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-85020
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Kiev
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-42371
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Kiev
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing at Borispol Airport following an in-flight shutdown of the engines.
Date: 1976
Flight: CCCP-11103
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Unknown
Summary: Written off on 31 August 1976. Circumstances unknown.
Date: 3 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-45037
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Sanino
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport after the crew lost visual amid a cloudy environment and became disoriented. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow– Brest passenger service as Flight 2003 .
Date: 13 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-47280
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Smolnoye Airport when it descended below the glidepath, and crashed near Leningrad; the crew had disregarded the ground proximity warning system.
Date: 30 January 1976
Flight: CCCP-75558
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Frunze Airport
Summary: Crashed after control was lost during a go-around. The aircraft was on a training flight.
Date: 9 February 1976
Flight: CCCP-42327
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Suddenly banked some 20° right immediately after takeoff from Irkutsk Airport; the aircraft hit the ground moments later with the right wing down forming an even greater angle relative to the horizon. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Novosibirsk passenger service as...
Date: 6 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-75408
Aircraft: Il-18E
Location: Verkhnyaya Khava
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Yerevan passenger service as Flight 909 , when it crashed on approach to Yerevan Airport . Due to an electrical failure, several instruments, including the heading indicator and the autopilot , were not functional at the t...
Date: 10 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-46613
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Saratov Airport
Summary: Hard landing. Overran the runway and crashed.
Date: 24 March 1976
Flight: CCCP-61756
Aircraft: Il-14LIK
Location: Ashgabat Airport
Summary: Struck a mountain in a cloudy environment.
Date: 11 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-09675
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kazachinsk
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain amid bad weather. All crewmembers perished in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was not disclosed. The aircraft was leased from Aeroflot.
Date: 17 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-33170
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Kursk
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Oktyabr" kolkhoz (collective farm), the aircraft lifted off at low speed, stalled at 10–15 m (33–49 ft) and crashed.
Date: 22 April 1976
Flight: CCCP-01626
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tula
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Date: 15 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-46534
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Chernigov
Summary: While flying at 5,700 m (18,700 ft), the rudder suddenly deflected 25° to the right, changing the roll angle and yaw. The pilots responded by adjusting the ailerons to reduce the roll, but a few seconds later the rudder deflected 9° and the elevators deviated, causin...
Date: 16 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-79935
Aircraft: An-2SKh
Location: Semipalatinsk
Summary: The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission, when it crashed after a steep turn near Semipalatinsk, killing the pilot, who was drunk.
Date: 19 May 1976
Flight: CCCP-03547
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Alaverdi
Summary: Crashed in bad weather.
Date: 1 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-85102
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Bioko Island
Summary: Crashed while en route its first leg into a 750-metre-high (2,460 ft) mountain. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Luanda – Malabo – Kinshasa – Tripoli –Moscow passenger service as Flight 418 . The cause was not determined, but radar failure was suspected.
Date: 2 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-87541
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Osokorka
Summary: Made an emergency landing on a wet meadow while approaching Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport after the flight engineer had accidentally shut down all 3 engines and the flight crew were unable to restart the engines. Everybody on board survived uninjured.
Date: 9 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-23743
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 12 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-32464
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Went off course on approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport and crashed into mountainous terrain 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away from Nizhnevartovsk. All crewmembers died in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was undisclosed.
Date: 20 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70819
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Engels
Summary: Crashed in a field while in a banking attitude. The aircraft was performing a crop-spraying flight for state farm No. 592.
Date: 26 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70764
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Kazan
Summary: Hit a transmission tower after it lost height due to a loss of power, crashed and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 27 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70481
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Komsomolski District
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight for the "Bestau" state farm, the crew, who were drunk, flew to Amangeldy. While the aircraft was parked, a drunk mechanic performed two flights; on the second flight the aircraft crashed on the banks of the Tolybai River and exploded.
Date: 30 June 1976
Flight: CCCP-70531
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Valikhanovskiy District
Summary: Experienced an in-flight failure on one of the propeller blades owing to fatigue . Violent vibrations caused the engine mount to fail, leading to the shift of the powerplant to the left, and causing the propeller to cut through the spar, which damaged the port wingbox . The ai...
Date: 11 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-62439
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Sivash Lagoon
Summary: Crashed after encountering poor weather.
Date: 15 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-05840
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Barnaul
Summary: During a Zeminogorsk–Barnaul flight the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion, although the fuel gauge showed 150 L (40 US gal) of fuel. A forced landing was made in a forest and the aircraft suffered substantial damage as a result.
Date: 17 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-42335
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: Failed to get airborne due to overloading.
Date: 23 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-35088
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sokolskoye
Summary: Hit trees and crashed; the crew was probably drunk.
Date: 26 July 1976
Flight: CCCP-07285
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Astrakhan
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 3 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-70190
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Popovka
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 13 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-47734
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Guryev Airport
Summary: While on approach to land at Guryev (now Atyrau) the aircraft deviated from the glide path. The aircraft landed hard at high speed and bounced twice. The aircraft came down hard again and suffered substantial damage.
Date: 27 August 1976
Flight: CCCP-79852
Aircraft: An-2V
Location: Beryozovo
Summary: The aircraft crashed following engine failure after the crew make a mistake in handling the fuel system
Date: 9 September 1976
Flight: CCCP-46518
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Black Sea
Summary: Mid-air collision, 37 km (23 mi) south of Anapa of Aeroflot Flight 7957 and Flight S-31 , involving an An-24 and Yak-40. The An-24RV was operating a passenger service between Donetsk and Adler with 46 people aboard. The Yak-40 was flying the Rostov-on-Don–Kerch route...
Date: 26 September 1976
Flight: CCCP-79868
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: The pilot intentionally crashed the aircraft into a building where his former wife —from whom he had divorced— lived.
Date: 2 October 1976
Flight: CCCP-01226
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Khoito-Gol
Summary: Crashed in the Vostochnyy Sayan Mountains.
Date: 30 October 1976
Flight: CCCP-75575
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Overran the runway on landing in bad weather.
Date: 28 November 1976
Flight: CCCP-42471
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: Crashed 29 km (18 mi) away from Sheremetyevo Airport amid inclement weather. Malfunction of the artificial horizon caused the pilots to become disorientated and exceed bank limits. Due to operate the Moscow–Leningrad route as Flight 2415 .
Date: 7 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-87756
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Armavir
Summary: Due to fog the crew performed a go-around at Mineralnye Vody. The crew considered diverting to Stavropol but were informed by ATC that visibility was just 300 m (980 ft) there (it was actually 700 m (2,300 ft) which would have allowed a safe landing). The c...
Date: 16 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-87638
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zaporozhye
Summary: Crashed during a training flight after stalling , 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Zaporozhye.
Date: 17 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-88208
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Ust-Kut
Summary: Before takeoff, the left altimeter was set incorrectly, causing the altimeter to show 100 m (330 ft) than the actual altitude. The crew also did not realize that the stabilizer was also set incorrectly. On takeoff the aircraft rotated quickly and became airborne too...
Date: 17 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-46722
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Kiev
Summary: Flew below the glideslope amid reduced visibility on approach to Zhulyany Airport, eventually colliding with a concrete embankment. Was operating a domestic scheduled Chernovtsy –Kiev passenger service as Flight H-36 .
Date: 18 December 1976
Flight: CCCP-61752
Aircraft: Il-14RR
Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Summary: Deviated from the approach course to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport while operating a research flight and struck a mountain.
Date: 13 January 1977
Flight: CCCP-42369
Aircraft: Tu-104A
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic Khabarovsk–Novosibirsk–Dushanbe passenger service as Flight 3843 when an engine caught fire. While dumping fuel to make an emergency landing at Alma-Ata Airport , the fire reached the fuel tanks, which exploded; the aircraft cras...
Date: 15 February 1977
Flight: CCCP-75520
Aircraft: Il-18V
Location: Mineralnye Vody
Summary: Stalled following a missed approach procedure and crashed near Mineralnye Vody. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent-Yuzhniy Airport –Mineralnye Vody Airport passenger service as Flight 5003 .
Date: 6 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-40572
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Veered off the runway, crashing into a building.
Date: 18 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-09191
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Forish
Summary: During crop-spraying the crew performed low altitude stunts. The aircraft stalled and crashed.
Date: 30 March 1977
Flight: CCCP-87738
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zhdanov
Summary: The starboard wing hit a pole while on final approach to Zhdanov Airport . The aircraft banked and struck the ground before it broke up and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk–Zhdanov passenger service.
Date: 5 April 1977
Flight: CCCP-61675
Aircraft: Il-14FKM
Location: Penyok
Summary: Crashed into the ground, following the loss of rudder control. The aircraft was on a training flight.
Date: 7 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-15925
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tavda
Summary: Mid-air collision .
Date: 7 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-23716
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Ayanka Airstrip
Summary: En route to Tilichiki the aircraft caught fire due to a fuel leak. The crew was incapacitated and lost control. The aircraft crashed on a frozen lake in tundra 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Ayanka.
Date: 27 May 1977
Flight: CCCP-86614
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Havana
Summary: Struck power lines on approach to José Martí International Airport , crashing and killing all but two of the 70 occupants of the aircraft, plus one more on the ground. The airplane was operating an international scheduled Moscow– Frankfurt – Lisbon –Havana passenger service as...
Date: 10 June 1977
Flight: CCCP-55735
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Bukhara
Summary: Force-landed due to a loss of engine power.
Date: 8 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-46847
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Off Sukhumi Airport
Summary: Descended gradually until it crashed into the Black Sea, probably because the pilot became distracted with nearby storm activity. The aircraft was on a training flight from Sukhumi to Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi).
Date: 10 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-65639
Aircraft: Tu-134
Location: Helsinki Airport
Summary: Hijacked by two people demanding travel to Sweden. The aircraft diverted to Helsinki due to insufficient fuel, where the hijackers surrendered.
Date: 14 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-55723
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 19 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-15274
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Alamedin
Summary: Struck an obstacle during a go-around following an aborted approach.
Date: 20 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-52096
Aircraft: Avia 14M
Location: Vitim
Summary: Attempted a tailwind takeoff from Vitim Airport . The aircraft drifted off the runway, hit trees, stalled and crashed into a woodland . The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Vitim-Irkutsk passenger service as Flight B-2 .
Date: 21 July 1977
Flight: CCCP-44617
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kungrad
Summary: Struck an obstacle on takeoff, suffering substantial damage.
Date: 2 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-29316
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Barysh Airstrip
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulyanovsk–Nikolayevka passenger service. The pilot allowed 16 passengers on board for an unauthorized Barysh–Pavloka service. The overloaded aircraft failed to gain altitude on takeoff and struck trees 3 km (1.9 mi) pas...
Date: 18 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-26536
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Ust-Kuyga
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 29 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-01250
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Omolon
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 30 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-32032
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Jurbarkas
Summary: The collapse of the port main undercarriage upon crash landing led to an irreparable damage of the port wing.
Date: 31 August 1977
Flight: CCCP-32180
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Otrado-Olginski
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 September 1977
Flight: CCCP-33254
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Samarkand Region
Summary: The crew mishandled the altitude compensator, causing the engine to quit. The aircraft force-landed and was written off.
Date: 18 October 1977
Flight: CCCP-55625
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Srednekolymsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 27 October 1977
Flight: CCCP-04195
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Cape Chelyuskin
Summary: Crashed after going off course on approach to Cape Chelyuskin Airport.
Date: 28 November 1977
Flight: CCCP-70629
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chuya
Summary: Unknown
Date: 9 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-47695
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Tarko-Sale
Summary: Crashed and caught fire upon takeoff from Tarko-Sale Airport because of an incorrect position of the flaps. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tarko-Sale–Surgut passenger service as Flight 134 .
Date: 19 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-09696
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Podkopayevo
Summary: Force-landed due to loss of engine power, caused by fuel starvation.
Date: 20 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-07471
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Ukhta
Summary: Force-landed following a loss of engine power.
Date: 23 December 1977
Flight: CCCP-02708
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ekimchan
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 1978
Flight: CCCP-11125
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Unknown
Summary: A vessel containing acid broke in the cargo hold while the aircraft was being loaded at some previous time.
Date: 1978
Flight: CCCP-46350
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Budyonnovsk
Summary: At 6,000 m (20,000 ft) both engines failed due to icing. The crew was able to lower the landing gear manually but were unable to deploy the flaps. A forced landing was carried out and the nosegear collapsed during landing after which the right wing hit a concrete pil...
Date: 1 February 1978
Flight: CCCP-40570
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Krasny
Summary: Collided with another An-2TP, tail number CCCP-40563, owing to air traffic controllers error. Landed safely, without any reported fatality on board. All occupants of CCCP-40563 perished in the accident.
Date: 18 February 1978
Flight: CCCP-85087
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: A fire that broke out in the passenger cabin engulfed the front part of the airframe. The aircraft was standing on the apron at Tolmachevo Airport. Rags, in combination with an unattended heater that had been left on, started the fire.
Date: 4 April 1978
Flight: CCCP-13716
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Muryuk
Summary: Lost speed on takeoff, stalled and crashed.
Date: 8 April 1978
Flight: CCCP-87911
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: Stalled upon takeoff and crashed. Due to operate an Aldan–Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 401 . The Yak-40's V 2 speed was increased by 5 km/h (3.1 mph) due to instability at low speeds.
Date: 1 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-01367
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ufa
Summary: Crashed in poor weather.
Date: 6 May 1978
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Il-18
Location: Ashgabat
Summary: En route to Mineralnye Vody, the aircraft was hijacked by a passenger who demanded to be flown to Iran. He threatened the crew with a pistol and grenade. The co-pilot was shot, after which security forces shot and killed the hijacker. The aircraft was able to return safely to...
Date: 7 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-70493
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Karnaukhovskiy
Summary: The aircraft was crop-spraying for the "Bolshevik" collective farm. Three days later a drunk pilot took two passengers on a flight from Novaya Tsimlaya to the collective farm's airstrip, but the aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire.
Date: 19 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-85169
Aircraft: Tu-154B
Location: Maksatiha
Summary: Crash-landed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from Maksatiha, Tver Oblast , following the stoppage of all three engines soon afterwards the flight engineer accidentally disconnected the automatic transferring of fuel to the sump tank . The aircraft was operating a Baku–Leningrad pass...
Date: 29 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-35188
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Pastavy
Summary: While on approach, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into a road embankment near the airport.
Date: 18 June 1978
Flight: CCCP-02846
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. No further details are available.
Date: 25 June 1978
Flight: CCCP-09616
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 11 July 1978
Flight: CCCP-79968
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 16 August 1978
Flight: CCCP-40545
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Nukus
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 8 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-35112
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Yablunivka
Summary: Lost altitude and crashed while crop-spraying. A first aid kit stored under the co-pilot's seat probably got stuck between the seat and steering column causing a loss of control of the stabilizer.
Date: 23 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-32079
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novoaleksandrovsk
Summary: While on a crop-spraying flight for the "Lenin" collective farm, the crew, who were drunk, performed stunts. The aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire.
Date: 29 September 1978
Flight: CCCP-07278
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ulan-Bator
Summary: Struck terrain for reasons unknown.
Date: 2 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-87544
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: Was operating a domestic scheduled Volgograd –Tbilisi passenger service. Experienced a hydraulic failure prior to land at Tbilisi Airport . The aircraft overran the runway following touchdown , hitting a concrete mast and breaking up in three.
Date: 7 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-87437
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Experienced the failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Koltsovo Airport, owing to icing conditions. The aircraft lost height and crashed into a hill. Due to operate a domestic Sverdlovsk– Kostanay passenger service as Flight 1080 .
Date: 13 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-32515
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Mary
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 17 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-32599
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lanovtsy
Summary: The pilots became distracted during a crop-spraying flight over hilly terrain and as a result the aircraft struck the slope of a hill.
Date: 18 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-02457
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: The aircraft took off without having been completely cleared of snow and ice. Controlling the aircraft became difficult and the crew made a forced landing in swampy terrain. The aircraft then caught fire.
Date: 23 October 1978
Flight: CCCP-46327
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Sivash
Summary: Crashed in the Gulf of Sivash after experiencing dual engine flameout due to icing conditions while en route at 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar-Simferopol passenger service as Flight 6515 .
Date: 10 November 1978
Flight: CCCP-46789
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Makhachkala Airport
Summary: While operating a domestic scheduled Groznyy–Baku passenger service, a passenger attempted to hijack the aircraft to Turkey. Although the hijacker injured the flight engineer, he was killed himself when a bullet ricocheted off a cockpit door he was firing at. The aircraft was...
Date: 14 November 1978
Flight: CCCP-85286
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Stockholm
Summary: Overran the runway and crashed after the nose failed to lift up. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Stockholm-Moscow passenger service as Flight 212 .
Date: 30 November 1978
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking. The aircraft was covering the Krasnodar–Baku route.
Date: 9 December 1978
Flight: CCCP-26547
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Cherskiy
Summary: Lost control and crashed just after takeoff due to shifting cargo.
Date: 19 December 1978
Flight: CCCP-46299
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Samarkand
Summary: Crashed on approach to Samarkand Airport with only one engine working.
Date: 1979
Flight: CCCP-85131
Aircraft: Tu-154B
Location: Unknown
Summary: Written off following a mercury spill in the cargo hold. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and used in the shooting of a movie before it was moved to an aeronautical school in Kryvyi Rih.
Date: 2 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-04193
Aircraft: Il-14FKM
Location: Molodezhnaya Station
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. At 70–80 m (230–260 ft) the aircraft suddenly entered a left bank and descended until it struck a glacier. The aircraft was caught by windshear and a loss of control resulted. The aircraft was operating transportation flights for personnel of the...
Date: 15 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-46807
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Minsk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kiev–Minsk passenger service as Flight 7502 when it crashed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) northwest of Minsk-1 Airport , on approach, after control was lost following the loss of longitudinal stability ; the pilot had prematurely swi...
Date: 18 January 1979
Flight: CCCP-67210
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Belgorod
Summary: Crashed while operating a training flight.
Date: 12 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-40594
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Broke through the icy surface of a lake and sank.
Date: 17 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-42444
Aircraft: Tu-104B
Location: Moscow
Summary: A false fire alarm in one of the engines prompted the crew to fly the aircraft back to Vnukovo Airport. On approach to the airport in poor visibility, the airplane descended below the glideslope and one wing hit an electricity pylon , then contacted the top of a hill, and even...
Date: 20 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-87930
Aircraft: Yak-40K
Location: Chardzou
Summary: Entered the wake turbulence of a Mil Mi-6 and crashed at Chardzhou Airport .
Date: 22 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-65031
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Liepāja
Summary: The aircraft was operating the last leg of an Omsk– Gorkiy –Liepāja cargo service when it went off its extended centerline on approach to Liepāja Airport as it descended below the glideslope in poor visibility, crashing and catching fire after hitting trees.
Date: 26 March 1979
Flight: CCCP-26569
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Baykit
Summary: The pilot allowed some passengers to travel to Baykit. While on approach to Baykit, ATC ordered the crew to carry out a missed approach because the runway was blocked. The pilot continued the approach and barely climbed until the aircraft struck a wooded hillside and crashed....
Date: 10 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-75414
Aircraft: Il-18D
Location: Sochi
Summary: Overran the runway and crashed at Sochi Airport after an aborted takeoff.
Date: 10 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-06330
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Svidovets
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded.
Date: 19 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-65839
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ufa
Summary: Landed at Ufa Airport with its wheel brakes locked, veering off the runway and causing the fuel tank to rupture, subsequently catching fire. The aircraft was operating the first leg of a domestic scheduled Novosibirsk–Ufa–Chisinau passenger service.
Date: 31 May 1979
Flight: CCCP-65649
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Tyumen
Summary: The airplane experienced a tyre burst that ignited the hydraulic fluid upon touchdown at Tyumen Airport .
Date: 16 June 1979
Flight: CCCP-44920
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Summary: Stolen by a drunk pilot at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport . The plane stalled in a low altitude maneuver and crashed upside down.
Date: 3 July 1979
Flight: CCCP-02330
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Krasnaya Polyana
Summary: Collided with a transmission tower while crop-spraying.
Date: 3 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-67206
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Leningrad
Summary: While on approach to Rzhevka Airport the right engine failed. The propeller could not be feathered and the crew performed a go-around. The aircraft banked right, entered a spin and crashed in a forest short of and to the right of the runway and caught fire. The aircraft was op...
Date: 11 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-65735
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Dneprodzerzhinsk
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision at an approximate altitude of 8,400 m (27,600 ft). The Tu-134AK had departed from Donetsk Airport and was en route to Minsk as Flight 7880 with 84 occupants aboard – 77 passengers and a crew of 7 – while the other ai...
Date: 24 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-12963
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: The aircraft was en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk on a cargo service when it crashed 18 km (11 mi) away from Yeniseysk following the flameout of all engines due to fuel contamination.
Date: 29 August 1979
Flight: CCCP-45038
Aircraft: Tu-124V
Location: Kirsanov
Summary: The crew lost control of the aircraft due to an extension of the flaps while en route from Borispol Airport to Kazan Airport. The airplane subsequently entered a spinning dive, disintegrating at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft) over Kirsanov because of the overstres...
Date: 3 September 1979
Flight: CCCP-46269
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Amderma
Summary: The aircraft undershot the runway at Amderma Airport and crashed. On approach, the crew descended below the glidescope and the ground proximity warning system sounded, yet the crew continued to descend. The aircraft broke up after impact and the main wreckage came to rest 20–3...
Date: 20 September 1979
Flight: CCCP-56413
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Malyushin Airfield
Summary: Unknown
Date: 13 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-70805
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed in an open field and was consumed by fire.
Date: 27 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-32322
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Lensk
Summary: The rear door opened during takeoff. Two passengers left their seats to close the door, causing the center of gravity to move past the rear limit. The nose pitched up; the aircraft stalled and struck the runway. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic passenger service.
Date: 30 October 1979
Flight: CCCP-61683
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Off Denmark
Summary: Destroyed by a fire that erupted aboard the ship (MV Olyenok) the aircraft was being carried upon.
Date: 16 November 1979
Flight: CCCP-87454
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Vologda
Summary: The aircraft was being ferried from Veliky Ustyug Airport to Vologda Airport as Flight 564 when it struck tree tops and crashed on approach to the airport of destination as it descended below the glideslope amid fog.
Date: 1 March 1980
Flight: CCCP-85103
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Orenburg
Summary: Hard landing at Orenburg Airport . On approach, the aircraft descended below the glide scope and the crew failed to go-around. It struck the ground short of the runway, bounced, touched down again and broke in two. Due to complete the second leg of a Simferopol–Sochi–Orenburg–...
Date: 3 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-16027
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Aldan Airport
Summary: Force-landed in a forest after the engine lost power.
Date: 13 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-62479
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Kara Sea
Summary: Both the fuselage and the wings sustained damage by the wheel studs when the aircraft performed a hard landing on its skis.
Date: 14 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-47732
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Crashed while making a forced landing attempt, following the fracture of the starboard main undercarriage unit shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport . The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Yeniseisk passenger service as Flight 151 .
Date: 18 April 1980
Flight: CCCP-46220
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bykovo Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff. The aircraft failed to gain altitude on takeoff, after which it struck a concrete wall, crossed a highway and crashed into buildings and caught fire. The crew had not selected flaps for takeoff. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow–Ulyanovsk passenger...
Date: 12 June 1980
Flight: CCCP-87689
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Dushanbe
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leninabad –Dushanbe passenger service as Flight Sh-88 when it went off course and crashed into the slope of a mountain 44 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Dushanbe Airport .
Date: 8 July 1980
Flight: CCCP-85355
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Alma-Ata
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during climbout. The airplane stalled , crashed, and caught fire. Was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata– Simferopol passenger service as...
Date: 18 July 1980
Flight: CCCP-87793
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Talaghy Airport
Summary: While on approach to Arkhangelsk, the flight engineer shut down the engines by mistake. The engines could not be restarted because the aircraft was flying too low. An emergency landing was made on a highway near the airport, but after landing the right wing struck a power pylo...
Date: 15 September 1980
Flight: CCCP-41831
Aircraft: Il-14P
Location: Bereznik
Summary: Crash-landed following asymmetric power on approach to Bereznik Airport .
Date: 8 October 1980
Flight: CCCP-85321
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Chita
Summary: Inbound from Barnaul , the aircraft approached to Chita Airport well above the glideslope . Despite the flightcrew performing a steep descent, the aircraft made a long landing. The tail broke off as a consequence of the dive maneuver, and the landing gear sustained damage as w...
Date: 28 October 1980
Flight: CCCP-11104
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Kabul
Summary: Was operating the last leg of an international scheduled Sofia – Mineralnye Vody – Tashkent –Kabul passenger service as Flight 1531 , when it crashed into mountainous terrain, after the flightcrew descended below the minimum safe altitude, in bad weather, on approach to Kabul...
Date: 6 January 1981
Flight: CCCP-65698
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Sochi
Summary: Brake failure on landing at Sochi Airport .
Date: 12 February 1981
Flight: CCCP-04188
Aircraft: Il-14T
Location: Krenkel Station
Summary: While on final approach the crew twice lost sight of the runway lights. The aircraft touched down next to the runway in deep snow, collapsing the nose gear. The nose section struck the ground , causing a fuel tank and cargo to break loose. Due to complete a domestic non-schedu...
Date: 18 February 1981
Flight: CCCP-67273
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Unknown
Summary: Destroyed by a fire that broke out on the flight deck.
Date: 28 April 1981
Flight: CCCP-92864
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Lazo
Summary: Started to descend after encountering snow squall lines on its flight path at 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), while en route from Batagay to Lazo. During the descent the aircraft struck a mountain.
Date: 3 May 1981
Flight: CCCP-70836
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voskhod
Summary: While crop-spraying for the "Runo" state farm, the pilot lost control in a steep turn at 20–25 m (66–82 ft) during an unauthorized flight. The aircraft crashed in a forest belt. There were two passengers on board and the pilot was inexperienced in agricultural operat...
Date: 21 May 1981
Flight: CCCP-35198
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into a forest.
Date: 7 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-02357
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voroshilovgrad Region
Summary: Crashed during an unauthorized flight.
Date: 13 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-85029
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Bratsk
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Bratsk Airport .
Date: 13 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-07712
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saldus
Summary: Hit an oil storage tank following loss of altitude due to an engine failure, crashing and burning.
Date: 14 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-41838
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ust-Barguzin
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ulan-Ude – Severomuysk passenger service as Flight 498 . The planned course was abandoned due to bad weather, and the crew headed the airplane towards Ust-Barguzin. It crashed into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi)...
Date: 28 June 1981
Flight: CCCP-65871
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Simferopol
Summary: Experienced a burst tyre upon landing at Simferopol Airport , inbound from Kiev ; the debris punctured a fuel tank, starting a fire.
Date: 15 July 1981
Flight: CCCP-01883
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Bodaybo
Summary: The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Bodaybo to Kedrovy when it came in too fast due to a tail wind, overran and struck an earthen wall and caught fire.
Date: 30 July 1981
Flight: CCCP-07422
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chimkent region
Summary: The pilot unintentionally shut down the engine during takeoff and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 1 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-91517
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Ostrov Utichiy
Summary: Crashed into the terrain in poor visibility conditions while en route on a Magadan – Komsomolsk-on-Amur flight.
Date: 24 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-46653
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Off Zavitinsk
Summary: Was involved in a mid-air collision with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K . The commercial airliner was operating a domestic scheduled Komsomolsk-on-Amur– Blagoveshchensk passenger service as Flight 811 with 27 passengers and a crew of 5 aboard, when it collided with the mili...
Date: 29 August 1981
Flight: CCCP-87346
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zeya
Summary: Hit tree tops when it descended below the glideslope on approach to Zeya Airport amid poor weather, crashing, and catching fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk – Chita –Zeya–Blagoveshchensk passenger service as Flight 674 .
Date: 8 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-85448
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Tashkent Airport
Summary: Burned out during refueling.
Date: 9 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-07601
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Namangan Region
Summary: The engine failed while crop-spraying and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 13 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-32475
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saratov
Summary: Landed on unsuitable terrain.
Date: 16 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-40523
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Bulunsky District
Summary: Landed on soft terrain and sank, breaking off the engine.
Date: 18 September 1981
Flight: CCCP-87455
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky
Summary: The airplane was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky passenger service as Flight V-652 with 33 occupants on board, when it collided in clouds, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from its destination, with a Mi-8 (CCCP-22268) that had 7 people aboard. All...
Date: 16 November 1981
Flight: CCCP-85480
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Norilsk
Summary: Acquired excessive vertical speed and descended below the glideslope on approach to Norilsk Airport , inbound from Krasnoyarsk, crashing some 500 metres (1,600 ft) ahead of the runway. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 3603 .
Date: 26 November 1981
Flight: CCCP-01808
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Ust-Kulom
Summary: The aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision. The An-2P was operating a domestic scheduled Ust-Kulom– Syktyvkar passenger service with 12 passengers and 6 crewmembers on board, while the An-2TP was flying the opposite route as Flight I-210 . The airplanes collided at an a...
Date: 6 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-86508
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Caught fire due to a short circuit in the electrical system and burned out while parked.
Date: 18 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-92858
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Deputatskiy
Summary: Having departed from Chokurdah Airport , the crew lost their way as they flew the wrong heading in bad weather. The aircraft eventually ran out of fuel and force-landed 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Deputatskiy.
Date: 23 December 1981
Flight: CCCP-26505
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Yeniseysk
Summary: Crashed short of the runway on approach to Yeniseysk Airport .
Date: 7 January 1982
Flight: CCCP-67290
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Gelendzhik
Summary: Weather at the time of takeoff was poor, with rain and a low ceiling. Four minutes after takeoff, the pilot radioed that he was leaving the airport area and that he was 12 km (7.5 mi) from the airport, flying at 450 m (1,480 ft). Six minutes later, while fl...
Date: 16 January 1982
Flight: CCCP-87902
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Shevchenko
Summary: Belly-landed following fuel exhaustion .
Date: 10 February 1982
Flight: CCCP-67237
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: While standing on the apron , probably at Yakutsk Airport , an An-2 that was carrying out an engine test ran into it.
Date: 11 April 1982
Flight: CCCP-62489
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Sank when the frozen lake it was standing on broke.
Date: 24 April 1982
Flight: CCCP-11107
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Novy Urengoy
Summary: Experienced the collapse of the nosegear during the take-off run at Novy Urengoy Airport , running off the runway and hitting an elevated taxiway. The main landing gear was sheared off during the incident, rupturing the fuel tanks, and causing a fire to break out.
Date: 7 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-02183
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tashtagol
Summary: The aircraft encountered poor weather during the last leg of a domestic scheduled Kemerovo–Novokutnetsk–Tashtagol passenger service as Flight 6758 . The aircraft deviated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the left of the flight route and struck the side of Mount Pustag at 1,050 ...
Date: 11 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-07399
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sputendorf
Summary: Crashed due to engine failure.
Date: 31 May 1982
Flight: CCCP-87485
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Dnepropetrovsk
Summary: Overran the runway at Dnepropetrovsk Airport .
Date: 3 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-40736
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Polevoye
Summary: Crashed during an unauthorized flight.
Date: 4 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-62640
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dvoinovski
Summary: Crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 11 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-56431
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Krasnoarmeiskaya
Summary: Collided with a fuel truck during taxi.
Date: 28 June 1982
Flight: CCCP-42529
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Mozyr
Summary: Crashed near Mozyr while en route, following the failure of the horizontal stabiliser jackscrew due to metal fatigue . The aircraft was operating a Leningrad–Kiev passenger service as Flight 8641 .
Date: 6 July 1982
Flight: CCCP-86513
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Moscow
Summary: An apparent failure of both port engines arose moments after the aircraft got airborne, as indicated by the fire alarms in the cockpit. Both engines were shut down. Despite the crew's attempts to maintain altitude, the aircraft lost height and crashed 11.4 kilometres (7.1 ...
Date: 16 July 1982
Flight: CCCP-15970
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Sakha Republic
Summary: During a flight from Lake Bolshoye Toko to Uchur, the pilot performed an unauthorized landing on a spit in the Aldoma River (90 km (56 mi) north of Lake Bolshoye Toko) to drop off two passengers. The aircraft failed to gain altitude during takeoff and the landing whe...
Date: 14 August 1982
Flight: CCCP-65836
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Sukhumi
Summary: Both aircraft were involved in a runway collision at Dranda Airport , when the outbound Tu-134 struck the L-410M that had just entered the active runway with 11 people aboard. All occupants of this latter aircraft perished in the accident. The Tu-134 was beginning a Sukhumi-Mo...
Date: 19 August 1982
Flight: CCCP-70446
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dno
Summary: Crashed into terrain during a low-altitude flight in poor weather.
Date: 9 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-62663
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Khorezm
Summary: Forced landed in the Khorezm region following a loss of power, colliding with an embankment, breaking up, and catching fire. The aircraft was carrying out a crop spraying mission.
Date: 9 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-70563
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Imishli
Summary: The engine failed while crop-spraying and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 28 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-44628
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Chimkent Region
Summary: Overran the runway on landing.
Date: 29 September 1982
Flight: CCCP-86470
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Luxembourg
Summary: Experienced a failure in one of the thrust reversers moments prior to touchdown at Findel Airport , causing the aircraft to yaw to the right, running off the runway, striking a building, sliding down a ravine, and eventually coming to rest 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) past the...
Date: 18 November 1982
Flight: CCCP-54883
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dnepropetrovsk Region
Summary: Unknown
Date: 16 December 1982
Flight: CCCP-46567
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Sakhanskiy
Summary: Fifty-two minutes after takeoff from Kiev, while flying at 5,100 m (16,700 ft), wiring in the cockpit started a fire, filling the cockpit with smoke. The crew began descending, and attempted but failed to extinguish the fire. A cockpit hatch was opened but the crew s...
Date: 23 December 1982
Flight: CCCP-26627
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Rostov-on-Don
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi –Rostov-on-Don– Krasnovodsk cargo service. It crashed and was destroyed by fire shortly after takeoff from Rostov-on-Don Airport , after it hit trees during initial climbout. The airplane was overloaded.
Date: 7 February 1983
Flight: CCCP-32320
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Preobrazhenskaya District
Summary: Crashed after encountering poor weather.
Date: 23 February 1983
Flight: CCCP-84571
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Cherkasy Region
Summary: Crashed. The copilot was at the controls while the pilot was in the cargo hold.
Date: 29 March 1983
Flight: CCCP-67190
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Poti
Summary: Had a failure in one of its engines immediately after take-off from Poti Airport , and the propeller could not be feathered . Despite an attempted forced landing, the aircraft crashed into a hillside. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Poti–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight...
Date: 12 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-26686
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Minsk-1 Airport
Summary: During the approach to Minsk, the aircraft came in too high and too fast. The pilot continued the approach and the aircraft landed hard, bouncing three times and suffering severe damage. The center of gravity was too far to the rear. The aircraft was completing a Riga–Minsk ca...
Date: 19 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-87291
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Leninakan
Summary: Went off course while en route from Nalchik to Leninakan as Flight E-46 . It crashed into a mountain, 41 kilometres (25 mi) away from Leninakan Airport , after it was cleared to descend.
Date: 30 April 1983
Flight: CCCP-62646
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Cesis
Summary: Crashed after hitting a high-voltage power line.
Date: 4 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-35637
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kaunas
Summary: Written off following an in-flight fire in the cabin.
Date: 9 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-02515
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Tavil-Dara
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure.
Date: 11 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-70057
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Blagodarnoye
Summary: Suffered a bird strike, causing the engine to quit as the bird clogged the air intake. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 15 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-02877
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kubitet
Summary: Struck trees and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 25 May 1983
Flight: CCCP-62626
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shiyaiski
Summary: Struck a high-voltage power line and crashed while crop-spraying.
Date: 17 June 1983
Flight: CCCP-65657
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Gali
Summary: Entered a zone of severe turbulence while en route from Lvov to Yerevan , approximately over Gali. The aircraft landed safely, though it was written off following the excessive stresses it underwent. The aircraft was used for fire tests at Yerevan in 1986 during the investigat...
Date: 29 June 1983
Flight: CCCP-87808
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazarman
Summary: While flying near Kazarman at 7,200 m (23,600 ft) the aircraft entered a downdraft and lost 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and suffered a load of 5.5 g. The crew regained control and made an emergency landing at Osh. The aircraft suffered severe damage during the desce...
Date: 4 July 1983
Flight: CCCP-05667
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Mestia
Summary: The aircraft entered severe turbulence. The crew were unable to maintain control and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 5 July 1983
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Tu-134
Location: Pulkovo Airport
Summary: The aircraft, probably a Tupolev Tu-134, was hijacked en route to Tallinn by two men. One hijacker told a flight attendant that there was a bomb on board and that the other hijacker would detonate it if they were not flown to Oslo or London. They agreed on a fuel stop at Kotka...
Date: 20 July 1983
Flight: CCCP-70520
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kharkov Region
Summary: Unknown
Date: 5 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-91768
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Koslan
Summary: The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing was carried out.
Date: 12 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-07697
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Odessa Region
Summary: Crashed due to overloading.
Date: 30 August 1983
Flight: CCCP-65129
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Off Alma-Ata
Summary: The aircraft was in the last stages of a domestic scheduled Kazan – Chelyabinsk –Alma-Ata passenger service as Flight 5463 , when it crashed into mountainous terrain, in a premature descent, on approach to Alma-Ata Airport.
Date: 19 October 1983
Flight: CCCP-67315
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Kansk Air Base
Summary: Inbound from Krasnoyarsk, the crew diverted to Kansk-Dalni due to poor weather at Kansk-Tsentralny. The aircraft landed in poor weather and touched down too late, overrunning the runway and striking an obstacle.
Date: 18 November 1983
Flight: CCCP-65807
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Tbilisi
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route a Tbilisi–Leningrad passenger service. Some of the hijackers entered the flight deck opening fire as they tried to gain control of the aircraft, yet the crew performed violent maneuvers, eventually keeping the hijackers off the cockpit....
Date: 24 December 1983
Flight: CCCP-46617
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Leshukonskoye
Summary: The aircraft that was covering the Arkhangelsk–Leshukonskoye route as Flight 601 , crashed ahead of the runway threshold on final approach to Leshukonskoye Airport , while attempting a go-around .
Date: 1984
Flight: CCCP-65095
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Minsk
Summary: Destroyed by fire in a maintenance facility at Minsk-1 Airport.
Date: 28 January 1984
Flight: CCCP-47310
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Izhevsk
Summary: Crash-landed at Izhevsk Airport when the pilot attempted to land the aircraft with a failure on one of the elevators due to a maintenance error. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev-Izhevsk passengers service as Flight 923 .
Date: 11 February 1984
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-12
Location: Cuenca Sul
Summary: Shot down by rebels.
Date: 23 February 1984
Flight: CCCP-44910
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Tiksi
Summary: Damaged by a storm while standing at Tiksi Airport .
Date: 6 May 1984
Flight: CCCP-05918
Aircraft: An-2M
Location: Staroye Zhookovo
Summary: The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission when an excessive deflection of the elevator caused it to crash northwest of Staroye Zhookovo, catching fire.
Date: 21 May 1984
Flight: CCCP-07293
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Voroshilovgrad Region
Summary: Crashed while performing a low turn over a ravine while crop-spraying.
Date: 16 June 1984
Flight: CCCP-02528
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Odessa Region
Summary: Crashed on takeoff due to a bird strike.
Date: 21 June 1984
Flight: CCCP-09612
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sivakovka
Summary: Suffered a bird strike, causing the engine to quit as the bird clogged the air intake. A forced landing was carried out.
Date: 4 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-67276
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Chulman Airport
Summary: Landed hard, collapsing the nosegear.
Date: 5 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-02878
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kustanai Region
Summary: During a crop-spraying, the crew, who was drunk, took the aircraft on an unauthorized flight. The aircraft crashed after the crew performed stunts at low altitude.
Date: 14 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-40827
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Krasnodar Krai
Summary: Crashed while performing a crop spraying mission.
Date: 23 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-01712
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Punya
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff after being caught by a wind gust.
Date: 24 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-26009
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Krasnoselkap
Summary: Runway overrun.
Date: 24 July 1984
Flight: CCCP-82909
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Lazurnoye
Summary: Long landing at Lazurnoye Airport , inbound from Krivoy Rog . Overshot the runway and collided with obstacles.
Date: 19 August 1984
Flight: CCCP-86007
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Aktyubinsk Airport
Summary: During a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Moscow passenger service, the inner sections of the wing flaps began vibrating severely and broke off 75 seconds later, damaging the rear of the fuselage. An emergency landing was made at Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe) and the aircraft touched dow...
Date: 16 September 1984
Flight: CCCP-91611
Aircraft: Il-14FK
Location: Saaremaa
Summary: The aircraft was operating a research flight, when a failure on the starboard engine occurred. The captain decided to ditch it in the Irbe Strait .
Date: 25 September 1984
Flight: CCCP-47358
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Koltsovo Airport
Summary: The An-24 departed Sverdlovsk for Omsk and Kemerovo. When climbing through an altitude of 250 m the turbine of the RU-19A-300 APU suffered an uncontained failure. Parts of the turbine disc penetrated the fuselage, killing one passenger and injuring two. The aircraft managed to...
Date: 4 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-35434
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Pavlodar
Summary: During a low-altitude survey flight over hilly terrain, the aircraft was caught in a downdraft. The left wheel and left lower wing hit a hill before the crew regained control. The crew continued to Shoptykol where a forced landing was performed, but the aircraft suffered more...
Date: 4 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-35434
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sredni Kalar
Summary: Force-landed in taiga after the engine failed due to carburetor icing.
Date: 11 October 1984
Flight: CCCP-85243
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Omsk
Summary: Hit two snowplows upon landing in poor visibility at Omsk Airport , inbound from Krasnodar as Flight 3352 , and caught fire. There were 179 people aboard, of whom 174 lost their lives in the accident; there were also 4 casualties on the ground.
Date: 4 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-67225
Aircraft: L-410MA
Location: Kostroma
Summary: While climbing through 1,500 m (4,900 ft) after takeoff from Kostroma Airport the artificial horizon failed. The aircraft was in clouds and the pilots became disorientated. The aircraft entered a descent with increasing bank. At 500–600 m (1,600–2,000 ft) t...
Date: 18 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-07861
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Verkhne Imbatskoye Airport
Summary: Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on takeoff. The center of gravity was too far to the rear.
Date: 23 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-85338
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Krasnoyarsk
Summary: Had a failure in one of its engines shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport ; it caught fire, yet the flight engineer shut down the incorrect one. The fire propagated to the empennage , making the aircraft uncontrollable just before it could land safely. It was due to o...
Date: 29 December 1984
Flight: CCCP-67140
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Off Astrakhan
Summary: Before takeoff, the ground crew forgot to close the fuel fill caps. En route fuel was sucked out of the tanks, causing both engines to quit. The aircraft force-landed 76 km (47 mi) away from Astrakhan.
Date: 1985
Flight: CCCP-32352
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sosnovaya Roscha
Summary: The aircraft was severely damaged after it nosed over and ended up upside-down; aircraft was possibly written off.
Date: 24 January 1985
Flight: CCCP-19716
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Lake Byeloye
Summary: Crashed on the frozen surface of Lake Byeloye while flying low.
Date: 1 February 1985
Flight: CCCP-65910
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Minsk
Summary: Crashed during initial climbout, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away from Minsk-2 International Airport , because of flameout of both engines, which had ingested ice during the takeoff run. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Minsk–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 7841 .
Date: 25 March 1985
Flight: CCCP-44905
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Borogon Airport
Summary: During takeoff, the flaps retracted due to a short circuit. After reaching an altitude of 6–8 m (20–26 ft), the aircraft entered a descent and crashed in snowy terrain 250 m (820 ft) past the runway. Due to operate a Borogon–Tiksi cargo service.
Date: 3 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-65856
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Zolochiv
Summary: The Tu-134A was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Lvov passenger service as Flight 8381 with 79 people aboard, On approach to Sknyliv Airport , it was involved in a mid-air, head-on collision with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 , that was carrying 15...
Date: 11 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-50553
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Kyzyl Airport
Summary: Veered off the runway on landing due to brake problems.
Date: 21 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-04326
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Tadibeyakha
Summary: Could not gain altitude after takeoff, lost speed, and crash-landed. The aircraft had ten illegal passengers on board.
Date: 29 May 1985
Flight: CCCP-70218
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Rzhevka
Summary: Crashed near Rzhevka Airport during a test flight. The engine lost power just after takeoff. While attempting a forced landing, the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
Date: 10 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-32028
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Stavropol Krai
Summary: Lost speed and crashed in the Stavropol Krai after the pilot tried to gain altitude and the aircraft banked steeply. Was performing a crop spraying mission.
Date: 20 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-91783
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Moma
Summary: Crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Moma Airport , as it could not gain altitude because of overloading.
Date: 27 June 1985
Flight: CCCP-84724
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Suduntui
Summary: Force-landed after the engine failed due to poor-quality fuel.
Date: 4 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-55710
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Baykit
Summary: Departed overloaded from Baykit Airport . The crew attempted to return to the airport as the aircraft was unable to gain altitude, yet it crash-landed before reaching the airfield.
Date: 7 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-06255
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Krasny Yar district
Summary: During a crop-spraying flight the engine lost power, due to valve problems with cylinder seven. The crew attempted a forced landing but the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
Date: 10 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-85311
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Uchkuduk
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent– Karshi – Orenburg –Leningrad passenger service as Flight 5143 . It crashed near Uchkuduk while en route its second leg, when the crew mistook in-flight vibrations due to low airspeed with engine surges and reduced power...
Date: 15 July 1985
Flight: CCCP-55706
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Selitrennoye
Summary: The engine failed during a crop-spraying flight while the aircraft was in a banking turn. Altitude was lost and the aircraft banked left and crashed into a building.
Date: 1 September 1985
Flight: CCCP-01789
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Yunkor
Summary: Force-landed following engine failure. The engine control lever had disconnected due to faulty maintenance while on final approach.
Date: 11 October 1985
Flight: CCCP-87803
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Kutaisi
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain, 97 kilometres (60 mi) west of Kutaisi, when it was flying at a low altitude in bad weather, following air traffic controllers indications. It was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi–Poti passenger service as Flight D-7 .
Date: 19 December 1985
Flight: CCCP-42845
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Gannan
Summary: Hijacked by a man who demanded that the crew change course. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed in a pasture near Gannan, China; the hijacker was arrested by Chinese authorities and the aircraft and the 43 people on board were returned to the Soviet Union. The aircraft was...
Date: 6 February 1986
Flight: CCCP-26095
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Saransk
Summary: Crashed and broke up shortly after takeoff from Saransk Airport , when the captain mistook the localizer and inner marker beacon red lights with the anti-collision lights of an incoming aircraft, performing a violent evasive maneuver and losing control of the airplane.
Date: 17 February 1986
Flight: CCCP-41816
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Philippi Glacier
Summary: Ran out of fuel as it encountered stronger-than-expected headwinds while flying a cargo service within Antarctica between the Molodezhnaya Station and the Mirny Station , crashing into the slope of the Philippi Glacier when attempting an emergency landing under whiteout condit...
Date: 2 March 1986
Flight: CCCP-46423
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Bugulma
Summary: Crashed on approach to Bugulma Airport , inbound from Cheboksary as Flight F-77 , following the feathering of one of the propellers.
Date: 18 April 1986
Flight: CCCP-87236
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Kazan
Summary: Structural failure at Kazan Airport .
Date: 18 April 1986
Flight: CCCP-87301
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: While landing, the right landing gear collapsed due to fatigue. The right wing contacted the runway and the aircraft slid off the runway.
Date: 13 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-12962
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Ledovaya Baza
Summary: Sank when the ice surface it was being towed over for repairs cracked.
Date: 17 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-87928
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Off Khanty-Mansiysk
Summary: A test was being run following undercarriage repairs. During a pullout, the left wing broke off and its debris struck the tail, which broke off as well, causing the aircraft to crash 19 kilometres (12 mi) away from Khanty-Mansiysk.
Date: 21 May 1986
Flight: CCCP-85327
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Moscow
Summary: The flightcrew forgot to turn on the heating system of the pitot tube prior to takeoff from Chelyabinsk, and that condition persisted all the way to Moscow. Due to icing on the approach to Domodedovo Airport , the crew increased power as they mistakenly assumed the plane was a...
Date: 6 June 1986
Flight: CCCP-29348
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Sangar
Summary: En route between Kobyai and Sangar the engine lost power at 550 m (1,800 ft) and a forced landing was carried out in a swampy forest clearing. The engine failure was caused by improper repairs.
Date: 22 June 1986
Flight: CCCP-65142
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Penza
Summary: Aborted takeoff at Penza Airport , ending up in a ravine. A passenger died from a heart attack . Due to operate a domestic scheduled Penza–Simferopol passenger service.
Date: 2 July 1986
Flight: CCCP-65120
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Kopsa
Summary: Crashed 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Syktyvkar after it hit trees when attempting a forced landing due to a fire in the cargo hold. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Vorkuta-Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service as Flight 2306 .
Date: 11 July 1986
Flight: CCCP-70124
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into a forest.
Date: 11 August 1986
Flight: CCCP-40902
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Konder Mountain
Summary: One of the wings struck trees when the pilot was maneuvering the aircraft to drop off mail.
Date: 20 September 1986
Flight: CCCP-65877
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ufa Airport
Summary: The aircraft was parked at Ufa Airport for a flight to Nizhnevartovsk from Kiev as Flight 36075 . Three men, soldiers of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and intending to flee the country, carjacked a taxi and forced the driver to take them to Ufa Airpor...
Date: September 1986
Flight: CCCP-42536
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Moscow
Summary: Destroyed by fire ignited by a thunderflash while standing at Bykovo Airport . The aircraft was being used by security forces for training purposes.
Date: 9 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-02592
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tiksi
Summary: Crashed into a hillside while en route from Taimilir to Tiksi.
Date: 14 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-67264
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Ust-Maya Airport
Summary: While accelerating for takeoff, the number one engine shut down. The propeller was feathered but the crew did not raise the landing gear. Unable to gain altitude, the aircraft stalled and crashed in the Aldan River and sank with all on board. Due to begin the second leg of a M...
Date: 20 October 1986
Flight: CCCP-65766
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Kuybyshev
Summary: Skidded off the runway following a hard landing at Kuybyshev Airport , broke up, and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk-Kuybyshev service as Flight 6502 .
Date: 12 December 1986
Flight: CCCP-65795
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: East Berlin
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Schönefeld Airport , inbound from Minsk, and crashed. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger service as Flight 892 .
Date: 31 December 1986
Flight: CCCP-67428
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Chernenko
Summary: Ran off the apron .
Date: 16 January 1987
Flight: CCCP-87618
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tashkent
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff from Yuzhny Airport as it encountered a wake vortex generated by the departure of an Ilyushin Il-76 moments before. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tashkent– Shahrisabz passenger service as Flight U-505 .
Date: 25 January 1987
Flight: CCCP-87696
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Tarnogsky Gorodok Airport
Summary: During takeoff, the nosewheel steering failed. The aircraft veered left off the runway and crashed into an embankment.
Date: 7 February 1987
Flight: CCCP-11378
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Written off at Sverdlovsk Airport under unspecified circumstances.
Date: 6 March 1987
Flight: CCCP-26007
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Off Alma-Ata
Summary: Struck a 2,370-metre-high (7,780 ft) mountain, 56 kilometres (35 mi) away from Alma-Ata, soon after it departed from Alma-Ata Airport for a cargo service.
Date: 24 April 1987
Flight: CCCP-62566
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Arctic Ocean
Summary: Sank when the ice of a frozen lake the aircraft had landed on broke.
Date: April 1987
Flight: CCCP-56436
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 23 May 1987
Flight: CCCP-26567
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Khandyga
Summary: Crashed short of the runway.
Date: 27 May 1987
Flight: CCCP-70501
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Östergarnsholm
Summary: The aircraft was stolen by a pilot seeking political asylum , who flew the airplane from Saldus to Sweden , and ditched it off Östergarnsholm on the island of Gotland. The aircraft is now in an aviation museum in Visby.
Date: 13 June 1987
Flight: CCCP-67239
Aircraft: L-410M
Location: Unknown
Summary: Involved in a ground accident with two An-2s (CCCP-70129 and CCCP-84655).
Date: 19 June 1987
Flight: CCCP-87826
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Berdyansk
Summary: Overran the runway following an aborted go-around at Berdyansk Airport , hit obstacles and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Odessa-Berdyansk service as Flight N-528 .
Date: 20 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-40556
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Main undercarriage broke off upon landing.
Date: 21 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-02763
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed on a farm field.
Date: 23 July 1987
Flight: CCCP-65874
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: Unknown
Date: 14 August 1987
Flight: CCCP-28741
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Ust-Nem
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 22 August 1987
Flight: CCCP-01641
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novosibirsk
Summary: Force-landed in a forest following a loss of engine power.
Date: 28 August 1987
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Alisovo
Summary: Lost power on takeoff and force-landed in a ravine.
Date: 7 September 1987
Flight: CCCP-12971
Aircraft: An-12TB
Location: Omsk
Summary: Unknown
Date: 24 September 1987
Flight: CCCP-67249
Aircraft: L-410MU
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Aborted takeoff at Yakutsk Airport .
Date: 18 October 1987
Flight: CCCP-67334
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Saratov
Summary: Belly landing at Saratov Airport .
Date: 15 December 1987
Flight: CCCP-06324
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Pyatigorsk
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 18 January 1988
Flight: CCCP-85254
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Krasnovodsk
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Krasnovodsk passenger service as Flight 699 . A hard landing at Krasnovodsk Airport caused the empennage to separate from the airframe, which also broke up.
Date: 24 January 1988
Flight: CCCP-87549
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Nizhnevartovsk
Summary: Port and starboard engines failed on takeoff from Nizhnevartovsk Airport , causing the aircraft to lose speed during the initial climbout, eventually stalling , losing altitude and crashing into a slope of a ravine. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Nizhnevartovsk– Tyumen pa...
Date: 26 February 1988
Flight: CCCP-01648
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Saskylakh
Summary: Unknown
Date: 27 February 1988
Flight: CCCP-65675
Aircraft: Tu-134AK
Location: Surgut
Summary: The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tyumen–Surgut passenger service as Flight 7867 . It performed a hard landing at Surgut Airport , broke up and caught fire.
Date: 8 March 1988
Flight: CCCP-85413
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Leningrad
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk –Leningrad passenger service as when it was hijacked by a family who demanded to be flown to the United Kingdom . Russian troops stormed the airplane while making a refuelling stop at Pulkovo Airport. As a result, five of...
Date: 19 April 1988
Flight: CCCP-67518
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Bagdarin
Summary: Struck a hill in a blizzard , near Bagdarin, while en route a domestic scheduled Muya –Bagdarin passenger service. The crew had deviated from the flight route and descended too soon and too low.
Date: 19 April 1988
Flight: CCCP-67431
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Ulan-Ude
Summary: Crashed at Ulan-Ude Airport .
Date: 9 June 1988
Flight: CCCP-70121
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tobolsk
Summary: Crashed and caught fire, 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) away from Tobolsk, after it struck the top of a chimney.
Date: 12 June 1988
Flight: CCCP-32267
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aleksandriya
Summary: Forced-landed after engine flameout due to ingestion of rain as the aircraft entered a thunderstorm while en route from Rovno to Vladimirets .
Date: 8 July 1988
Flight: CCCP-46669
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Khabarovsk
Summary: Collided with buildings after it overran the runway on takeoff from Khabarovsk Airport .
Date: 9 July 1988
Flight: CCCP-07791
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Struck the ground after the pilot unintentionally moved the steering wheel.
Date: 22 July 1988
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Lost control when it entered a turbulence region at low altitude.
Date: 12 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-35677
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed minutes after takeoff following fuel exhaustion.
Date: 26 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-01788
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kystatyam
Summary: Crashed near Kystatyam while operating a survey flight along the Lena River .
Date: 26 August 1988
Flight: CCCP-67235
Aircraft: L-410MU
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Crashed into the slope of a mountain during approach to Irkutsk Airport , breaking up and catching fire. The crew had set the altimeters incorrectly during the approach; crew fatigue was also a factor. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Kirensk –Irkutsk passen...
Date: 21 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-70848
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Aiykan
Summary: Struck a 1,350-metre-high (4,430 ft) mountain, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Aiykan.
Date: 24 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-85479
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Aleppo
Summary: Had an undisclosed landing gear collapse when it hard-landed at Aleppo Airport , overrunning the runway. The center of gravity of the aircraft was off the limits. It was operating an international scheduled Yerevan–Aleppo passenger service.
Date: 24 September 1988
Flight: CCCP-84657
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crash-landed on a river bed.
Date: 4 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-11418
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Batagay
Summary: Crashed into a mountain on approach to Batagay Airport , 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the city. The aircraft was operating a cargo service inbound from Tiksi as Flight 40066 .
Date: 14 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-32612
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Unknown
Summary: Emergency landing on rough terrain.
Date: 31 October 1988
Flight: CCCP-32325
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Belaya Gora
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 7 December 1988
Flight: CCCP-67127
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Kodinsk
Summary: Crashed when it struck the ground on approach to Kodinsk, inbound from Krasnoyarsk on a domestic scheduled passenger service.
Date: 13 December 1988
Flight: CCCP-06266
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Naryan-Mar
Summary: Crashed. The aircraft was overloaded and the center of gravity was beyond limits.
Date: 1989
Flight: CCCP-70087
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tver-Smeevo
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 13 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-12997
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: Both starboard engines jammed at full power shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport . The crew decided to return to the airport of departure; following touchdown, the aircraft burst into flames after bouncing and groundlooping.
Date: 13 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-85067
Aircraft: Tu-154S
Location: Monrovia
Summary: Failed to get airborne on takeoff from Roberts International Airport , overrunning the runway and ending up in a ditch. The aircraft was overloaded and cargo not properly secured shifted on takeoff, putting its center of gravity beyond the forward limits. Due to operate a Monr...
Date: 26 January 1989
Flight: CCCP-52066
Aircraft: Avia 14PT
Location: Mirny Ice Station
Summary: Burned out during refueling. The aircraft had not been properly grounded on the ice to prevent static discharge, and it was this discharge that ignited the fuel.
Date: 22 April 1989
Flight: CCCP-70080
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Tatarski
Summary: While on a positioning flight to a state farm, the pilot attempted to perform a pancake landing as he thought the ground was waterlogged. The aircraft lost speed, stalled over the left wing and crashed.
Date: 1 May 1989
Flight: CCCP-70225
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Sechenovo
Summary: Crashed while it was taking part in a Labour Day demonstration.
Date: 11 May 1989
Flight: CCCP-54891
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Dolbizno
Summary: The aircraft was crop-spraying for the "Rossiya" collective farm with two passengers on board. Control was lost in a steep turn at 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and the aircraft crashed and burned out. The crew was apparently drunk.
Date: 6 July 1989
Flight: CCCP-61788
Aircraft: Il-14M
Location: Cape Schmidt
Summary: Ditched in shallow waters following loss of power in one of the engines shortly after takeoff from Mys Shmidta Airport . Due to operate an ice reconnaissance flight.
Date: 19 July 1989
Flight: CCCP-26685
Aircraft: An-26
Location: Talovrow Island
Summary: The aircraft was on a survey flight along the shore of the East Siberian Sea , from Cape Schmidt to Pevek Airport , when one of its wings hit coastal cliffs, causing it to crash.
Date: 14 August 1989
Flight: CCCP-88252
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Neryungri
Summary: Landed in crosswind conditions on a wet runway at Neryungri Airport , inbound from Chita as Flight 432 .
Date: 28 August 1989
Flight: CCCP-67104
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Labinsk
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, at 100–200 m (330–660 ft), the left engine failed. The crew decided to return to Labinsk but while turning back the aircraft began to roll to the left and started losing altitude. A wheels-up emergency landing was made in an alfalfa field near...
Date: 2 September 1989
Flight: CCCP-87509
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Bishkek
Summary: Belly landed at Bishkek Airport .
Date: 15 September 1989
Flight: CCCP-87391
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Dzhalal-Abad
Summary: Bounced several times upon landing.
Date: 2 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-33078
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Yar-Sale
Summary: En route over the Yamal Peninsula the engine failed. A forced landing was performed in tundra, damaging the landing gear, propeller, and lower wings.
Date: 4 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-46525
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Stepnogorsk
Summary: Overran the runway on landing and hit a concrete mast.
Date: 20 October 1989
Flight: CCCP-76466
Aircraft: Il-76TD
Location: Leninakan
Summary: Crashed into the terrain on approach to Leninakan Airport, following an erroneous instrument setting on the aircraft, barometric altimeter . It was operating a training/cargo service between Ulyanovsk and Leninakan.
Date: 21 November 1989
Flight: CCCP-46335
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Tyumen
Summary: The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Perm –Tyumen passenger service as Flight 37577 , when it collided with trees on approach to Tyumen Airport and crashed.
Date: 24 November 1989
Flight: CCCP-44953
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Dzhambul
Summary: After takeoff the aircraft encountered icing conditions and fog, which the crew did not know about. Icing caused a loss of engine power. The crew then decided to return to the airport but airspeed decreased further until the aircraft stalled and crashed. The aircraft was opera...
Date: 1990
Flight: CCCP-07308
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Unknown
Summary: Mid-air collision .
Date: 13 January 1990
Flight: CCCP-65951
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Pervouralsk
Summary: The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Tyumen – Ufa passenger service as Flight 6246 at 10,600 metres (34,800 ft) when smoke in the rear cargo hold prompted a fire warning in both engines, probably due to a short circuit of the electrical wiring. The flightcrew ma...
Date: 20 February 1990
Flight: CCCP-56472
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Šiauliai
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 16 March 1990
Flight: CCCP-28702
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Chita Airport
Summary: During the approach, the aircraft landed hard due to pilot error, damaging the landing gear. The crew performed a go-around and landed on the damaged landing gear. The aircraft, operating a training flight out of Chita, was written off.
Date: 27 March 1990
Flight: CCCP-78781
Aircraft: Il-76MD
Location: Kabul
Summary: The aircraft, on loan from the Soviet Air Force, was operating a Kokand-Kabul cargo service. At 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), while on approach to Kabul, air traffic control ordered the pilot to discontinue the approach. The flaps and landing gear were retracted, yet the appr...
Date: 13 April 1990
Flight: CCCP-04355
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Uelen
Summary: During takeoff, the aircraft pitched up, lost airspeed, stalled and crashed on the snow-covered, frozen Uelen Lagoon. The aircraft was overloaded, causing the center of gravity to move beyond limits. The aircraft was operating a Uelen–Provideniya cargo service in support of th...
Date: 2 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-46551
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Kenkiyak
Summary: A hard landing caused the nosegear to break up. The aircraft overran the runway and was destroyed by fire.
Date: 12 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-86905
Aircraft: Il-76MD
Location: Kabul
Summary: Forced landing at Kabul Airport , after it was struck by a missile at 25,500 feet (7,800 m).
Date: 26 June 1990
Flight: CCCP-19730
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Shurma
Summary: The aircraft was returning from crop-spraying at Malmyzh when the pilots, who were drunk, performed stunts at low altitude. The aircraft was "hopping" over trees when it lost airspeed, banked, crashed in a forest and caught fire.
Date: 1 July 1990
Flight: CCCP-86456
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Yakutsk
Summary: Overran the runway upon landing at Yakutsk Airport . After touching down, the pilots accidentally set engines one and four to takeoff thrust rather than reverse thrust and the aircraft picked up speed as a result. The pilots did not realize their mistake and attempted emergenc...
Date: 19 July 1990
Flight: CCCP-40861
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed into mountainous terrain.
Date: 1 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-87453
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Aghdam
Summary: Struck a mountain at 2,520 metres (8,270 ft) in cloudy conditions, 22 kilometres (14 mi; 12 nmi) west of Stepanakert , during approach to Stepanakert Airport inbound from Yerevan as Flight E-35D .
Date: 12 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-62407
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Unknown
Summary: Crashed in a forest.
Date: 18 August 1990
Flight: CCCP-28761
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Rushan
Summary: Hard landing short of the runway.
Date: 9 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-87451
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Pavlodar
Summary: CCCP-87914 ran off the runway upon landing at Pavlodar Airport , and collided with CCCP-87451, breaking it up.
Date: 12 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-41803
Aircraft: Il-14LIK-1
Location: Rushan
Summary: Belly-landed on a glacier , 353 kilometres (219 mi) off Mirny Ice Station .
Date: 14 September 1990
Flight: CCCP-42351
Aircraft: Yak-42
Location: Sverdlovsk
Summary: The pilot intentionally deviated from the approach pattern. As a result, the aircraft broke up after it struck trees on approach to Koltsovo Airport , inbound from Volgograd on a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 8175 .
Date: 12 October 1990
Flight: CCCP-67331
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Odessa
Summary: Hard landing at Odesa Airport .
Date: 20 October 1990
Flight: CCCP-85268
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Kutaisi
Summary: The aircraft failed to get airborne on takeoff from Kutaisi Airport due to overloading, overrunning the runway.
Date: 2 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-26038
Aircraft: An-26B
Location: Nyurba
Summary: Crashed upon landing.
Date: 17 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-85664
Aircraft: Tu-154M
Location: Velichovky
Summary: The aircraft was flying a Euroairport – Sheremetyevo cargo service, when a fire broke out at 10,600 metres (34,800 ft), prompting the flightcrew to make an emergency landing .
Date: 21 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-86613
Aircraft: Il-62
Location: Magan Airport
Summary: While en route to Yakutsk the crew were informed that visibility was poor at Yakutsk Airport. The crew considered diverting to Khabarovsk, but visibility improved at Yakutsk. While descending to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), ATC reported that visibility at Yakutsk had dropped...
Date: 30 November 1990
Flight: CCCP-87394
Aircraft: Yak-40K
Location: Dikson Airport
Summary: The aircraft came in too high in bad weather. Touching down at high speed, the aircraft overran the runway and ended up in a gully. The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Dikson passenger service.
Date: 14 December 1990
Flight: CCCP-47164
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Shakhtersk Airport
Summary: Undershot the runway and landed hard.
Date: 4 March 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-24
Location: Leningrad
Summary: While en route from Kotlas to Leningrad, the aircraft was hijacked by a male hijacker who demanded to be taken to Sweden . At Pulkovo Airport , the hijacker released the hostages, but refused to surrender. The grenade he carried with him exploded; he later died from the injuri...
Date: 23 March 1991
Flight: CCCP-46472
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Navoiy
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Navoi Airport , hitting a heap of iron and concrete, breaking up and catching fire.
Date: 23 May 1991
Flight: CCCP-85097
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Leningrad
Summary: Hard landing short of the runway at Pulkovo Airport. The main starboard undercarriage collapsed, causing the break up of the airframe. Two people were killed on the ground. The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi-St. Petersburg service as Flight 8556 .
Date: 24 June 1991
Flight: CCCP-31423
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Radolnoye
Summary: Destroyed by fire after crashing in the Ural region , within the Kazakh SSR territory.
Date: 25 June 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: An-2
Location: Rakovka
Summary: Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Date: 21 August 1991
Flight: CCCP-67091
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Poliny Osipenko
Summary: Sank back on takeoff while the landing gear was being retracted.
Date: 27 August 1991
Flight: CCCP-67099
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Guriev
Summary: Forced landing, 42 kilometres (26 mi) out of Guriev (now Atyrau) after running out of fuel. The fuel filler ports had been left open following refueling at Guriev.
Date: 27 September 1991
Flight: CCCP-67538
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Magadan
Summary: Premature retraction of the landing gear, during the takeoff run at Magadan Airport .
Date: 3 October 1991
Flight: CCCP-11120
Aircraft: An-12BP
Location: Cazombo Airport
Summary: While landing, the wings struck some bushes as the runway was too short and too narrow. The crew found out the airfield was mined; they decided to take off again, but while turning for takeoff the right-side landing gear broke after it got stuck in a pothole, causing the prope...
Date: 23 October 1991
Flight: CCCP-28924
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Shelopugino
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 7 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-87526
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Makhachkala
Summary: While descending for Makhachkala, visibility worsened. The crew were not aware of the aircraft's position and descended over mountainous terrain. The aircraft crashed into Kukurtbash Mountain at 550 metres (1,800 ft), 23 kilometres (14 mi; 12 nmi) away from Makh...
Date: 8 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-79948
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Batagay
Summary: Destroyed by fire while undergoing engine repairs.
Date: 21 November 1991
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Khodzavend
Summary: Crashed en route under unspecified circumstances.
Date: 22 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-40596
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Yartsevo
Summary: Force-landed due to engine failure caused by carburetor icing while flying at 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). The aircraft was operating a Podkamennaya Tunguska–Yenseisk passenger service.
Date: 23 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-81545
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: KS-7 Airstrip
Summary: The aircraft was operating a Kungrad–Komsomolsk-na-Ustyurte–Karakalpakiya service. On board the leg to KS-7 Airstrip were two unauthorized passengers. En route the crew encountered low visibility and poor weather. The crew deviated from the approach pattern and struck a 52-met...
Date: 26 November 1991
Flight: CCCP-47823
Aircraft: An-24RV
Location: Bugulma
Summary: Crashed 800 metres (2,600 ft) out of Bugulma Airport , on approach, following an aborted go-around , likely because of icing on the stabilizer .
Date: 8 December 1991
Flight: CCCP-33137
Aircraft: An-2T
Location: Unknown
Summary: Landed on rough terrain.
Date: 30 December 1991
Flight: CCCP-87521
Aircraft: Yak-40
Location: Velsk Airport
Summary: After lifting off the runway, the right wing hit the ground. The aircraft struck a tree and then crashed in an embankment and caught fire. The aircraft was overloaded and the takeoff was attempted in poor weather with blowing snow and cross winds.
Date: 3 January 1992
Flight: CCCP-28706
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Lyakhsh
Summary: Undershot the runway on landing.
Date: 24 January 1992
Flight: CCCP-65053
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Batumi
Summary: Overran the runway on landing at Chorokh Airport .
Date: 9 February 1992
Flight: CCCP-46816
Aircraft: An-24B
Location: Atyrau
Summary: Shortly after takeoff from Guryev Airport, an engine failed at 900 metres (3,000 ft) and the aircraft turned around, but to perform a missed approach. Airspeed was lost in icing conditions and the aircraft went into a 6 metres per second (20 ft/s) descent, landed, an...
Date: 7 June 1992
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Tu-154
Location: Moscow
Summary: The aircraft was hijacked while en route from Grozny to Moscow. The hijacker, who demanded to be taken to Turkey , was killed by security forces at Vnukovo Airport .
Date: 19 June 1992
Flight: CCCP-85282
Aircraft: Tu-154B-1
Location: Bratsk Airport
Summary: CCCP-85234 was operating a Vladivostok-Samara service as Flight 5308 and had landed at Bratsk to refuel, but was grounded by maintenance issues and everyone left the aircraft. That night, CCCP-85282, operating a Ekaterinburg-Vladivostok service as Flight 2889 , also stopped at...
Date: 21 June 1992
Flight: CCCP-32544
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Poltavskiy
Summary: Unknown
Date: 8 July 1992
Flight: CCCP-07816
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Ukrainsky
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 23 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-85670
Aircraft: Tu-154M
Location: Zurich
Summary: The aircraft was completing a non-scheduled international Milan –Zurich passenger service as Flight 2267 . The approach to Zurich Airport was abandoned due to inclement weather, and one of the wings struck an antenna. The crew managed to land the airplane safely.
Date: 27 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-65058
Aircraft: Tu-134A
Location: Ivanovo
Summary: The aircraft was completing a scheduled Donetsk –Ivanovo passenger service as Flight 2808 , when it hit trees on approach to Ivanovo Airport in rain and mist and crashed.
Date: 29 August 1992
Flight: CCCP-65810
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Kharkiv
Summary: Overran the runway at Kharkiv Airport following a long landing.
Date: 21 September 1992
Flight: CCCP-32596
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kalga Airstrip
Summary: Crashed 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from the Kalga Airstrip.
Date: 13 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-85528
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Vladivostok
Summary: Overran the runway at Vladivostok Airport as it failed to get airborne.
Date: 14 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-07840
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Kostanay
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 19 October 1992
Flight: CCCP-28785
Aircraft: An-28
Location: Ust-Nem
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff. During takeoff the left engine failed, probably due to snow ingestion. The propeller was feathered, but the aircraft began banking to the left, towards the failed engine. The flaps were retracted, yet too soon, causing a nose-up attitude. The air...
Date: 7 November 1992
Flight: RA-86703
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Moscow
Summary: During maintenance at Domodedovo Airport , a fire started in a right wing fuel tank while a valve was being replaced. The fire, caused by an electric lamp, could not be extinguished and the aircraft burned out.
Date: 5 December 1992
Flight: CCCP-85105
Aircraft: Tu-154A
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Veered off the runway upon landing at Yerevan Airport .
Date: 30 January 1993
Flight: CCCP-40479
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Peledui
Summary: Crashed in snow and flipped over.
Date: 26 September 1993
Flight: CCCP-68150
Aircraft: An-2R
Location: Novoalekseevskaya
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 22 December 1993
Flight: CCCP-01410
Aircraft: An-2TP
Location: Off Uray
Summary: Forced landed 190 kilometres (120 mi) away from Uray.
Date: 25 December 1993
Flight: RA-85296
Aircraft: Tu-154B-2
Location: Grozny
Summary: Nosegear collapsed upon landing at Grozny Airport in bad weather. The aircraft had been leased to Vnukovo Airlines from Aeroflot.
Date: 8 February 1994
Flight: CCCP-11340
Aircraft: An-12B
Location: Anadyr
Summary: Overran the runway on landing in fog at Anadyr Airport .
Date: 8 March 1994
Flight: RA-86119
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Delhi
Summary: Destroyed by fire as Flight 588 when it was hit by a crashing Boeing 737-200 that was being flown for training purposes at Indira Gandhi International Airport .
Date: 23 March 1994
Flight: F-OGQS
Aircraft: A310-300
Location: Mezhdurechensk
Summary: The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Moscow– Hong Kong passenger service as Flight 593 , when it crashed en route near Mezhdurechensk, after the auto-pilot partially shut off when the captain's son was allowed to sit in the pilot seat and handle the controls.
Date: 7 May 1994
Flight: RA-65976
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Arkhangelsk
Summary: Landed at Talagi Airport with the main starboard landing gear retracted, veering to the right and coming to rest off the runway.
Date: 25 June 1994
Flight: CCCP-70263
Aircraft: An-2P
Location: Kirensk
Summary: Crashed on takeoff.
Date: 14 July 1994
Flight: RA-67470
Aircraft: L-410UVP
Location: Blagoveshchensk
Summary: One of the main landing gears ran into a ditch while taxiing at Blagoveshchensk Airport .
Date: 30 November 1994
Flight: CCCP-65858
Aircraft: Tu-134A-3
Location: Grozny
Summary: Destroyed at Grozny Airport during a Russian raid amid the First Chechen War along with four other Tu-134s.
Date: 8 October 1996
Flight: RA-82069
Aircraft: An-124-100
Location: San Francesco al Campo
Summary: Struck trees and houses following a go-around, with the flaps at take-off position. The aircraft was leased by Aeroflot and was being ferried empty to Torino from Moscow as Aeroflot Flight 9981 .
Date: 1998
Flight: RA-86080
Aircraft: Il-86
Location: Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Hard landing.
Date: 11 November 1998
Flight: RA-86564
Aircraft: Il-62M
Location: Anchorage
Summary: An Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 damaged both the starboard wing and the tail of the aircraft as it was standing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport .
Aeroflot Russian Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 May 1931
Flight: СССР-Л104
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: Unknown
Date: 27 January 1932
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: U-2
Location: Tambov
Summary: Disputed
Date: 23 February 1932
Flight: СССР-Л718
Aircraft: PS-5
Location: Tambov
Summary: Overloaded
Date: 10 May 1932
Flight: СССР-Л128
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Moscow
Summary: Oil leak on the right engine
Date: 27 October 1932
Flight: CCCP-Z1
Aircraft: SM.62bis
Location: Kulebyakino
Summary: Weather
Date: 27 January 1933
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: ANT-9
Location: Yekatinburg
Summary: Unknown
Aerolíneas Argentinas (34 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 June 1950
Flight: LV-ACL
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Overturned on landing at Ezeiza Airport .
Date: 30 December 1950
Flight: LV-ACH
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Cobo
Summary: Crashed while en route a domestic scheduled Mar del Plata – Buenos Aires passenger service.
Date: 26 March 1951
Flight: LV-ACY
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Río Grande
Summary: The aircraft had just departed from Río Grande Airport bound for Buenos Aires when it crashed. Eleven of twenty occupants aboard perished in the accident, plus 2 people on the ground.
Date: 3 June 1951
Flight: LV-AGE
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Puerto Deseado
Summary: Overran the runway and came to rest into a ditch at Puerto Deseado Airport .
Date: 21 June 1951
Flight: LV-ADG
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Puerto Deseado
Summary: Overshoot the runway on landing at Puerto Deseado Airport and hit a military truck, killing two occupants and injuring other two. Everybody aboard the aircraft survived.
Date: 17 June 1953
Flight: LV-ABQ
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Córdoba
Summary: Crash-landed 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Córdoba while on approach to Pajas Blancas Airport , inbound from Salta on a domestic scheduled passenger service.
Date: 23 April 1954
Flight: LV-ACX
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Sierra del Vilgo
Summary: The airplane was due to operate a domestic scheduled Córdoba – Mendoza route when crashed into mountainous terrain, within the La Rioja territory. After a diversion to La Rioja due to severe turbulence on the original flight path .
Date: 16 October 1954
Flight: LV-ADQ
Aircraft: CV-240
Location: Capilla del Señor
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled Buenos Aires-Córdoba passenger service; bad weather forced it to land south-southwest of Capilla del Señor.
Date: 20 May 1955
Flight: LV-ACQ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Río Gallegos
Summary: A fire broke out when the aircraft failed to get airborne during take-off at Río Chico Airport . The aircraft was operating a cargo service.
Date: 16 July 1956
Flight: LV-ACD
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Pavín
Summary: Crashed 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of Pavín, Córdoba Province, as it descended below the minimum prescribed altitude on approach to Río Cuarto Airport inbound from Buenos Aires.
Date: 11 January 1957
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Viking
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Crashed.
Date: 8 December 1957
Flight: LV-AHZ
Aircraft: DC-4
Location: Bolívar
Summary: Flight 670 was bound for San Carlos de Bariloche Airport from Ministro Pistarini International Airport when it crashed en route 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Bolívar, under extreme weather conditions.
Date: 10 June 1958
Flight: LV-ADV
Aircraft: DC-6
Location: Ilha Grande
Summary: Force-landed on a beach after the failure of two engines. The aircraft was operating a scheduled international Rio de Janeiro –Buenos Aires passenger service.
Date: 15 May 1959
Flight: LV-AFW
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mar del Plata
Summary: The aircraft was due to operate the second leg of a domestic scheduled Ministro Pistarini International Airport– Mar del Plata Airport – Comandante Espora Airport passenger service as Flight 672 , when it crashed into the sea, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) off the coast, shortly...
Date: 14 July 1959
Flight: LV-ACM
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Santiago del Estero
Summary: Belly landing .
Date: 27 August 1959
Flight: LV-AHP
Aircraft: Comet 4
Location: Asunción
Summary: Crashed 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) away from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport , on final approach. A crew member and a passenger died.
Date: 12 December 1959
Flight: LV-ADM
Aircraft: CV-240
Location: Mendoza
Summary: A loss of hydraulic pressure prompted the flightcrew to return to El Plumerillo Airport . On its way back to the airport, the aircraft force-landed in a vineyard near Mendoza.
Date: 20 February 1960
Flight: LV-AHO
Aircraft: Comet 4
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Hard landing at Ezeiza Airport during a training flight.
Date: 7 September 1960
Flight: LV-ADS
Aircraft: DC-6
Location: Salto
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled Asunción–Buenos Aires service as Flight 205 when it suddenly crashed in a field, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east-northeast of Salto.
Date: 19 July 1961
Flight: LV-ADW
Aircraft: DC-6
Location: Pardo
Summary: Broke up and crashed 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Pardo, Buenos Aires , because of severe turbulence encountered during climbout. Due to operate a scheduled Buenos Aires– Comodoro Rivadavia domestic passenger service as Flight 644 . The accident remains the deadliest on...
Date: 23 November 1961
Flight: LV-AHR
Aircraft: Comet 4
Location: Campinas
Summary: Collided with eucalyptus trees during initial climbout just after it departed from Viracopos-Campinas International Airport , and crashed. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Buenos Aires– Campinas – Port of Spain – New York City passenger service as Flight 3...
Date: 28 September 1966
Flight: LV-AGG
Aircraft: DC-4
Location: Stanley
Summary: Bound for Río Gallegos from Buenos Aires, Flight 648 was hijacked by 19 extremists that intended to carry out a symbolical invasion to the Falkland Islands . Peronist militants masterminded the hijacking under the name "Operativo Cóndor" (English: Operation Condor ). The aircr...
Date: 15 July 1969
Flight: LV-IEV
Aircraft: HS-748 Srs. 1
Location: Bahía Blanca
Summary: Touched down off the runway in bad visibility at Comandante Espora Airport.
Date: 27 November 1969
Flight: LV-HHI
Aircraft: HS-748 Srs. 1
Location: Santa Rosa
Summary: Ended up in a paddock when it landed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) short of the runway threshold at Santa Rosa Airport .
Date: 4 February 1970
Flight: LV-HGW
Aircraft: HS-748 Srs. 1
Location: Loma Alta
Summary: The aircraft was operating a scheduled Asunción– Formosa – Corrientes – Rosario – Buenos Aires-Aeroparque passenger service as Flight 707 when it crashed into the ground near Loma Alta, Chaco , while on its third leg, after the pilots lost control of the aircraft during severe...
Date: 19 December 1970
Flight: LV-HHH
Aircraft: HS-748 Srs. 1
Location: Sarmiento
Summary: Unknown
Date: 15 November 1975
Flight: LV-LOB
Aircraft: F28-1000
Location: Concordia
Summary: Hit trees on approach to Concordia Airport inbound from Buenos Aires, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) short of the runway. The crew managed to land the aircraft safely, but the nose gear and the fuselage resulted damaged beyond economical repair.
Date: 20 February 1981
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 707-387B
Location: New York
Summary: On February 20, 1981, Flight 342 , operated by a Boeing 707-387B , nearly hit the transmitting antenna of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York during its approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport . The air traffic controller's intervention avoided the...
Date: 27 January 1986
Flight: LV-JGR
Aircraft: Boeing 707-320C
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Overran the runway on landing in poor weather at Ezeiza Airport. The aircraft was completing a São Paulo–Buenos Aires freighter service.
Date: 26 September 1988
Flight: LV-LIU
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Ushuaia
Summary: Flight 648 was a domestic scheduled Buenos Aires–Bahía Blanca–Río Grande–Ushuaia passenger service that landed at the final destination airport with excessive speed, veered off the runway, slid down a slope for 2 metres (6 ft 7 in), and came into rest in shallow waters.
Date: 5 January 1990
Flight: LV-MZD
Aircraft: F28-4000
Location: Villa Gesell
Summary: Destroyed by fire following a runway overrun after an over fast touchdown. The aircraft was completing a scheduled Buenos Aires to Villa Gesell passenger service.
Date: 14 February 1992
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200B
Location: Los Angeles
Summary: Shrimp contaminated with cholera was distributed on Flight 386 , which was bound to Los Angeles from Buenos Aires via Lima . One of the passengers died from the illness.
Date: 20 November 1992
Flight: LV-JNE
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200C
Location: San Luis
Summary: Overran the runway when it aborted takeoff following the burst of a tyre at the San Luis Airport , catching fire. Due to operate a scheduled San Luis–Buenos Aires passenger service as Flight 8524 .
Date: 24 February 1999
Flight: LV-VBY
Aircraft: MD-88
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Destroyed by hangar fire at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery .
Aeroméxico (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 June 1973
Flight: Flight 229
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-15
Location: near Puerto Vallarta
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 September 1976
Flight: Flight 152
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-15
Location: Léon
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 27 July 1981
Flight: Flight 230
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Villalobos
Summary: Runway overrun, and fire
Date: 8 November 1981
Flight: Flight 110
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Zihuatanejo
Summary: CFIT
Date: 31 August 1986
Flight: Flight 498
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Cerritos, California
Summary: Mid-air collision
Date: 15 October 1997
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Mexico City
Summary: Fuselage struck runway
Date: 6 October 2000
Flight: Flight 250
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Reynose–Gen Lucio Blanco
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 31 October 2002
Flight: Flight 254
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Escobedo
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 9 September 2009
Flight: Flight 576
Aircraft: Boeing 737
Location: Cancún
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 16 April 2013
Flight: Flight 002
Aircraft: Boeing 767
Location: Madrid
Summary: Tailstrike
Aeroperú (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 October 1996
Flight: Flight 603
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Peru
Summary: Instrumentation failure
Aerosvit Ukrainian Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 December 1997
Flight: Flight 241
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42
Location: Thessaloniki
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 27 April 2004
Flight: Flight 406
Aircraft: Boeing 737-529
Location: Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Loss of engine power, aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Afriqiyah Airways (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 May 2010
Flight: Flight 771
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Location: near Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Spatial disorientation, poor CRM, pilot error
Date: 25 August 2011
Flight: 5A-IAY
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-620
Location: Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Destroyed on the ground
Date: 25 August 2011
Flight: 5A-ONK
Aircraft: Airbus A320-214
Location: Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Damaged by shelling
Date: 20 July 2014
Flight: 5A-ONF
Aircraft: Airbus A330-202
Location: Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Struck by RPG, burned out
Date: 23 December 2016
Flight: Flight 209
Aircraft: Airbus A320-214
Location: Malta International Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Air Algérie (19 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 January 1949
Flight: F-BCYO
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Bron Airport
Summary: Gear collapse on landing
Date: 30 October 1951
Flight: F-OAIY
Aircraft: SNCASO SO.30P-1 Bretagne
Location: Orly Airport
Summary: Retraction of landing gear for reasons unknown
Date: 17 December 1955
Flight: F-BAZG
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Maison Blanche Airport
Summary: Fire during takeoff for reasons unknown
Date: 19 May 1960
Flight: F-OBNI
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle IA
Location: near Orly Airport
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Stampe SV-4
Date: 26 April 1962
Flight: F-BAZE
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Maison Blanche Airport
Summary: Terrorism, blown up
Date: 11 April 1967
Flight: 7T-VAU
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: near Tamanrasset Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 26 July 1969
Flight: 7T-VAK
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle VIN
Location: near Messaoud Airport
Summary: Short circuit, smoke in cockpit, loss of control
Date: 23 September 1973
Flight: 7T-VAI
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: Dar el Beida Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 24 January 1979
Flight: 7T-VSU
Aircraft: Nord 262A-44
Location: near Leger Airport
Summary: Disregard of procedure, poor CRM, altimeter failure, crew fatigue, crashed short of runway
Date: 1 August 1989
Flight: 7T-VHK
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Location: Aguemar Airport
Summary: Heavy landing, ground looped
Date: 25 July 1991
Flight: 7T-VRM
Aircraft: Fokker F27-400M
Location: In Guezzam Airport
Summary: Bounced and landed hard, nosegear collapsed
Date: 21 December 1994
Flight: Flight 702P Oasis
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2D6C
Location: near Baginton Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 August 1996
Flight: 7T-VED
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2D6C
Location: Tlemcen Airport
Summary: Runway overrun, nosegear collapse
Date: 31 January 1999
Flight: 7T-VEH
Aircraft: Boeing 727-2D6
Location: Ain el Bey Airport
Summary: Runway overrun, nosegear collapse
Date: 6 March 2003
Flight: Flight 6289 Monts du Daia
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Tamanhasset Airport
Summary: EFTO , loss of control
Date: 18 March 2006
Flight: 7T-VJQ
Aircraft: Boeing 737-6D6
Location: Sevilla Airport
Summary: Weather, landing gear collapse
Date: 13 August 2006
Flight: Flight 2208
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Location: near Piacenza
Summary: Autopilot problems, loss of control
Date: 14 March 2008
Flight: Flight 1143
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8D6
Location: Ain Arat Airport
Summary: Heavy landing
Date: 24 July 2014
Flight: Flight 5017
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Location: 50 mi northwest of Gossi, Mali
Summary: Loss of control caused by engine icing
Air Canada incl. TCA (31 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 November 1938
Flight: CF-TCL
Aircraft: Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
Location: Regina Airport
Summary: Crashed shortly after takeoff
Date: 6 February 1941
Flight: TCA Flight 3
Aircraft: Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
Location: near Armstrong Airport
Summary: Engine problems, crashed into trees
Date: 2 September 1946
Flight: CF-TCJ
Aircraft: Lockheed 14-08 Super Electra
Location: Moncton
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 23 January 1947
Flight: CF-TCQ
Aircraft: Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
Location: near Headingley
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 April 1947
Flight: TCA Flight 3
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-08A Lodestar
Location: 10 mi north of Vancouver
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 12 August 1948
Flight: CF-TEL
Aircraft: Canadair DC-4M1 North Star
Location: Sydney Airport
Summary: CFIT, crashed short of runway
Date: 8 April 1954
Flight: TCA Flight 9
Aircraft: Canadair C-4-1 Argonaut
Location: Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan
Summary: Mid-air collision with RCAF Harvard
Date: 17 December 1954
Flight: CF-TGG
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation
Location: Brampton
Summary: Pilot negligence
Date: 9 July 1956
Flight: TCA Flight 304
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 724
Location: over Flat Rock, Michigan
Summary: Mechanical failure, propeller separation
Date: 9 December 1956
Flight: TCA Flight 810-9
Aircraft: Canadair DC-4M2 North Star
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Summary: Possible engine fire, weather, CFIT
Date: 10 November 1958
Flight: CF-TGL
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 724
Location: Idlewild International Airport
Summary: Struck by Seaboard & Western Airlines Super Constellation
Date: 3 October 1959
Flight: CF-TGY
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 757
Location: near Toronto
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Date: 10 October 1962
Flight: TCA Flight 455
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 757
Location: RCAF Bagotville
Summary: Runway collision with a RCAF CF-101B
Date: 6 November 1963
Flight: TCA Flight 861
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: London Heathrow Airport
Summary: Pilot error, aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Date: 29 November 1963
Flight: TCA Flight 831
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
Summary: Unknown (mechanical failure or pitot icing)
Date: 13 June 1964
Flight: Flight 3277
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 757
Location: Toronto International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 19 May 1967
Flight: CF-TJM
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: Ottawa
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 7 April 1969
Flight: CF-THK
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 757
Location: Sept–Îles Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 1 March 1970
Flight: Flight 106
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 757
Location: Vancouver
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Ercoupe 415
Date: 5 July 1970
Flight: Flight 621
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63
Location: Toronto
Summary: Crew error
Date: 21 June 1973
Flight: Flight 890
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-53
Location: Toronto
Summary: Caught fire during refueling, burned out
Date: 18 March 1976
Flight: Flight 445
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: near Jose Marti International Airport
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cubana Antonov An-24
Date: 26 June 1978
Flight: Flight 189
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Pearson International Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Date: 2 June 1982
Flight: C-FTLY
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Montreal
Summary: Maintenance error, fuel tank explosion (while parked)
Date: 2 June 1983
Flight: Flight 797
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Cincinnati
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 23 July 1983
Flight: Flight 143
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200
Location: Gimli, Manitoba
Summary: Maintenance error, crew error, fuel starvation
Date: 16 December 1997
Flight: Flight 646
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-100ER
Location: Fredericton Airport
Summary: Wing icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 13 May 2002
Flight: Flight 116
Aircraft: Boeing 767-3Y0ER
Location: Pearson International Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 8 September 2006
Flight: Flight 723
Aircraft: Airbus A319-112
Location: LaGuardia Airport
Summary: Struck by a Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170
Date: 29 March 2015
Flight: Flight 624
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Stanfield International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (struck obstacles while landing)
Date: 7 July 2017
Flight: Flight 759
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Near collision during approach
Air Caraïbes (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 March 2001
Flight: Flight 1501
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Location: Saint-Barthélémy
Summary: Pilot error
Air China (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 March 1990
Flight: B-2208
Aircraft: Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E
Location: Guilin Airport
Summary: Runway overrun on landing
Date: 10 August 1993
Flight: Flight 973
Aircraft: Boeing 767-2J6ER
Location: Chiang Kai Shek Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 15 April 2002
Flight: Flight 129
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER
Location: Busan
Summary: Poor CRM, crew errors, CFIT
Date: 15 April 2018
Flight: Flight 1250
Aircraft: Airbus A321-213
Location: Xinxhang International Airport
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 27 August 2019
Flight: Flight 183
Aircraft: Airbus A330-343
Location: Beijing-Capital International Airport
Summary: Burned while parked
Air Florida (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 January 1982
Flight: Flight 90
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Washington, D.C.
Summary: Pilot error, wing icing
Air India (23 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 November 1947
Flight: VT-ATI
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Jammu Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 27 December 1947
Flight: VT-AUG
Aircraft: Douglas C-48C
Location: Korangi Creek
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 6 February 1948
Flight: VT-CLY
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: Santacruz Airport
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 7 April 1949
Flight: VT-CIZ
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: Marve Beach
Summary: Belly landing
Date: 3 November 1950
Flight: Flight 245 Malabar Princess
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Mont Blanc
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 13 December 1950
Flight: VT-CFK
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Katagiri
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 15 September 1951
Flight: VT-CCA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Hindustan Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 9 May 1953
Flight: VT-AUD
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Palam Airport
Summary: Crew error, loss of control
Date: 11 April 1955
Flight: Flight 300 Kashmir Princess
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Natuna Islands
Summary: Bombing
Date: 19 July 1959
Flight: VT-DIN Rani of Aera
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Location: Mumbai
Summary: Improperly set altimeter
Date: 12 November 1963
Flight: VT-DJK
Aircraft: Boeing 707-437
Location: Schwechat International Airport
Summary: Struck radar mast on approach
Date: 24 January 1966
Flight: Flight 101 Kanchenjunga
Aircraft: Boeing 707-437
Location: Mont Blanc
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 23 January 1971
Flight: VT-DJI Nandi Devi
Aircraft: Boeing 707-437
Location: Mumbai
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control, ran off runway
Date: 1 January 1978
Flight: Flight 855 Emperor Ashoka
Aircraft: Boeing 747-237B
Location: off Santacruz Airport
Summary: Instrument malfunction
Date: 26 November 1981
Flight: Flight 224
Aircraft: Boeing 707-337C
Location: Durban Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 21 June 1982
Flight: Flight 403 Gouri Shankar
Aircraft: Boeing 707-437
Location: Santacruz Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 23 June 1985
Flight: Flight 182 Emperor Kanishka
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200B
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Date: 4 July 1985
Flight: N816EV
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-73CF
Location: Dum Dum Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Date: 7 May 1990
Flight: Flight 132 Emperor Vikramaditya
Aircraft: Boeing 747-237B
Location: Indira Gandhi International Airport
Summary: Engine separation, in-flight fire
Date: 4 September 2009
Flight: Flight 829
Aircraft: Boeing 747-437
Location: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Summary: Fuel leak, engine fire
Date: 28 May 2012
Flight: VT-ALH
Aircraft: Boeing 777-237LR
Location: Mumbai Airport
Summary: Unexplained nose damage
Date: 5 January 2014
Flight: Flight 890
Aircraft: Airbus A320-231
Location: Jaipur International Airport
Summary: Landed next to runway, struck trees
Date: 12 June 2025
Flight: Flight 171
Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Location: Ahmedabad
Summary: Under investigation (crash on takeoff)
Air India Express (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 May 2010
Flight: Flight 812
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8HG
Location: Mangalore International Airport
Summary: Pilot fatigue, pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 11 October 2018
Flight: Flight 611
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8HG
Location: Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike, pilot error
Date: 7 August 2020
Flight: Flight 1344
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8HG
Location: Calicut International Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, runway overrun
Air Inter (9 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 August 1963
Flight: Flight 2611
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 708
Location: Lyon
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 4 January 1971
Flight: F-BNKI
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: Orly Airport
Summary: Burned on the ground (while parked)
Date: 28 December 1971
Flight: F-BOEA
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 708
Location: Aulnat Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 27 October 1972
Flight: Flight 696
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 724
Location: near Noirétable
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 22 March 1974
Flight: F-BSRY
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: Poretta Airport
Summary: Sabotage, blown up on the ground (while parked)
Date: 5 August 1974
Flight: F-BPNF
Aircraft: Fokker F27-500
Location: Quimper Airport
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Date: 5 December 1989
Flight: F-GHQB
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Lesquin Airport
Summary: Runway incursion (struck a Mooney M20)
Date: 20 January 1992
Flight: Flight 148
Aircraft: Airbus A320-111
Location: near Strasbourg
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 24 April 1993
Flight: Flight 84
Aircraft: Airbus A300B2-1C
Location: Frejorgues Airport
Summary: Struck light pole (during pushback)
Air Koryo (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 August 2006
Flight: P-551
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B
Location: Pyongyang Sunan International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 15 August 2006
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62M
Location: Sunan International Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 1 March 2013
Flight: P-633
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-204-100B
Location: Vladivostok International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Air Manila (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 June 1976
Flight: Flight 702
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Location: NAS Agana
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
Air Midwest (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 January 2003
Flight: Flight 5481
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Summary: Maintenance error
Air New Zealand (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 July 1966
Flight: ZK-NZB
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-52
Location: Auckland International Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 17 February 1979
Flight: Flight 4374
Aircraft: Fokker F27-500
Location: off Auckland
Summary: Weather, optical illusion, CFIT
Date: 28 November 1979
Flight: Flight 901
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Location: Mount Erebus , Antarctica
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 19 May 1987
Flight: Flight 24
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
Location: Nadi International Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 9 March 1991
Flight: ZK-NBC
Aircraft: Boeing 767-219ER
Location: Nadi International Airport
Summary: Turbulence, runway overrun
Date: 8 December 2002
Flight: ZK-NBC
Aircraft: Boeing 767-219ER
Location: near Brisbane
Summary: Uncontained engine failure
Date: 8 February 2008
Flight: Flight 2279
Aircraft: British Aerospace Jetstream
Location: near Woodbourne Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 27 November 2008
Flight: Flight 888T
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: off Plage
Summary: Maintenance error, loss of control
Air Nippon (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 February 2000
Flight: Flight 354
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-213
Location: Okadama Airport
Summary: Weather, runway overrun
Air Ontario (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 November 1988
Flight: Flight 937
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Pikangikum Lake
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 10 March 1989
Flight: Flight 1363
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: Dryden Municipal Airport
Summary: Wing icing, loss of control
Air Orient (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 June 1931
Flight: PH-AEO
Aircraft: Fokker F.VIIB
Location: Sandoway, Burma
Summary: Weather
Date: 23 April 1933
Flight: F-ALCE
Aircraft: CAMS 33
Location: Mount Terrione, Italy
Summary: CFIT
Air Philippines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 June 1996
Flight: RP-C1981
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11-109
Location: Naga Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Date: 19 April 2000
Flight: Flight 541
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2H4
Location: Davao
Summary: ATC error
Air Rhodesia (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 September 1978
Flight: Flight 825 Hunyani
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 782D
Location: Whamira Hills, Zimbabwe
Summary: Shot down
Date: 12 February 1979
Flight: Flight 827 Umniati
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 748D
Location: near Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Summary: Shot down
Air Saint Martin (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 December 1995
Flight: F-OHRK
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D
Location: near Port-au-Prince
Summary: CFIT
Air Tahoma (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 August 2004
Flight: Flight 185
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: Covington, Kentucky
Summary: Fuel exhaustion , double engine failure
Date: 1 September 2008
Flight: N587X
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: Rickenbacker International Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, loss of control
Air Transat (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 July 2001
Flight: Flight 906
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
Location: 49 mi northeast of Lyon
Summary: Damaged in hailstorm
Date: 24 August 2001
Flight: Flight 236
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Location: Lajes Airport
Summary: Improper maintenance, fuel exhaustion
Date: 6 March 2005
Flight: Flight 961
Aircraft: Airbus A310-300
Location: Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport
Summary: Structural failure of rudder
Air Union (24 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 May 1923
Flight: F-AEGP Flandre
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Lympne Airport
Summary: Forced landing
Date: 14 May 1923
Flight: F-AEBY
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Monsures , France
Summary: Wing separation, loss of control
Date: 25 June 1923
Flight: F-AEDL
Aircraft: Farman F.61 Goliath
Location: near Étaples
Summary: Forced landing on beach & was destroyed
Date: 27 August 1923
Flight: F-AECB
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: East Malling , United Kingdom
Summary: Engine failure, centre of gravity affected by passengers misunderstanding instruction
Date: 3 December 1923
Flight: F-AEIF
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Littlestone
Summary: Unknown
Date: 22 January 1924
Flight: F-GEAO
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Croydon Airport
Summary: Heavy landing
Date: 6 August 1924
Flight: F-ADDT Languedoc
Aircraft: Farman F.63 Goliath
Location: Golden Green
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 8 February 1925
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Lympne
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 16 October 1925
Flight: F-HMFU Île de France
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Wadhurst
Summary: Low visibility, CFIT
Date: 14 November 1925
Flight: F-FHMY Picardie
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: English Channel off Boulogne-sur-Mer
Summary: Water ditching
Date: 18 August 1926
Flight: F-AIEB Wilbur Wright
Aircraft: Blériot 155
Location: Aldington, Kent
Summary: Engine failure, crash during forced landing
Date: 2 October 1926
Flight: F-AICQ Clément Ader
Aircraft: Blériot 155
Location: Leigh, Kent
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 10 March 1927
Flight: F-AEGP Flandre
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Tonbridge , Kent
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 24 November 1927
Flight: F-GEAB Savoie
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Wrotham , Kent
Summary: Forced landing
Date: 6 March 1928
Flight: F-AECU Normandie
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: off Hythe, Kent
Summary: Mechanical failure, ditched at sea
Date: 11 March 1928
Flight: F-AEFC Provence
Aircraft: Farman F.61 Goliath
Location: English Channel off Folkestone
Summary: Crashed at sea
Date: 19 May 1929
Flight: F-GEAI Vendée
Aircraft: Farman F.63bis Goliath
Location: Paddock Wood railway station
Summary: Forced landing for reasons unknown
Date: 31 July 1929
Flight: F-GEAB Savoie
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: Smarden , Kent
Summary: Forced landing
Date: 15 November 1929
Flight: F-AIGB
Aircraft: Lioré et Olivier 190
Location: Mediterranean Sea off Corsica
Summary: Poor visibility
Date: 10 February 1930
Flight: F-FHMY Picardie
Aircraft: Farman F.63bis Goliath
Location: Marden, Kent
Summary: Structural failure of tailplane
Date: 1 May 1930
Flight: F-ADCA Lorraine
Aircraft: Farman F.63 Goliath
Location: Penshurst , Kent
Summary: Weather
Date: 25 July 1930
Flight: F-AIZO
Aircraft: Lioré et Olivier LeO 213
Location: Snave , Kent
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 17 January 1931
Flight: F-AIVU
Aircraft: Breguet 280T
Location: near Lympne
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 23 April 1931
Flight: F-ADDT Languedoc
Aircraft: Farman F.60 Goliath
Location: near Marden
Summary: Crashed on takeoff
Air Vietnam (16 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 August 1954
Flight: F-VNAI
Aircraft: Bristol 170 Freighter 21E
Location: Pakse
Summary: Engine failure, CFIT
Date: 10 November 1962
Flight: XV-NID
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Da Nang
Summary: Weather, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 16 September 1965
Flight: XV-NIC
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Quang Ngai
Summary: Shot down
Date: 2 April 1969
Flight: XV-NUC
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Hue-Citadel Airfield
Summary: Destroyed on the ground
Date: 1 May 1969
Flight: F-BELL
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: Saigon Airport
Summary: Burned while parked
Date: 20 September 1969
Flight: XV-NUG
Aircraft: Douglas C-54D
Location: near Da Nang Airport
Summary: Pilot error, mid-air collision with a USAF F-4
Date: 22 December 1969
Flight: B-2005
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Nha Trang Airport
Summary: Bombing, runway overrun
Date: 30 September 1970
Flight: B-305
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3DST-318A
Location: Hai Van Mountains, near Da Nang
Summary: CFIT
Date: 1 November 1970
Flight: B-1543 (leased from China Airlines)
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: Quy Nhơn
Summary: Possible fuel exhaustion, forced landing
Date: 24 September 1972
Flight: XV-HUI
Aircraft: Douglas C-54D
Location: near Bến Cát
Summary: CFIT
Date: 19 March 1973
Flight: XV-NUI
Aircraft: Douglas C-54D
Location: near Buon Ma Thuot Airport
Summary: In-flight explosion for reasons unknown, explosive decompression, in-flight breakup
Date: 5 September 1973
Flight: XV-NJC
Aircraft: Boeing 727-121C
Location: near Bangkok
Summary: In-flight explosion
Date: 17 November 1973
Flight: XV-NIE
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Quảng Ngãi
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 20 February 1974
Flight: XV-NUM
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Hue Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 15 September 1974
Flight: Flight 706
Aircraft: Boeing 727-121C
Location: Phan Rang
Summary: Hijacking, loss of control
Date: 12 March 1975
Flight: XV-NUJ
Aircraft: Douglas C-54D
Location: 16 mi SW of Pleiku
Summary: Unknown (possible shoot down)
Air Volga (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 August 2004
Flight: Flight 1303
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Location: Tula Oblast
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Air West (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 April 2001
Flight: 3C-AWU
Aircraft: Antonov An-12BK
Location: Nouadhibou
Summary: Engine Fire; landed on beach
Date: 3 February 2005
Flight: ST-EWB
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Location: Khartoum
Summary: Possible fuel system problems, CFIT
Date: 24 January 2007
Flight: Flight 612
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: N'Djamena , Chad
Summary: Hijacking
Air Zimbabwe (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 March 1997
Flight: Z-WKU
Aircraft: Boeing 707-330B
Location: Shannon Airport
Summary: Improper maintenance, engine fire
Date: 26 January 2008
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Xian MA60
Location: Bulawayo Airport
Summary: Pilot error, tailstrike
AirAsia (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 November 2004
Flight: Flight 104
Aircraft: Boeing 737
Location: Kota Kinabalu
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 10 January 2011
Flight: Flight 5218
Aircraft: Airbus A320-200
Location: Kuching Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 26 September 2017
Flight: Flight 1580
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Medan
Summary: Possible bird strike, engine problems
AirAsia X (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 June 2017
Flight: Flight 237
Aircraft: Airbus A330
Location: Perth
Summary: Contained engine failure
Date: 3 July 2017
Flight: Flight 207
Aircraft: Airbus A330
Location: Gold Coast
Summary: Bird strike, engine fire
Airblue (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 May 2008
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Airbus A320 family
Location: Quetta
Summary: Tailstrike on landing
Date: 28 July 2010
Flight: Flight 202
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Margalla Hills , Pakistan
Summary: Violation of procedure, poor CRM
Airlines of Australia (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 February 1937
Flight: VH-UHH
Aircraft: Stinson Model A
Location: Lamington National Park
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 March 1937
Flight: VH-UGG
Aircraft: Stinson Model A
Location: Brisbane
Summary: CFIT
Date: 27 August 1941
Flight: VH-UQL
Aircraft: de Havilland Puss Moth
Location: Coen, Queensland
Summary: Wing separation
Airlink (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 September 1994
Flight: P2-ALF
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Location: Lakunai Airfield
Summary: Covered in volcanic ash
Date: 3 February 1999
Flight: P2-ALH
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander
Location: Near Kimbe
Summary: Weather, in-flight breakup, loss of control
Date: 17 June 1999
Flight: P2-ALX
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110P2
Location: near Goroka
Summary: CFIT
Date: 30 March 2007
Flight: Flight 304
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110P1
Location: near Kandrian
Summary: Engine failure, CFIT for reasons unknown
Airwork (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 February 2003
Flight: ZK-NAN
Aircraft: Fokker F27-500
Location: Blenheim Woodbourne
Summary: Main gear partly collapsed
Date: 3 May 2005
Flight: Flight 23
Aircraft: Fairchild Metro III
Location: Stratford, New Zealand
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 26 January 2014
Flight: Flight 523
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Location: Solomon Islands
Summary: Maintenance Error
Alas Chiricanas (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 July 1994
Flight: Flight 901
Aircraft: Embraer EMB 110P1
Location: Santa Rita Mountains
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Alaska Air Fuel (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 April 2024
Flight: N3054V
Aircraft: Douglas C-54
Location: Tanana River
Summary: Engine failure, fuel explosion
Alaska Airlines (15 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 July 1947
Flight: NC21707
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Location: Kotzebue Airport
Summary: Rolled over on landing
Date: 30 November 1947
Flight: Flight 009
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Summary: Ran off runway
Date: 20 January 1949
Flight: Flight 8
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 27 mi NE of Homer, Alaska
Summary: Pilot error, deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 8 August 1954
Flight: N91008
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 25 mi NW of McGrath
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 March 1957
Flight: Flight 100
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: 4 mi W of Blyn, Washington
Summary: Navigation error, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 22 February 1960
Flight: N11817
Aircraft: Douglas C-118A
Location: Elmendorf AFB
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 21 July 1961
Flight: Flight 779 (operating for USAF)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: Shemya
Summary: ATC error, low visibility, CFIT
Date: 17 April 1967
Flight: N7777C
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Kotzebue Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, belly landing
Date: 4 September 1971
Flight: Flight 1866
Aircraft: Boeing 727-193
Location: Tongass National Forest
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 5 April 1976
Flight: Flight 60
Aircraft: Boeing 727-81
Location: Ketchikan International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun, pilot error
Date: 9 June 1987
Flight: N766AS
Aircraft: Boeing 727-90C
Location: Anchorage International Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, struck walkway
Date: 14 August 1998
Flight: Flight 75
Aircraft: Boeing 737-490
Location: Juneau International Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 31 January 2000
Flight: Flight 261
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Location: off Anacapa Island
Summary: Fatigue, horizontal stabilizer failure, loss of control
Date: 1 February 2003
Flight: N764AS
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Q8
Location: Vancouver International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike
Date: 5 January, 2024
Flight: Flight 1282
Aircraft: Boeing 737-Max 9
Location: Portland, Oregon
Summary: Equipment error, detached fuselage plug door
Alitalia (22 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 January 1951
Flight: I-DALO Ugolino Vivaldi
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti SM.95B
Location: 5 mi N of Civitavecchia
Summary: Lightning strike, in-flight fire
Date: 21 December 1959
Flight: I-LIZT
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 785D
Location: Ciampino Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 26 February 1960
Flight: Flight 618
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: Shannon
Summary: Undetermined (loss of altitude while turning)
Date: 7 July 1962
Flight: Flight 771
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: near Junnar , India
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 28 March 1964
Flight: Flight 045
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 785D
Location: Mount Somma
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 2 August 1968
Flight: Flight 660
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: near Malpensa Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 2 August 1969
Flight: Flight 342
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle VIN
Location: Marignane Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway excursion
Date: 26 June 1970
Flight: Flight 713
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: Damascus
Summary: Struck by missile, forced landing
Date: 15 September 1970
Flight: Flight 618
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-62
Location: New York
Summary: ATC errors, loss of control
Date: 5 May 1972
Flight: Flight 112 Antonio Pigafetta
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: Mount Longa
Summary: Pilot error , CFIT
Date: 23 December 1978
Flight: Flight 4128 Isola di Stromboli
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Tyrrhenian Sea off Palermo
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 7 January 1980
Flight: I-DIKB Isola di Caprera
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Fiumicino Airport
Summary: Burned during maintenance
Date: 10 December 1980
Flight: Flight 155
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Linate Airport
Summary: Runway collision with a Mitsubishi Mu-2
Date: 14 November 1990
Flight: Flight 404
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Stadlerberg
Summary: CFIT
Date: 17 December 1991
Flight: Flight 552
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Okecie Airport
Summary: Hard landing, runway excursion
Date: 19 August 1994
Flight: Flight 654
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11C
Location: Chicago
Summary: Co-pilot error
Date: 22 May 1997
Flight: Flight 600
Aircraft: Boeing 767-33AER
Location: Newark
Summary: Co-pilot error, windshear
Date: 28 January 1999
Flight: I-DAVN Volterra
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Fontanarossa Airport
Summary: Windshear, hard landing
Date: 25 February 1999
Flight: Flight 1553 (operated by Minerva Airlines)
Aircraft: Dornier 328-110
Location: Cristoforo Colombo Airport
Summary: Loss of control, ran off runway
Date: 20 April 2004
Flight: Flight 1357
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Ronchi dei Legionari Airport
Summary: Struck by truck
Date: 2 February 2013
Flight: Flight 1670
Aircraft: ATR 72-212A
Location: Fiumicino Airport
Summary: Crosswinds, runway excursion
Date: 29 September 2013
Flight: Flight 63
Aircraft: Airbus A320-216
Location: Fiumicino Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
All Nippon Airways (ANA) (18 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 August 1958
Flight: Flight 025
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Pacific Ocean off Toshima
Summary: Engine failure, ditching at sea
Date: 16 March 1960
Flight: JA5018
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Komaki International Airport
Summary: Mid-air collision with a JASDF F-86D
Date: 12 June 1961
Flight: G-APKJ
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 744
Location: Osaka-Itami Airport
Summary: Hard landing, landing gear failure
Date: 19 November 1962
Flight: JA8202
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 828
Location: near Nagoya
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 5 June 1963
Flight: JA5027
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201
Location: Osaka
Summary: Swerved off runway, struck an ANA DC-3
Date: 14 February 1965
Flight: JA5080
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3 (R4D-1)
Location: Mount Nakanoone
Summary: CFIT
Date: 4 February 1966
Flight: Flight 60
Aircraft: Boeing 727-81
Location: Tokyo Bay off Haneda Airport
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 13 November 1966
Flight: Flight 533
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11-111
Location: Matsuyama Airport
Summary: Landed late, loss of altitude during go-around for reasons unknown
Date: 20 October 1969
Flight: Flight 104
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-213
Location: Miyazaki Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 14 December 1969
Flight: JA8743
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-213
Location: Hyogo
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Beechcraft C-50
Date: 30 July 1971
Flight: Flight 58
Aircraft: Boeing 727-281
Location: near Shizukuishi
Summary: Mid-air collision with a JASDF F-86F
Date: 21 January 2002
Flight: Flight 391
Aircraft: Airbus A321-131
Location: Hakodate
Summary: Windshear, struck runway
Date: 26 June 2002
Flight: Flight 8254
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200
Location: Shimojishima Airport
Summary: Tailstrike, runway excursion
Date: 13 March 2007
Flight: Flight 1603
Aircraft: Bombardier DHC-8-402Q
Location: Kochi Airport
Summary: Nosegear failed to extend
Date: 3 August 2008
Flight: JA8955
Aircraft: Boeing 747-481D
Location: Don Mueang International Airport
Summary: Caught fire during cleaning, burned out
Date: 10 August 2009
Flight: JA56AN
Aircraft: Boeing 737-881
Location: Haneda Airport
Summary: Tailstrike
Date: 5 February 2012
Flight: Flight 731
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Sendai Airport
Summary: Pilot error, tailstrike
Date: 20 June 2012
Flight: Flight 956
Aircraft: Boeing 767-381ER
Location: Narita International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (hard landing)
Allegheny Airlines (11 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 November 1955
Flight: N172A
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: New Castle County Airport
Summary: Caught fire on approach, left landing gear collapsed
Date: 1 December 1959
Flight: Flight 371
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: near Williamsport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 July 1965
Flight: Flight 604
Aircraft: Convair 440
Location: near Montoursville
Summary: Engine fire, crew error, CFIT
Date: 29 November 1966
Flight: Flight 305
Aircraft: Convair 440
Location: Harrisburg Airport
Summary: Electrical failure, runway overrun
Date: 24 December 1968
Flight: Flight 736
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: near Bradford Airport
Summary: Pilot error, navigation, poor visibility
Date: 6 January 1969
Flight: Flight 737
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: near Bradford Airport
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 9 September 1969
Flight: Flight 853
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Fairland, Indiana
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28
Date: 7 June 1971
Flight: Flight 485
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: new New Haven Airport
Summary: Low visibility, unexplained descent, CFIT
Date: 20 August 1971
Flight: N5844
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: Pittsburgh International Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Date: 9 July 1978
Flight: Flight 453
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-203AE
Location: Monroe County Airport
Summary: Unexplained crew error, runway excursion
Date: 12 February 1979
Flight: Flight 561
Aircraft: Mohawk 298
Location: Benedum Airport
Summary: Wing and tail icing, loss of control
ALM (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 May 1970
Flight: Flight 980
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-33CF
Location: Caribbean Sea
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Aloha Airlines (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 June 1969
Flight: N7410
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 754D
Location: Honolulu International Airport
Summary: Hydraulic failure, collision with a Hawaiian Airlines DC-9
Date: 8 August 1971
Flight: Flight 845
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Honolulu International Airport
Summary: Overheated battery, in-flight fire
Date: 28 April 1988
Flight: Flight 243
Aircraft: Boeing 737-297
Location: Kahului, Hawaii
Summary: Explosive decompression
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 September 2010
Flight: Flight 514
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Izhma Airport
Summary: Loss of electrical power, runway overrun
America West Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 December 1989
Flight: N198AW
Aircraft: Boeing 737-204
Location: Tucson
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 15 October 1999
Flight: Flight 2433
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Sky Harbor International Airport
Summary: Collision with a pedestrian walkway (during pushback)
Date: 12 June 2000
Flight: Flight 2747
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: McCarran International Airport
Summary: Maintenance error
Date: 25 August 2001
Flight: Flight 598
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3G7
Location: Kansas City International Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 1 July 2002
Flight: Flight 556
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Location: Miami International Airport
Summary: Pilots were intoxicated
Date: 28 August 2002
Flight: Flight 794
Aircraft: Airbus A320-231
Location: Sky Harbor International Airport
Summary: Loss of control, runway excursion
American Eagle (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 October 1994
Flight: Flight 4184
Aircraft: ATR 72-200
Location: Roselawn, Indiana
Summary: Wing icing
Date: 9 May 2004
Flight: Flight 5401
Aircraft: ATR 72-200
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Summary: Pilot error
American Flyers Airline (AFA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 April 1966
Flight: Flight 280/D
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188C Electra
Location: near Ardmore, Oklahoma
Summary: Pilot incapacitation
Angara Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 July 2011
Flight: Flight 9007
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Ob River
Summary: Engine fire, water ditching
Date: 27 June 2019
Flight: Flight 200
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Nizhneangarsk Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
Ansett Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 March 1971
Flight: VH-FNE
Aircraft: Fokker F27
Location: Melbourne
Summary: Destroyed in hangar fire
Date: 15 November 1972
Flight: Flight 232
Aircraft: Fokker F27
Location: Alice Springs
Summary: Hijacking
Ansett New Zealand (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 June 1995
Flight: Flight 703
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
Location: Tararua Range
Summary: CFIT
Aquila Airways (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 January 1953
Flight: G-AGKY
Aircraft: Short Sunderland 3
Location: off Calshot
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 27 November 1954
Flight: G-ANAK
Aircraft: Short Sunderland 5
Location: Hamble
Summary: Damaged by wind
Date: 26 September 1956
Flight: G-ANAJ
Aircraft: Short Solent 3
Location: Santa Margherita
Summary: Damaged by wind, blown onto shore
Date: 15 November 1957
Flight: G-AKNU
Aircraft: Short Solent 3
Location: Chessel Down
Summary: Double engine failure
Ariana Afghan Airlines (11 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 November 1959
Flight: Flight 202
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Aramoun
Summary: Navigation error or in-flight fire, CFIT
Date: 5 January 1969
Flight: Flight 701
Aircraft: Boeing 727-113C
Location: Fernhill
Summary: Pilot error, poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 15 January 1969
Flight: YA-AAB
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Kabul Airport
Summary: Ground collision with an Ariana DC-6
Date: 18 June 1989
Flight: YA-BAK
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: Zabol Airport
Summary: Rear door opened in flight, forced landing
Date: 11 September 1995
Flight: YA-BAO
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: Jalalabad Airport
Summary: Fuel exhaustion (probable)
Date: 29 October 1997
Flight: YA-KAE
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: Jalalabad Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 19 March 1998
Flight: YA-FAZ
Aircraft: Boeing 727-228
Location: Shakh-e Barantay Mountain
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 6 February 2000
Flight: Flight 805
Aircraft: Boeing 727-228
Location: Stansted Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 23 March 2007
Flight: Flight 719
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-203
Location: Atatürk International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun on landing
Date: 8 May 2014
Flight: Flight 312
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Y0
Location: Kabul Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, slid off runway on landing
Date: 7 November 2014
Flight: Flight 252
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Y0
Location: Kabul Airport
Summary: Hard landing, landing gear failure
Arkia (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 October 1969
Flight: 4X-AVC
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 833
Location: Tel Aviv
Summary: Crashed during training flight
Date: 23 July 1996
Flight: 4X-AIP
Aircraft: IAI Westwind 1124
Location: Rosh Pinah
Summary: Veered off runway
Date: 28 November 2002
Flight: Flight 582
Aircraft: Boeing 757-3E7
Location: near Mombassa , Kenya
Summary: Attempted shoot-down
Armavia (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 May 2006
Flight: Flight 967
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Black Sea
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 5 May 2006
Flight: EK32010
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Zaventem Airport
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Arrow Air (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 December 1985
Flight: Flight 1285
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Gander
Summary: Icing
Date: 13 December 2002
Flight: N1804
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-62F
Location: Changi Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 4 June 2006
Flight: N68047
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F
Location: Augusto C Sandino Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Asian Spirit (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 December 1999
Flight: Flight 100
Aircraft: Let L-410UVP-E
Location: Nueva Vizcaya
Summary: CFIT
Date: 4 September 2002
Flight: Flight 897
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102
Location: Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 14 November 2005
Flight: Flight 587
Aircraft: BAe 146-200
Location: Catarman National Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 2 January 2008
Flight: Flight 321
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-500
Location: Masbate Airport
Summary: Runway overshoot
Asiana Airlines (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 January 1992
Flight: Flight 833
Aircraft: Boeing 767-38E
Location: Cheju Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 26 July 1993
Flight: Flight 733
Aircraft: Boeing 737-5L9
Location: Mokpo , South Korea
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 28 October 2009
Flight: Flight 1125
Aircraft: Airbus A321
Location: Kansai International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike
Date: 28 July 2011
Flight: Flight 991
Aircraft: Boeing 747-48EF
Location: off Jeju Island
Summary: In-flight fire, crashed at sea
Date: 16 April 2013
Flight: Flight 340
Aircraft: Airbus A321-231
Location: Incheon International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike
Date: 6 July 2013
Flight: Flight 214
Aircraft: Boeing 777-28EER
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Excessive descent, CFIT
Date: 14 April 2015
Flight: Flight 162
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: Hiroshima Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
ASL Airlines Hungary (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 August 2016
Flight: Flight 7332
Aircraft: Boeing 737-476SF
Location: Il Caravaggio International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 April 1991
Flight: Flight 2311
Aircraft: Embraer EMB 120RT
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Summary: Propeller control unit malfunction due to design flaw
Date: 21 August 1995
Flight: Flight 529
Aircraft: Embraer EMB 120RT
Location: Carrollton, Georgia
Summary: Improper maintenance, propeller failure
Atlas Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 February 2019
Flight: Flight 3591 (operated for Amazon Air)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-375ER (BCF)
Location: Trinity Bay, near Anahuac, Texas
Summary: Crew errors, spatial disorientation, loss of control
Austral Líneas Aéreas (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 November 1977
Flight: Flight 9
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-400
Location: 13 mi E of San Carlos de Bariloche
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
Date: 7 May 1981
Flight: Flight 901
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-500
Location: near Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Summary: Weather, pilot error, loss of control
Date: 12 June 1988
Flight: Flight 46
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-81
Location: near Posadas Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, crashed short of runway
Date: 10 October 1997
Flight: Flight 2553
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
Location: Uruguay
Summary: Mechanical failure
Australian National Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 March 1931
Flight: VH-UMF Southern Cloud
Aircraft: Avro 618 Ten
Location: Snowy Mountains
Summary: Weather
Date: 26 November 1931
Flight: VH-UMA Southern Sun
Aircraft: Avro 618 Ten
Location: Alor Setar
Summary: Possible engine failure, waterlogged runway, failed to takeoff
Australian National Airways (ANA) (13 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 October 1938
Flight: VH-UYC Kyeema
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-210
Location: Mount Dandenong
Summary: Weather, pilot error, spatial disorientation
Date: 28 September 1939
Flight: VH-UYB Pengana
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-210
Location: Mascot Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 8 February 1940
Flight: VH-USY Bungana
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-185
Location: near Dimboola
Summary: Engine fire
Date: 29 May 1942
Flight: VH-UXZ Marika
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Location: off Flinders Island
Summary: Engine failure, crashed at sea
Date: 3 December 1943
Flight: VH-ADQ
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2
Location: near Bendigo
Summary: Navigation error
Date: 31 January 1945
Flight: VH-UYY Tokana
Aircraft: Stinson Model A-2W
Location: near Heathcote
Summary: Metal fatigue, wing separation
Date: 13 November 1945
Flight: VH-CDC (operating for USAAC)
Aircraft: Douglas C-49A
Location: off Tacloban Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 10 March 1946
Flight: VH-AET
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Derwent River
Summary: Unknown (possible crew error)
Date: 2 September 1948
Flight: Flight 331 Lutana
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Quirindi
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 4 October 1948
Flight: VH-ABR Kanana
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-202A
Location: near Yass
Summary: Engine fire
Date: 8 November 1948
Flight: VH-UZK Kurana
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-232
Location: Mount Macedon
Summary: Deviation from course, disregard of procedure
Date: 29 December 1948
Flight: VH-UZJ Kyilla
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-232
Location: near Mangalore
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Date: 26 June 1950
Flight: VH-ANA Amana
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: near York
Summary: Total loss of engine power for reasons unknown, CFIT
Austrian Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 September 1960
Flight: Flight 901
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 837
Location: near Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Premature descent for reasons unknown
AVAir (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 February 1988
Flight: Flight 3378
Aircraft: Swearingen Metro III
Location: Cary, North Carolina
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Aviaco (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 August 1973
Flight: Flight 118
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle
Location: Montrove , Spain
Summary: CFIT
Avianca (19 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 February 1947
Flight: C-114
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: 19 mi NW of Bogotá
Summary: Low visibility, CFIT
Date: 2 May 1950
Flight: HK-120
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: near Chimborazo Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 11 January 1954
Flight: HK-160
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Manizales, Colombia
Summary: CFIT
Date: 9 August 1954
Flight: HK-163
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A-79 Constellation
Location: near Lajes Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 9 March 1957
Flight: HK-155
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: 20 W of Tulua
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 23 June 1959
Flight: Flight 667
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Cerro Baco
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 January 1960
Flight: Flight 671
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049E-55 Super Constellation
Location: Montego Bay Airport
Summary: Heavy landing, ran off runway
Date: 25 February 1962
Flight: HK-502
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Municipio de Marulanda
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 15 September 1964
Flight: HK-319
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Condoto
Summary: Shifted cargo, loss of control
Date: 22 March 1965
Flight: Flight 676
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Pan de Azucar Peak
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 17 October 1965
Flight: Flight 508
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Bucaramanga
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Piper Super Cub
Date: 14 January 1966
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: off Crespo Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, pilot error, controlled flight into water
Date: 22 September 1966
Flight: Flight 870
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: near Eldorado Airport
Summary: Engine problems, CFIT
Date: 24 December 1966
Flight: Flight 729
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Casubel River
Summary: CFIT
Date: 26 April 1967
Flight: HK-326
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: near Sogamoso Airport
Summary: Loss of altitude, CFIT
Date: 27 November 1983
Flight: Flight 011
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200B
Location: Madrid
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 17 March 1988
Flight: Flight 410
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cúcuta
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 27 November 1989
Flight: Flight 203
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Soacha
Summary: Terrorism, bombing
Date: 25 January 1990
Flight: Flight 52
Aircraft: Boeing 707-300
Location: Cove Neck, New York
Summary: Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Aviastar-TU (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 March 2010
Flight: Flight 1906
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-204-100
Location: near Aviogorodok
Summary: Pilot error
Aviateca (now Avianca Guatemala ) (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 December 1953
Flight: TG-AQA
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: Cerro Tecpan
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 October 1954
Flight: TG-AJA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Guatemala City
Summary: Crashed during forced landing
Date: 24 May 1956
Flight: TG-AHA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Sierra de Las Minas
Summary: CFIT
Date: 11 May 1971
Flight: TG-ACA
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46A
Location: 15 mi S of La Aurora Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 17 February 1975
Flight: TG-AMA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: El Peten Airport
Summary: Burned on the ground
Date: 28 April 1977
Flight: TG-ACA
Aircraft: Convair 440
Location: near Guatemala City
Summary: Improper maintenance, engine failure
Date: 30 September 1977
Flight: TG-AKA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Santa Elena Airport
Summary: Hard landing, runway excursion, propeller separation
Date: 8 June 1978
Flight: TG-ADA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Guatemala City
Summary: Shifting cargo, loss of control, possible engine problems
Date: 26 July 1978
Flight: TG-ATA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Flores
Summary: Bird strike, forced landing
Date: 9 August 1995
Flight: Flight 901
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2H6
Location: San Vincente Volcano
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Avis-Amur (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 August 2011
Flight: Flight 9209 (leased from KnAAPO)
Aircraft: Antonov An-12AP
Location: 86 km (54 mi) SW of Omsukchan , Russia
Summary: In-flight fire, loss of control
Azerbaijan Airlines (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 November 1995
Flight: 4K-401
Aircraft: Boeing 707-323C
Location: near Baku Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 December 1995
Flight: Flight A-56
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134B-3
Location: near Nakhchivan
Summary: Improper maintenance, pilot error, double engine failure
Date: 15 May 1997
Flight: 4K-87504
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: near Gyandzha Airport
Summary: Struck by stray bullets, in-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 18 August 2000
Flight: Flight 154
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154
Location: Baku Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 23 December 2005
Flight: Flight 217 Yevlakh
Aircraft: Antonov An-140-100
Location: near Nadaran
Summary: Instrument failure, loss of control
Date: 12 August 2010
Flight: Flight 75 Guba
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Location: Atatürk International Airport
Summary: Runway excursion, nosegear collapse
Date: 25 December 2024
Flight: Flight 8243 Gusar
Aircraft: Embraer 190AR
Location: near Aktau International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (possible accidental shootdown)
Bahamasair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 April 2007
Flight: Flight 353
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Dash 8-301
Location: Governor's Harbour Airport
Summary: Landing gear collapsed on landing
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 January 1972
Flight: YA-KAD
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: Khost
Summary: Struck trees, crashed short of runway
Date: 18 April 1973
Flight: YA-GAT
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 100
Location: Bamyan Airport
Summary: Loss of control on takeoff
Date: 10 March 1983
Flight: YA-GAZ
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: Shashgow Ghazni
Summary: Weather, pilot incapacitation
Date: 4 September 1985
Flight: YA-BAM
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: near Kandahar
Summary: Shot down
Date: 11 June 1987
Flight: YA-BAL
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: near Khost
Summary: Shot down
BAL Bashkirian Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 July 2002
Flight: Flight 2937
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Überlingen
Summary: Mid-air collision with a DHL Boeing 757
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (9 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 January 1971
Flight: Flight 130
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: Zurich
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 21 December 1971
Flight: LZ-BES
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: Sofia Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, loss of control
Date: 4 November 1972
Flight: LZ-ILA
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14P
Location: near Smolyan
Summary: ATC error, CFIT
Date: 3 March 1973
Flight: Flight 307
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: near Moscow
Summary: Icing
Date: 22 November 1975
Flight: LZ-ANA
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: near Sofia Airport
Summary: Icing, failed to take off
Date: 2 December 1977
Flight: LZ-BTN (operated by Libyan Arab Airlines)
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154A
Location: near Al Bayda, Lebanon
Summary: Fuel exhaustion
Date: 16 March 1978
Flight: LZ-TUB
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Gabare, Bulgaria
Summary: Unknown
Date: 10 January 1984
Flight: LZ-TUR
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Sofia Airport
Summary: Crew error in bad weather
Date: 2 August 1988
Flight: LZ-DOK
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: Sofia
Summary: In-flight fire, possible crew error
Banat Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 December 1995
Flight: Flight 166 (leased from Romavia)
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Verona , Italy
Summary: Bad weather, wing icing, overloading, human error, CFIT
Bangkok Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 November 1990
Flight: Flight 125
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Dash 8-103
Location: near Koh Samui
Summary: Bad weather
Date: 4 August 2009
Flight: Flight 266 Pha Ngan
Aircraft: ATR 72–212A
Location: Koh Samui
Summary: Skidded off runway
Bek Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 December 2019
Flight: Flight 2100
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: near Almaty
Summary: Under investigation (CFIT)
Belavia (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 February 2008
Flight: Flight 1834
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-100LR
Location: Yerevan
Summary: Wing icing
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 August 1984
Flight: S2-ABJ
Aircraft: Fokker F27-600
Location: near Zia International Airport
Summary: CFIT due to bad weather
Blue Wing Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 April 2008
Flight: PZ-TSO
Aircraft: Antonov An-28
Location: Antino Airport
Summary: CFIT
Boeing Air Transport (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 February 1928
Flight: NC280
Aircraft: Boeing 40B
Location: Marquette, Nebraska
Summary: Propeller blade failure, loss of control
Date: 10 January 1930
Flight: NC184E
Aircraft: Boeing 95
Location: Brawnson, Nebraska
Summary: Crashed while attempting an emergency landing
Date: 23 November 1931
Flight: NC286
Aircraft: Boeing 40B
Location: Salt Lake City
Summary: Low visibility
Date: 2 February 1932
Flight: NC291
Aircraft: Boeing 40B
Location: Rio Vista, California
Summary: Weather, crashed on landing
Bonanza Air Lines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 November 1964
Flight: Flight 114
Aircraft: Fairchild F-27A
Location: Las Vegas
Summary: CFIT
Braathens SAFE (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 November 1956
Flight: Flight 253 Lars
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 2B
Location: Hummelfjell
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 December 1972
Flight: Flight 239 Sverre Sigursson
Aircraft: Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000
Location: Asker
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 21 June 1985
Flight: Flight 139 Harald Gille
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Oslo Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Braniff International Airways (14 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 July 1931
Flight: NC8497
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega DL-1B
Location: Chicago
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 5 December 1931
Flight: NC433E
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5C
Location: Kewanee, Illinois
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 8 December 1934
Flight: NC106W
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5B
Location: Columbia
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 9 November 1935
Flight: NC980Y
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5C
Location: near Fort Worth
Summary: Weather
Date: 26 March 1939
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-112
Location: Oklahoma City
Summary: Engine failure, stall, loss of control
Date: 22 August 1954
Flight: Flight 152
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: 16 mi S of Mason City, Iowa
Summary: Weather, windshear, loss of control
Date: 17 July 1955
Flight: Flight 560
Aircraft: Convair CV-340-32
Location: Chicago-Midway Airport
Summary: Spatial disorientation
Date: 25 March 1958
Flight: Flight 971
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: near Miami
Summary: Engine fire, pilot error
Date: 29 September 1959
Flight: Flight 542
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Location: 3 mi SE of Buffalo, Texas
Summary: In-flight breakup
Date: 6 August 1966
Flight: Flight 250
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-203AE
Location: Falls City, Nebraska
Summary: Weather, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 3 May 1968
Flight: Flight 352
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Location: Dawson, Texas
Summary: Pilot error, weather, in-flight breakup
Date: 2 July 1971
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 12 January 1972
Flight: Flight 38
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Dallas
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 29 August 1980
Flight: Flight 920
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Location: Lima, Peru
Summary: Hijacking
Bristow Helicopters (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 January 1995
Flight: Flight 56C
Aircraft: Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
Location: Near the Brae Alpha oil rig
Summary: Lightning strike, tail rotor failure
Britannia Airways (now TUI Airways ) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 September 1966
Flight: Flight 105
Aircraft: Bristol Britannia 102
Location: Ljubljana
Summary: Pilot error, incorrect altimeter setting
Date: 14 September 1999
Flight: Flight 226A
Aircraft: Boeing 757-204
Location: Costa Brava Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot, ATC errors
British Airtours (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 March 1977
Flight: G-APFK
Aircraft: Boeing 707-436
Location: Prestwick Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 22 August 1985
Flight: Flight 28M River Orrin
Aircraft: Boeing 737-236
Location: Manchester
Summary: Engine failure, ground fire
British Airways (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 September 1976
Flight: Flight 476
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B
Location: near Vrbovec
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Inex-Adria DC-9
Date: 24 June 1982
Flight: Flight 9 City of Edinburgh
Aircraft: Boeing 747-236B
Location: Jakarta
Summary: Volcanic ash ingestion, engine flameout
Date: 10 June 1990
Flight: Flight 5390 County of South Glamorgan
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-528FL
Location: over Didcot
Summary: Windshield failure, explosive decompression
Date: 1 August 1990
Flight: Flight 149 City of Leeds
Aircraft: Boeing 747-136
Location: Kuwait City
Summary: Crew and passengers held hostage, aircraft later blown up
Date: 29 December 2000
Flight: Flight 2069
Aircraft: Boeing 747-436
Location: over Sudan
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 20 February 2005
Flight: Flight 268
Aircraft: Boeing 747-436
Location: over Los Angeles
Summary: Engine malfunction, engine fire
Date: 17 January 2008
Flight: Flight 38
Aircraft: Boeing 777-236ER
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Fuel starvation, crashed short of runway
Date: 8 September 2015
Flight: Flight 2276
Aircraft: Boeing 777-236ER
Location: McCarran International Airport
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 October 1953
Flight: Flight 304 Resolution
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: San Francisco
Summary: Weather, crew error
British European Airways (BEA) (17 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 August 1946
Flight: Flight 530
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 12 mi N of Oslo
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 6 January 1948
Flight: G-AHPK
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: Ruislip
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 5 April 1948
Flight: G-AIVP
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: near RAF Gatow
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Soviet Air Force Yak-3
Date: 21 April 1948
Flight: Flight S200P
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: Irish Law Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 19 February 1949
Flight: G-AHCW
Aircraft: Douglas Dakota C.3
Location: over Exhall
Summary: Mid-air collision with an RAF Avro Anson
Date: 19 August 1949
Flight: G-AHCY
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Oldham
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 13 April 1950
Flight: G-AIVL Vigilant
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: English Channel
Summary: Bombing
Date: 17 October 1950
Flight: G-AGIW
Aircraft: Douglas Dakota C.3
Location: Mill Hill
Summary: Engine failure, loss of control
Date: 31 October 1950
Flight: G-AHPN
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: London Heathrow Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, crash on landing
Date: 5 January 1953
Flight: G-AJDL Lord St. Vincent
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: Nutts Corner Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 14 March 1957
Flight: Flight 411 RMA Discovery
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 701
Location: Wythenshawe
Summary: Metal fatigue, loss of control
Date: 23 October 1957
Flight: G-AOJA
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 802
Location: Nutts Corner
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 6 February 1958
Flight: Flight 609 Lord Burleigh
Aircraft: Airspeed Ambassador 2
Location: Munich
Summary: Weather
Date: 22 October 1958
Flight: Flight 142
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 701C
Location: Anzio
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Italian Air Force F-86
Date: 27 October 1965
Flight: G-APEE
Aircraft: Vickers Vanguard
Location: London Heathrow Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 2 October 1971
Flight: Flight 706
Aircraft: Vickers Vanguard
Location: near Aarsele
Summary: Corrosion, explosive decompression
Date: 18 June 1972
Flight: Flight 548
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C
Location: Staines
Summary: Crew error
British Midland International (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 June 1967
Flight: G-ALHG
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Location: Stockport
Summary: Fuel starvation
Date: 8 January 1989
Flight: Flight 092
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Y0
Location: M1 near Kegworth
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) (36 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 December 1939
Flight: G-AFYU
Aircraft: Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Location: off Malta
Summary: Water ditching
Date: 23 May 1940
Flight: G-ADSZ
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Ensign 1
Location: Merville Airport
Summary: Attacked by German fighter, stall, loss of control
Date: 29 December 1941
Flight: G-ADUX Cassiopeia
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Sabang, Indonesia
Summary: Struck debris on takeoff
Date: 24 September 1942
Flight: G-AFCZ Australia
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Atlantic Ocean off Senegal
Summary: Unknown (loss of control or in-flight explosion)
Date: 9 January 1943
Flight: G-AFCK Golden Horn
Aircraft: Short G Class
Location: Tagus River off Lisbon
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 15 February 1943
Flight: G-AFYE
Aircraft: de Havilland Flamingo
Location: Asmara, Eritrea
Summary: Went into a dive
Date: 23 March 1943
Flight: G-AGDA Dog-Able
Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Location: Poole Harbor
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 4 April 1943
Flight: G-AGEJ
Aircraft: Lockheed C-56B
Location: Atlantic Ocean off Denmark
Summary: Shot down by German fighter
Date: 1 June 1943
Flight: Flight 777 (operated by KLM)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-194
Location: Bay of Biscay
Summary: Attacked by German fighters
Date: 16 June 1943
Flight: FK459 (leased from RAF)
Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson VI
Location: Khartoum Civil Airport
Summary: Possible fuel starvation, engine failure, loss of control
Date: 30 June 1943
Flight: FK618 (leased from RAF)
Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson VI
Location: near Khartoum
Summary: Possible overloading, loss of control
Date: 28 July 1943
Flight: G-AGES
Aircraft: Short Sunderland III
Location: near Brandon , Ireland
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 November 1943
Flight: G-AGIB
Aircraft: Short Sunderland III
Location: 75 mi SSW of Sollum, Libya
Summary: Electrical problems, in-flight fire, wing separation
Date: 17 December 1943
Flight: G-AGDE
Aircraft: Lockheed 18–56 Lodestar
Location: 15 mi off Leuchars , Scotland
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 August 1944
Flight: G-AGIH
Aircraft: Lockheed C-60A
Location: Mount Kinnekulle
Summary: Low visibility, radio failure, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 23 March 1946
Flight: G-AGLX (operated by Qantas)
Aircraft: Avro Lancastrian 1
Location: Indian Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 14 August 1946
Flight: G-AGHT
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Luqa Airport
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, double engine failure
Date: 11 January 1947
Flight: G-AGJX
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Stowting , Kent
Summary: Weather, pilot error, crew error
Date: 16 July 1947
Flight: G-AGNR
Aircraft: Avro York C.1
Location: Az-Zubair, Iran
Summary: Weather, pilot error, ATC error
Date: 23 August 1947
Flight: G-AHZB
Aircraft: Short Sandringham 5
Location: Bahrain Marine Air Base
Summary: Pilot error, hard landing
Date: 26 May 1952
Flight: Flight 251
Aircraft: Handley Page Hermes IV
Location: 71 mi SSE of Atar, Mauritania
Summary: Navigation error, fuel exhaustion, forced landing
Date: 26 October 1952
Flight: Flight 115
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1A
Location: Ciampino Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 2 May 1953
Flight: Flight 783
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: near Calcutta
Summary: Weather, in-flight breakup
Date: 25 July 1953
Flight: G-ALYR
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: Calcutta
Summary: Ran off runway
Date: 10 January 1954
Flight: Flight 781
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Summary: Metal fatigue, in-flight breakup
Date: 13 March 1954
Flight: G-ALAM Belfast
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Kallang Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway, pilot fatigue
Date: 25 December 1954
Flight: G-ALSA RMA Cathay
Aircraft: Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser
Location: Prestwick Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 21 September 1955
Flight: G-ALHL
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Location: Tripoli Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 June 1956
Flight: G-ALHE
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Location: near Kano Airport
Summary: Windshear
Date: 24 December 1958
Flight: G-AOVD
Aircraft: Bristol Britannia 312
Location: Winkton, England
Summary: CFIT , pilot error
Date: 24 December 1960
Flight: G-APFN
Aircraft: Boeing 707-436
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 5 March 1966
Flight: Flight 911
Aircraft: Boeing 707-436
Location: Mount Fuji , Japan
Summary: Clear-air turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 8 April 1968
Flight: Flight 712 Whisky Echo
Aircraft: Boeing 707-465
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 12 September 1970
Flight: Flight 775
Aircraft: Vickers VC10
Location: Zarka , Jordan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 3 August 1971
Flight: Flight 600
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Location: Denver
Summary: Bomb threat
Date: 3 March 1974
Flight: G-ASCO
Aircraft: Vickers VC10
Location: Schiphol Airport
Summary: Hijacking
British South American Airways (BSAA) (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 September 1946
Flight: G-AHEW Star Leader
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: near Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown, possible pilot error
Date: 13 April 1947
Flight: G-AHEZ
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: Yoff Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 2 August 1947
Flight: Flight CS59 Star Dust
Aircraft: Avro Lancastrian 3
Location: Tupungato Mountain
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 30 January 1948
Flight: G-AHNP Star Tiger
Aircraft: Avro Tudor I
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 5 January 1949
Flight: G-AHEX
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: Caravelas Bay, Brazil
Summary: Tire failure, in-flight fire
Date: 17 January 1949
Flight: Flight BSS401 Star Ariel
Aircraft: Avro Tudor 4B
Location: Sargasso Sea
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
British United Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 April 1965
Flight: Flight 1030X
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Jersey, Channel Islands
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error
CAAC Airlines (12 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 April 1958
Flight: 632
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14
Location: 44 mi from Xi'an
Summary: Loss of control, CFIT
Date: 26 September 1961
Flight: 18188
Aircraft: Shijiazhuang Y-5
Location: Qinglongshan, Henan Province
Summary: CFIT
Date: 14 January 1973
Flight: 644
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14
Location: near Guiyang
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 January 1976
Flight: B-492
Aircraft: Antonov An-24
Location: near Shanghai
Summary: Crash on approach
Date: 20 March 1980
Flight: B-484
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Changsha
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 26 April 1982
Flight: Flight 3303
Aircraft: Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E
Location: near Yangshuo
Summary: CFIT
Date: 24 December 1982
Flight: Flight 2311
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18B
Location: Guangzhou Baiyun Int'l Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 5 May 1983
Flight: Flight 296
Aircraft: Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E
Location: Chuncheon , South Korea
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 14 September 1983
Flight: B-264
Aircraft: Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E
Location: Guilin Airport
Summary: Ground collision with a PLAAF Harbin H-5
Date: 18 January 1985
Flight: Flight 5109
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Jinan
Summary: CFIT
Date: 15 December 1986
Flight: B-3413
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: near Lanzhou
Summary: Engine failure, icing, CFIT
Date: 16 June 1987
Flight: B-2514
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2T4
Location: Fuzhou Airport
Summary: Collision with a PLAAF Shenyang J-6
Caledonian Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 March 1962
Flight: Flight 153
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: Douala , Cameroon
Summary: Undetermined
Cambrian Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 July 1965
Flight: G-AMOL
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 701
Location: Liverpool
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 19 January 1970
Flight: G-AMOA
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 701
Location: Bristol Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Canadian Pacific Air Lines (CP Air) (12 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 December 1942
Flight: CF-CPD
Aircraft: Lockheed L14H-2 Super Electra
Location: Mount William Knight
Summary: CFIT
Date: 9 September 1949
Flight: Flight 108
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Quebec
Summary: Bombing
Date: 9 February 1950
Flight: CF-CPR Empress of Vancouver
Aircraft: Canadair C-4 North Star
Location: Tokyo Bay off Haneda Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 22 December 1950
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 16 mi N of Penticton
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 21 July 1951
Flight: CF-CPC
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Alaska
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 3 March 1953
Flight: CF-CUN Empress of Hawaii
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1A
Location: Karachi Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 11 May 1953
Flight: CF-CRV
Aircraft: Boeing-Canada Canso A
Location: Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Summary: Pilot error, crash on landing
Date: 29 August 1956
Flight: Flight 307 Empress of Mexico City
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Cold Bay, Alaska
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 22 July 1962
Flight: Flight 301 Empress of Lima
Aircraft: Bristol Britannia 314
Location: Honolulu Int'l Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error, loss of control
Date: 8 July 1965
Flight: Flight 21 Empress of City of Buenos Aires
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: 20 mi W of 100 Mile House, British Columbia
Summary: Bombing
Date: 4 March 1966
Flight: Flight 402 Empress of Edmonton
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-43
Location: Haneda Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 7 February 1968
Flight: Flight 322
Aircraft: Boeing 707-138B
Location: Vancouver Int'l Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, weather, runway overrun
Capital Airlines (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 August 1949
Flight: Flight 19
Aircraft: Douglas C-53D
Location: over Milwaukee
Summary: Mid-air collision with a private Cessna 140
Date: 12 December 1949
Flight: Flight 500
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-313A
Location: Potomac River near Washington National Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 20 February 1956
Flight: Flight 141
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 744
Location: Midway International Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure
Date: 22 June 1957
Flight: Flight H-3
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Clarksburg, Maryland
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 6 April 1958
Flight: Flight 67
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Saginaw Bay off Freeland, Michigan
Summary: Icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 20 May 1958
Flight: Flight 300
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: over Brunswick, Maryland
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Air National Guard T-33A
Date: 4 June 1958
Flight: Flight 3
Aircraft: Douglas C-53B
Location: Martinsburg Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 12 May 1959
Flight: Flight 75
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Chase, Maryland
Summary: Loss of control, in-flight breakup
Date: 12 May 1959
Flight: Flight 983
Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Summary: Slid off runway
Date: 18 January 1960
Flight: Flight 20
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Holdcroft, Virginia
Summary: Icing, triple engine failure, loss of control
Capitol Air (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 November 1958
Flight: N1301N
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: 23 mi west of Fort Collins
Summary: Weather, engine failure, CFIT
Date: 15 October 1960
Flight: N1300N
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: Plain City, Utah
Summary: Metal fatigue, wing separation, loss of control
Date: 22 January 1961
Flight: N1308V
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: near Katy, Texas
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire, wing separation
Date: 27 November 1970
Flight: Flight 3/26
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Anchorage Int'l Airport
Summary: Unexplained brake problems, failure to take off, runway overrun
Caproni (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 August 1919
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Caproni Ca.48
Location: Verona , Italy
Summary: Possible structural failure
Caspian Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 July 2009
Flight: Flight 7908
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: near Qazvin
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, loss of control
Date: 27 January 2020
Flight: Flight 6936
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Location: Mahshahr Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Cathay Pacific (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 July 1948
Flight: VR-HDT Miss Macao
Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Location: Pearl River Delta
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 24 February 1949
Flight: VR-HDG
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: North Point
Summary: CFIT
Date: 13 September 1949
Flight: VR-HDW
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Anisakan Airport
Summary: Landing gear collapse, crash on takeoff
Date: 23 July 1954
Flight: VR-HEU
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: off Hainan Island
Summary: Shot down
Date: 5 November 1967
Flight: Flight 033
Aircraft: Convair 880-22M-3
Location: Kai Tak Airport
Summary: Loss of control, runway overrun
Date: 15 June 1972
Flight: Flight 700Z
Aircraft: Convair 880-22M-21
Location: 34 mi SE of Pleiku
Summary: Bombing
Date: 30 August 2004
Flight: Flight 252
Aircraft: Boeing 747-467
Location: near Hong Kong Int'l Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 13 April 2010
Flight: Flight 780
Aircraft: Airbus A330-342
Location: Hong Kong Int'l Airport
Summary: Fuel contamination, engine failure
Cebu Pacific (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 February 1998
Flight: Flight 387
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Misamis Oriental
Summary: Pilot error
Chalk's Ocean Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 December 2005
Flight: Flight 101
Aircraft: Grumman Turbo Mallard
Location: Miami
Summary: Structural failure
Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 August 1936
Flight: Flight 4 City of Memphis
Aircraft: Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Location: St. Louis
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
China Airlines (16 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 August 1967
Flight: B-1523
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: South China Sea
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 January 1969
Flight: Flight 227
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mount Paku
Summary: Windshear, loss of altitude
Date: 12 August 1970
Flight: Flight 206
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-219
Location: Taipei
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 November 1971
Flight: Flight 825
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: near Penghu Island
Summary: Unexplained bombing
Date: 27 February 1980
Flight: Flight 811
Aircraft: Boeing 707-309C
Location: Manila Int'l Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 19 February 1985
Flight: Flight 006
Aircraft: Boeing 747SP-09
Location: San Francisco
Summary: Engine failure, aircraft upset
Date: 16 February 1986
Flight: Flight 2265
Aircraft: Boeing 737-281
Location: off Magong Airport
Summary: CFIT during go-around
Date: 3 May 1986
Flight: Flight 334
Aircraft: Boeing 747-2R7F
Location: Guangzhou
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 26 October 1989
Flight: Flight 204
Aircraft: Boeing 737-209
Location: Hualien City
Summary: Pilot error, crew error, CFIT
Date: 29 December 1991
Flight: Flight 358
Aircraft: Boeing 747-2R7F
Location: near Wanli
Summary: Metal fatigue, double engine separation, CFIT
Date: 4 November 1993
Flight: Flight 605
Aircraft: Boeing 747-409
Location: Hong Kong
Summary: Weather, pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 26 April 1994
Flight: Flight 140
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-622R
Location: Nagoya
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 16 February 1998
Flight: Flight 676
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-622R
Location: Taoyuan City
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 22 August 1999
Flight: Flight 642 (operated by Mandarin Airlines)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Location: Hong Kong
Summary: Weather, hard landing
Date: 25 May 2002
Flight: Flight 611
Aircraft: Boeing 747-209B
Location: Taiwan Strait
Summary: Improper maintenance, metal fatigue, in-flight breakup
Date: 20 August 2007
Flight: Flight 120
Aircraft: Boeing 737-809
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Summary: Engine fire on landing
China Eastern Airlines (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 April 1989
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Xian Y-7
Location: Fuzhou Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 15 August 1989
Flight: Flight 5510
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: near Shanghai
Summary: Engine failure for reasons unknown
Date: 6 April 1993
Flight: Flight 583
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Location: Shemya
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 26 October 1993
Flight: Flight 5398
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Fuzhou Airport
Summary: Runway overrun, pilot error
Date: 11 September 1998
Flight: Flight 586
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Location: Shanghai
Summary: Nosegear failure
Date: 21 November 2004
Flight: Flight 5210
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-200LR
Location: Baotou
Summary: Icing, crew error
Date: 7 June 2013
Flight: Flight 2947
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ-145LI
Location: Hongqiao Airport
Summary: Nosegear malfunction, runway excursion on landing
Date: 21 March 2022
Flight: Flight 5735
Aircraft: Boeing 737-89P
Location: Shentangbiao, Teng County
Summary: Under investigation (possible deliberate crash)
China Flying Dragon Aviation (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 June 1996
Flight: B-3822
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12-II
Location: Changhai
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
Date: 15 June 2008
Flight: B-3841
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12-II
Location: near Chifeng
Summary: CFIT
China General Aviation (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 July 1992
Flight: Flight 7552
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42D
Location: Nanking Airport
Summary: Loss of control
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) (30 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 August 1937
Flight: NC16930 Chekiang
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-43W
Location: Chilang Point
Summary: Weather, water ditching
Date: 24 August 1938
Flight: 32 Kweilin
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221
Location: Wangmoon
Summary: Attacked by Japanese fighters, forced landing
Date: 29 October 1940
Flight: 39 Chungking
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221
Location: near Changyi
Summary: Attacked and destroyed on the ground by Japanese fighters
Date: 20 January 1941
Flight: 23
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor
Location: Jiangxi Province
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 12 February 1941
Flight: 40 Kangting
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-190
Location: Taohsien, Hunan
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 14 March 1942
Flight: 31 Chungshan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221
Location: near Kunming Airport
Summary: Overloading, engine failure, crash on takeoff
Date: 17 November 1942
Flight: 60
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Yunnan Province
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 11 March 1943
Flight: 53
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: near Luishui
Summary: CFIT
Date: 13 March 1943
Flight: 49
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Himalayas
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 7 April 1943
Flight: 58 / 42-15890
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: 30 mi NE of Minzong
Summary: Icing, weather, CFIT
Date: 11 August 1943
Flight: 48
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Fort Hertz valley
Summary: Shot down
Date: 13 October 1943
Flight: 72
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Sumprabum
Summary: Shot down
Date: 19 November 1943
Flight: 59
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Kunming
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, crashed short of runway
Date: 19 November 1943
Flight: 63
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Kunming
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 18 December 1943
Flight: 83
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Suifu
Summary: ATC error, pilot error, poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 20 February 1944
Flight: 75
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Paoshan
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 15 May 1944
Flight: 90
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Patkai Range
Summary: Turbulence, CFIT
Date: 26 May 1944
Flight: 82
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Himalayas
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 8 June 1944
Flight: 85
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: over Dinjan
Summary: Improper maintenance, in-flight explosion, in-flight breakup
Date: 18 June 1944
Flight: 71
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: near Kweilin
Summary: Fuel exhaustion, CFIT
Date: 1 August 1944
Flight: 73
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Baldy Mountain
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
Date: 31 August 1944
Flight: 97
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Shimbuyang
Summary: Loss of power
Date: 7 October 1944
Flight: 101
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: 20 mi W of Sadiya, Assam
Summary: Weather, spatial disorientation, wing separation
Date: 30 November 1944
Flight: 56
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Digboi Mountain
Summary: Possible contaminated fuel, loss of power
Date: 20 October 1945
Flight: 104
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Location: 13 mi N of Suichang
Summary: CFIT
Date: 25 December 1946
Flight: 140
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Hongqiao Airport
Summary: Poor visibility
Date: 25 December 1946
Flight: 115
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46
Location: Hongqiao Airport
Summary: Poor visibility
Date: 5 January 1947
Flight: XT-T51 / 121
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46
Location: W of Qingdao
Summary: CFIT
Date: 25 January 1947
Flight: 138
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: 119 mi S of Chongqing
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 December 1948
Flight: XT-104
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: Basalt Island
Summary: CFIT
China Northern Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 November 1993
Flight: Flight 6901
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: near Ürümqi
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 7 May 2002
Flight: Flight 6136
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Bohai Bay near Dalian
Summary: In-flight fire (arson), loss of control
China Northwest Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 July 1993
Flight: Flight 2119
Aircraft: BAe 146–300
Location: Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Date: 6 June 1994
Flight: Flight 2303
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: near Xi'an
Summary: Improper maintenance, mechanical failure, loss of control
China Southern Airlines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 August 1988
Flight: Flight 301
Aircraft: Hawker-Siddeley Trident 2E
Location: Kowloon Bay
Summary: Runway excursion on landing for reasons unknown; possible windshear
Date: 2 October 1990
Flight: Flight 3523
Aircraft: Boeing 757-21B
Location: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Summary: Ground collision with hijacked Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737
Date: 24 November 1992
Flight: Flight 3943
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3Y0
Location: near Guilin Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 8 May 1997
Flight: Flight 3456
Aircraft: Boeing 737-31B
Location: Shenzhen Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, runway excursion
China Southwest Airlines (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 January 1988
Flight: Flight 4146
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: 32 mi SW of Chongqing Airport
Summary: Engine fire, engine separation, loss of control
Date: 2 October 1990
Flight: Flight 4305
Aircraft: Boeing 707-3J6B
Location: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Summary: Sideswiped by hijacked Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737
Date: 24 February 1999
Flight: Flight 4509
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Rui'an
Summary: Improper maintenance, loss of control
Chosonminhang (now Air Koryo ) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 July 1983
Flight: P-889
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62M
Location: Fouta Djallon near Labé, Guinea
Summary: CFIT
Civil Air Transport (CAT) (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 July 1948
Flight: XT-822
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: Qingdao Airport
Summary: Entered a spin on takeoff
Date: 9 December 1949
Flight: XT-820
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: near Lanzhou
Summary: Loss of control on climbout
Date: 21 December 1948
Flight: N8342C
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: off Basalt Island
Summary: CFIT
Date: 10 December 1949
Flight: XT-814
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: near Haikou
Summary: Crash on approach
Date: 6 May 1954
Flight: 49-0919
Aircraft: Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar
Location: near Ban Sot, Laos
Summary: Shot down
Date: 20 October 1954
Flight: B-811
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: off Hua Hin
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 20 June 1964
Flight: Flight 106
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: near Shenkang, Taiwan
Summary: Engine failure, loss of control
Date: 16 February 1968
Flight: Flight 010 Super Cuihua
Aircraft: Boeing 727-92C
Location: near Taipei
Summary: Pilot error
Colgan Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 February 2009
Flight: Flight 3407 (operating as Continental Connection)
Aircraft: Bombardier Dash-8 Q400
Location: Clarence Center, New York
Summary: Pilot error, stall
Comair (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 January 1997
Flight: Flight 3272
Aircraft: Embraer 120 RT Brasilia
Location: Monroe, Michigan
Summary: Weather, crew error
Date: 27 August 2006
Flight: Flight 5191
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-100ER
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Summary: ATC, pilot errors
Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 April 1922
Flight: F-GEAD
Aircraft: Farman F.60
Location: over Picardy
Summary: Mid-air collision
Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 March 1923
Flight: F-AEIE
Aircraft: Farman F.60
Location: Croydon Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Condor (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 January 1988
Flight: Flight 3782
Aircraft: Boeing 737-230
Location: near Seferihisar
Summary: Navigation error
Continental Airlines (20 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 August 1945
Flight: NC25636
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-01-01 Lodestar
Location: Albuquerque
Summary: Burned out
Date: 16 March 1954
Flight: Flight 46
Aircraft: Convair CV-340-35
Location: near Midland, Texas
Summary: Improper maintenance
Date: 29 August 1955
Flight: Flight 114
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-191A
Location: over Hobbs, New Mexico
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-22
Date: 9 September 1956
Flight: Flight 190
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-453
Location: over Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 170B
Date: 3 August 1961
Flight: Flight 54
Aircraft: Boeing 707-124
Location: Unknown
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 22 May 1962
Flight: Flight 11
Aircraft: Boeing 707-124
Location: near Unionville, Missouri
Summary: Bombing
Date: 8 July 1962
Flight: Flight 210
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 812
Location: Amarillo Air Terminal
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 29 January 1963
Flight: Flight 290
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 812
Location: Kansas City Downtown Airport
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 1 July 1965
Flight: Flight 12
Aircraft: Boeing 707-124
Location: Kansas City Downtown Airport
Summary: Skidded off runway
Date: 19 November 1968
Flight: N17325
Aircraft: Boeing 707-324C
Location: over Gunnison, Colorado
Summary: Bombing, in-flight fire
Date: 19 December 1970
Flight: Flight 144
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
Location: Tulsa International Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 4 August 1971
Flight: Flight 712
Aircraft: Boeing 707-324C
Location: over Compton, California
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 150J
Date: 7 August 1975
Flight: Flight 426
Aircraft: Boeing 727-224
Location: Stapleton International Airport
Summary: Windshear
Date: 1 March 1978
Flight: Flight 603
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: Los Angeles International Airport
Summary: Tire failure, aborted takeoff
Date: 15 November 1987
Flight: Flight 1713
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Denver
Summary: Pilot error, weather
Date: 17 April 1988
Flight: N433PE
Aircraft: Boeing 737-217
Location: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 2 March 1994
Flight: Flight 795
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: New York City
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 19 February 1996
Flight: Flight 1943
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Houston Intercontinental Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 28 October 2006
Flight: Flight 1883
Aircraft: Boeing 757-224
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, landed on taxiway
Date: 20 December 2008
Flight: Flight 1404
Aircraft: Boeing 737-524
Location: Denver International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, ATC error
Continental Express (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 September 1991
Flight: Flight 2574 (operated by Britt Airways)
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
Location: Eagle Lake, Texas
Summary: Improper maintenance, structural failure
Court Line (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 April 1974
Flight: Flight 95
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-518FG
Location: London Luton Airport
Summary: Runway collision with a Piper Aztec
ČSA Czech Airlines (24 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 August 1930
Flight: OK-FOR
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Location: Jihlava
Summary: CFIT
Date: 13 August 1938
Flight: OK-BAG
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti S.73
Location: Oberkirch
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 March 1946
Flight: OK-ZDN
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3m
Location: near Prague
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 25 January 1947
Flight: OK-WDB
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Croydon Airport
Summary: Struck by Spencer Airways C-47
Date: 13 February 1947
Flight: OK-XDU
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Kladno
Summary: Possible improper maintenance
Date: 21 December 1948
Flight: Flight 584
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Pylos
Summary: Spatial disorientation, shot down
Date: 27 February 1950
Flight: OK-WDY
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Praded Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 July 1950
Flight: OK-WAB
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Location: Košice
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 12 January 1954
Flight: OK-WDS
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Prague Ruzyně Airport
Summary: Failed to take off
Date: 12 December 1954
Flight: OK-WDK
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Ivanka Airport
Summary: Blocked pitot tubes, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 18 January 1956
Flight: OK-WDZ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mount Skapova
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 24 November 1956
Flight: Flight 548
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-12B
Location: Eglisau
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 2 January 1961
Flight: OK-MCZ
Aircraft: Avia 14-32A
Location: Hostivice
Summary: Failed to take off
Date: 28 March 1961
Flight: Flight 511
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: 14 mi NE of Nürnberg
Summary: In-flight breakup for reasons unknown
Date: 12 July 1961
Flight: Flight 511
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: near Casablanca
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 10 October 1962
Flight: Flight 306
Aircraft: Avia 14-32A
Location: near Slavkov
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 5 September 1967
Flight: Flight 523
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: near Gander, Newfoundland
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 11 October 1968
Flight: OK-MCJ Svit Gottwaldov
Aircraft: Avia 14-32A
Location: Ptice
Summary: Engine failure for reasons unknown, poor CRM
Date: 1 June 1970
Flight: OK-NDD Plzen
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-104A
Location: near Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 18 August 1970
Flight: Flight 744 Centrotex
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-124V
Location: Kloten Airport
Summary: Crew preoccupation, belly landing
Date: 20 August 1975
Flight: Flight 540 Brno Trade Fair
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62
Location: 11 mi NE of Damascus
Summary: Incorrect altimeter setting
Date: 28 July 1976
Flight: Flight 001 Košice
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: Bratislava
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error, loss of control
Date: 11 February 1977
Flight: OK-OCA
Aircraft: Avia 14-32T
Location: near Bratislava
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 9 June 2012
Flight: OK-KFM
Aircraft: ATR 42-500
Location: Prague Ruzyně Airport
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Curtiss Reid Flying Services (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 November 1950
Flight: CF-EDN
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: near Grenoble
Summary: Deviation from course, CFIT
Cyprus Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 December 1961
Flight: Flight 226 (operated by BEA)
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 4B
Location: Esenboğa Airport
Summary: Instrument failure, pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 12 October 1967
Flight: Flight 284 (operated by BEA)
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 4
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Summary: Bombing
Daallo Airlines (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 January 2009
Flight: S9-KAS
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Bender Qassim Int'l Airport
Summary: Nose gear failure
Date: 2 November 2009
Flight: Flight 774
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Bosaso Airport
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 2 February 2016
Flight: Flight 159
Aircraft: Airbus A321-111
Location: over Somalia
Summary: Suicide bombing
Dagestan Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 December 2010
Flight: Flight 372
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Domodedovo Int'l Airport
Summary: Fuel exhaustion
Daimler Airway (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 April 1922
Flight: G-EAWO
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.18A
Location: Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
Summary: Mid-air collision with a CGEA Farman F.60
Date: 14 September 1923
Flight: G-EBBS
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.34
Location: Ivinghoe Beacon
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Dan-Air (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 May 1958
Flight: G-AMUV
Aircraft: Avro York C.1
Location: Gurgaon
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 1 September 1966
Flight: G-ATFZ
Aircraft: Piper Apache 160
Location: Godalming
Summary: Pilot error, weather
Date: 3 July 1970
Flight: Flight 1903
Aircraft: de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4
Location: Catalonia
Summary: Navigation error, ATC error
Date: 14 May 1977
Flight: G-BEBP
Aircraft: Boeing 707-321C
Location: Lusaka
Summary: Design defect, structural failure
Date: 31 July 1979
Flight: Flight 0034
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Location: Sumburgh Airport
Summary: Accidental engagement of gust lock
Date: 25 April 1980
Flight: Flight 1008
Aircraft: Boeing 727-46
Location: Los Rodeos , Tenerife
Summary: CFIT
Date: 26 June 1981
Flight: Flight 240
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Location: Nailstone , England
Summary: Rapid decompression caused by failure of baggage door
Danish Air Lines (DDL) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 February 1948
Flight: OY-DCI
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Ulrichstein, Germany
Summary: Crash on approach
Date: 8 February 1949
Flight: OY-DLU
Aircraft: Vickers Viking 1B
Location: off Barsebäck
Summary: CFIT
Delta Air Lines (125 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: August 14, 1935
Flight: DL4
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Gilmer
Summary: August 14, 1935: Delta Air Lines Flight 4, a Stinson Model A , was en route to Shreveport, Louisiana , the left engine separated from the aircraft after a propeller blade failure. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing in a cotton field in Gilmer, Texas , but lost co...
Date: November 10, 1946
Flight: DL10
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Unknown
Summary: November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope o...
Date: April 22, 1947
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Columbus
Summary: April 22, 1947: 1947 Columbus mid-air collision , a Vultee BT-13 , owned by the Tuskegee Aviation Institute , the pilot attempted to land in Columbus, Georgia and landed on top of a Delta DC-3 , registration NC49657, which was flying several Delta executives from Macon to Colu...
Date: March 10, 1948
Flight: DL705
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: March 10, 1948: Delta Air Lines Flight 705 , a Douglas DC-4 , crashed near Chicago Municipal (Midway) Airport shortly after takeoff while en route to Miami killing 12 of 13 on board. Officials determined that longitudinal control of the airplane was lost resulting in the crash...
Date: May 17, 1953
Flight: DL318
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3,
Location: Unknown
Summary: May 17, 1953: Delta Air Lines Flight 318 , a Douglas DC-3, crashed 13 miles (21 km) east of Marshall, Texas . The flight, which originated from Dallas Love Field , was on approach to Shreveport, Louisiana . 19 out of 20 on board perished. The crash was attributed to adver...
Date: May 23, 1960
Flight: DL1903
Aircraft: Convair 880
Location: Atlanta
Summary: May 23, 1960: Delta Air Lines Flight 1903, a Convair 880 , from Atlanta Airport , crashed during a training exercise in Atlanta. The aircraft stalled and crashed killing all four crew members.
Date: January 13, 1963
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Unknown
Summary: January 13, 1963: A Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-7 , registration N4875C, crashed into a parked USAF Fairchild C-123 Provider on an unfamiliar taxiway at night. At the time the DC-7 was carrying five occupants on board during a ferrying/positioning flight and was taxiing for tak...
Date: March 30, 1967
Flight: DL9877
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Location: New Orleans
Summary: March 30, 1967: Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 , a Douglas DC-8 , crashed during a training exercise near New Orleans . The improper use of flight and power controls by both instructor and the Captain-trainee during a simulated two-engine out landing approach resulted in the loss...
Date: February 21, 1968
Flight: DL843
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: February 21, 1968: Delta Air Lines Flight 843, a DC-8 was hijacked to Havana, Cuba. This was the first successful hijacking to Cuba from the U.S. since 1961, and was the start of multiple hijacking attempts to Cuba in the late 1960s. This coincided with the introduction of pas...
Date: September 8, 1970
Flight: DL439
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Location: Unknown
Summary: September 8, 1970: Delta Air Lines Flight 439, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 inbound from Chicago O'Hare International Airport attempting an instrument landing at night at Muhammad Ali International Airport (then Louisville-Standiford Field), landed 156 feet short of the runway thr...
Date: May 30, 1972
Flight: DL9570
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Location: Greater Southwest International Airport
Summary: May 30, 1972: Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 , crashed during a training exercise while attempting to land at Greater Southwest International Airport . The probable cause of the accident was wake turbulence resulting from a preceding American Airlines D...
Date: July 31, 1972
Flight: DL841
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Boston to pick up an international navigator
Summary: July 31, 1972: Delta Air Lines Flight 841 , a flight from Detroit to Miami, was hijacked to Algiers, Algeria by eight hijackers. The DC-8 aircraft stopped in Boston to pick up an international navigator. The flight was allowed to return with passengers to the U.S., stopping in...
Date: December 20, 1972
Flight: DL954
Aircraft: Convair 880
Location: Unknown
Summary: December 20, 1972: Delta Air Lines Flight 954 a Convair 880 , was at O'Hare International Airport taxiing across runway 27L in heavy fog. At the same time, North Central Airlines Flight 575, a DC-9-31, took off from the same runway. The aircraft collided killing 10 on board th...
Date: July 31, 1973
Flight: DL723
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Manchester
Summary: July 31, 1973: Delta Air Lines Flight 723 , operating as a DC-9, was on its scheduled flight from Burlington International Airport to Logan International Airport with a stopover at Manchester , the plane had been vectored to intercept runway 4R, however the air traffic control...
Date: November 27, 1973
Flight: DL516
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
Summary: November 27, 1973: Delta Air Lines Flight 516 , a DC-9, crashed into approach lights during a thunderstorm at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport , injuring 75 passengers and severely injuring 4.
Date: February 22, 1974
Flight: DL523
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: February 22, 1974: Delta Air Lines Flight 523 , operating a DC-9, was hijacked when Samuel Byck , an unemployed tire salesman from Pennsylvania, shot and killed an Aviation Police Officer, then stormed aboard the Delta Air Lines flight, at Baltimore Friendship Airport (now Bal...
Date: April 12, 1977
Flight: DL1080
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011
Location: Unknown
Summary: April 12, 1977: Delta Air Lines Flight 1080 , a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar , was mid-flight on the San Diego to Los Angeles leg en route to Atlanta . The left elevator of the L-1011 stuck in the upwards position, causing the plane to pitch upward, and nearly put the plane into a...
Date: June 11, 1979
Flight: DL1061
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Cuba
Summary: June 11, 1979: Delta Air Lines Flight 1061, a L-1011, was hijacked while operating its flight between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Fort Lauderdale. The flight landed safely in Cuba.
Date: August 23, 1980
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: August 23, 1980, a Delta Air Lines L-1011 on a San Juan to Los Angeles flight, was hijacked and flown to Cuba. The hijacker was jailed by Cuban authorities, and all passengers were released unharmed.
Date: September 13, 1980
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Havana
Summary: September 13, 1980: a Delta Air Lines Flight from New Orleans to Atlanta, was taken over by two hijackers and forced to fly to Cuba. The flight continued to Atlanta after stopping in Havana. The hijackers were imprisoned by Cuban authorities. One hijacker was released and late...
Date: July 17, 1983
Flight: DL722
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cuba
Summary: July 17, 1983: Delta Air Lines Flight 722, a Boeing 727 , was hijacked while operating its flight between Miami and Tampa. The flight landed safely in Cuba.
Date: August 18, 1983
Flight: DL784
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cuba
Summary: August 18, 1983: Delta Air Lines Flight 784, a Boeing 727, was hijacked while operating its flight between Miami and Tampa. The flight landed safely in Cuba.
Date: March 28, 1984
Flight: DL357
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cuba
Summary: March 28, 1984: Delta Air Lines Flight 357, a Boeing 727 , was hijacked while operating its flight between New Orleans and Dallas. The flight landed safely in Cuba.
Date: August 2, 1985
Flight: DL191
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011
Location: Unknown
Summary: August 2, 1985: Delta Air Lines Flight 191 , operating a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, on a Fort Lauderdale – Dallas/Fort Worth - Los Angeles route, suffered a severe microburst -induced wind shear which caused the plane to crash. 134 out of 163 on board were killed (2 survivors di...
Date: August 31, 1988
Flight: DL1141
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Unknown
Summary: August 31, 1988: Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 , a Boeing 727 , crashed shortly after takeoff from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport bound for Salt Lake City, Utah . The investigation stated the probable cause of this accident to be improper configuration of the flaps and...
Date: October 14, 1989
Flight: DL1554
Aircraft: Boeing 727-232
Location: Salt Lake City International Airport preparing for a flight to Edmonton International Airport when it caught fire due to a faulty oxygen system that was never repaired correctly
Summary: October 14, 1989: Delta Air Lines Flight 1554, operating a Boeing 727-232 , was parked at Salt Lake City International Airport preparing for a flight to Edmonton International Airport when it caught fire due to a faulty oxygen system that was never repaired correctly. Smoke qu...
Date: January 7, 1992
Flight: DL1581
Aircraft: Boeing 737
Location: Unknown
Summary: January 7, 1992: Delta Air Lines Flight 1581, operating a Boeing 737 , was taking off from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport , when the right engine separated due to metal fatigue and poor maintenance. The aircraft was able to return to Dallas.
Date: July 6, 1996
Flight: DL1288
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Location: Unknown
Summary: July 6, 1996: Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 , operating a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 , suffered an uncontained engine failure of the port (left) engine on the aircraft resulted in a fan hub piercing the cabin. The flight was scheduled to fly to Atlanta. Two passengers were killed....
Date: October 19, 1996
Flight: DL554
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Location: LaGuardia Airport in New York City
Summary: October 19, 1996: Delta Air Lines Flight 554 , operating a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 , crashed while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The aircraft struck the runway approach lights and then the runway edge, shearing off the main landing gear. The aircraft, N914DL,...
Date: March 31, 2002
Flight: DL12
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Location: McDonnell Douglas MD
Summary: March 31, 2002: Delta Air Lines Flight 12, a, McDonnell Douglas MD-11 , experienced a fire warning in the number 2 (center) engine and diverted to Charlotte Douglas International Airport where an emergency evacuation was initiated. However, the warning was revealed to be erron...
Date: August 27, 2006
Flight: DL5191
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Fayette County
Summary: August 27, 2006: Comair Flight 5191 , marketed to passengers as Delta Connection 5191 , was in a fatal crash involving a Delta Air Lines -owned regional carrier. An attempted takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky resulted in a crash that killed 47 passeng...
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: November 2008: The airline temporarily cancelled its flights to Mumbai Airport due to passenger and crew safety during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai led by 10 Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. Delta resumed its flights once the attacks ended after the last attacker...
Date: December 25, 2009
Flight: DL253
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: December 25, 2009: The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 occurred six days before the operating certificates of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines were combined (December 31, 2009). The aircraft involved in the incident was in Delta livery and reported in...
Date: March 5, 2015
Flight: DL1086
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: LaGuardia Airport
Summary: March 5, 2015: Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 , operating an MD-88 , crashed while landing in heavy snowfall at LaGuardia Airport . The aircraft lost grip and departed the left side of runway 13 while traveling approximately 100 mph (87 kn; 160 km/h), coming to res...
Date: June 17, 2015
Flight: DL159
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Location: Unknown
Summary: June 17, 2015: Delta Air Lines Flight 159, a Boeing 747-400 registered N664US, from Detroit to Seoul-Incheon , flew through a severe hailstorm and turbulence over the Chinese Airspace, causing severe interior damage and to the nose cone, engines, and wing leading edges. Despit...
Date: January 14, 2020
Flight: DL89
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200E
Location: Unknown
Summary: January 14, 2020: Delta Air Lines Flight 89 , a Boeing 777-200ER , was on its scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport . After taking off, the crew reported a compressor stall on the number two (right) engine. The air tra...
Date: June 23, 2023
Flight: DL1111
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Location: San Antonio International Airport
Summary: June 23, 2023: Delta Air Lines Flight 1111, operating with an Airbus A319 , was taxiing to the gate after landing at San Antonio International Airport , when an airport ramp worker employed by Unifi was ingested into the right engine of the aircraft and subsequently killed. Th...
Date: September 1, 2023
Flight: DL194
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Location: Unknown
Summary: September 1, 2023: Delta Air Lines Flight 194, operating with an Airbus A350-900 , returned to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a passenger suffered a severe case of diarrhea .
Date: January 1, 2024
Flight: DL2348
Aircraft: Airbus A220-100
Location: Unknown
Summary: January 1, 2024: Delta Air Lines Flight 2348, operating an Airbus A220-100 out of Salt Lake City International Airport , was being de-iced in preparation to depart to San Francisco International Airport , when a passenger (ticketed for a different flight to Denver Internationa...
Date: January 20, 2024
Flight: DL982
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Unknown
Summary: January 20, 2024: Delta Air Lines Flight 982, a Boeing 757-200, lost its nose wheel just before taking off. Flight 982 was about to fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Bogotá , Colombia during the incident. None of the 184 passengers and six crew membe...
Date: August 27, 2024
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Atlanta
Summary: August 27, 2024: A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 was undergoing maintenance when a tire explosion killed a Delta Air Lines employee and a contractor, and injured another Delta Air Lines employee in a maintenance facility at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in...
Date: September 10, 2024
Flight: DL295
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Location: Unknown
Summary: September 10, 2024: Delta Air Lines Flight 295, operated by an Airbus A350-900 with 236 people on board, collided with a Bombardier CRJ900 with 59 people on board operating as Delta Connection Flight 5526 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport . Both aircraft were...
Date: February 17, 2025
Flight: DL4819
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Toronto Pearson International Airport
Summary: February 17, 2025: Delta Connection Flight 4819 , operated by a Bombardier CRJ900 with the registration N932XJ, crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport , causing it to flip over on the runway. There were 21 injuries reported. All 80 passengers and crew s...
Date: February 24, 2025
Flight: DL876
Aircraft: Boeing 717
Location: Unknown
Summary: February 24, 2025: Delta Air Lines Flight 876, a Boeing 717 aircraft traveling from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Columbia Metropolitan Airport , was forced to make an emergency landing back to Atlanta shortly after takeoff after the cabin filled with thi...
Date: April 21, 2025
Flight: DL1213
Aircraft: Airbus A330
Location: Unknown
Summary: April 21, 2025: Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, an Airbus A330 traveling from Orlando International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport , caught fire on its right engine before take-off. 282 passengers evacuated the aircraft via air slides; there were also...
Date: July 18, 2025
Flight: DL446
Aircraft: Boeing 767-400
Location: Unknown
Summary: July 18, 2025: Delta Air Lines Flight 446, a Boeing 767-400 , caught fire mid-air shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport . However, due to the incident, the pilot turned around and returned to the airport around...
Date: July 30, 2025
Flight: DL56
Aircraft: Airbus A330-900
Location: Unknown
Summary: July 30, 2025: Delta Air Lines Flight 56, an Airbus A330-900 traveling from Salt Lake City International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , encountered severe turbulence while cruising over Wyoming , injuring several occupants. The aircraft was diverted to Minneapolis–Sai...
Date: October 1, 2025
Flight: DL5155
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: LaGuardia Airport
Summary: October 1, 2025: Delta Connection Flight 5155 and Delta Connection Flight 5047, both being a Bombardier CRJ900 and operated by Endeavor Air were involved in a low speed collision at LaGuardia Airport . The wing of one aircraft struck the front end of the other. One flight atte...
Date: March 29, 2026
Flight: DL104
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Location: Unknown
Summary: March 29, 2026: Delta flight DL104, an Airbus A330-300 registered N813NW, departing from Sao Paulo, Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil, had an engine failure and engine explosion right after take off with a fire on the engine that could be seen from the ground, leaving a trail of smoke a...
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Accident Stinson Model A NC14599, 14 Aug 1935" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on November 9, 2017 . Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for NC20750 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on March 14, 2022.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3C NC49657 Columbus, GA" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on March 24, 2012 . Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 NC37478 Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW)" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on November 9, 2012 . Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DST-318
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DST-318 (DC-3) N28345 Marshall, TX" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on March 21, 2015 . Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N8804E at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on May 9, 2023.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N4875C at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on February 28, 2022.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: DC
Summary: ^ "Crashed short, Delta Air Lines, Inc., DC-8, N802E, New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana, March 30, 1967" (PDF) . National Transportation Safety Board . December 20, 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2019 . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-51
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-51 N802E New Orleans, LA" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on March 2, 2006 . Retrieved January 28, 2007 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "From FAA Officers to Air Marshals: An Early History of Airline Hijackings and Security in America 1961-1970" (PDF) . faa.gov . Retrieved July 5, 2023 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Accident description for N3329L at Aviation Safety Network" . aviationsafetynetwork.org . Retrieved January 31, 2025 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-9-14 N3305L Fort Worth-Greater Southwest Airport, TX (GSW)" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on February 25, 2006 . Retrieved February 1, 2007 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Delta Hijacking" . NBC Nightly News . Vanderbilt Television News Archive. August 1, 1972. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013 . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Algiers" . Aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012 . Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "NTSB Report AAR73-15" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on May 7, 2012 . Retrieved November 19, 2011 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32,
Location: McDonnell Douglas DC
Summary: ^ "Landed short, Delta Air Lines, Inc., McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, N3323L, Chattanooga Municipal Airport, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 27, 1973" (PDF) . National Transportation Safety Board . November 8, 1974. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 15, 2010 . Retriev...
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 N3323L Chattanooga Municipal Airport, TN (CHA)" . aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on June 6, 2011 . Retrieved December 23, 2008 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Patrick Smith on Airline Security" . Schneier on Security . Schneier.com. June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012 . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Hijack Attempt" . CBS Evening News . Vanderbilt Television News Archive. February 22, 1974. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012 . Retrieved May 11, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for Delta Air Lines DC-9 attempted hijacking at BWI Airport 2/22/1974 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on July 5, 2023.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011 TriStar registration unknown Havana" . Aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on September 5, 2005 . Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "CUBA: Havana-Bound" . Time . August 25, 1980. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019 . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Madeline BarM
Summary: ^ Diaz, Madeline BarM-s (August 17, 2002). "Tip Yields Arrest Of Hijack Suspect" . Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on June 25, 2021 . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Cuban Man Gets 10 Years for Hijacking" . Huron Daily Tribune . March 11, 2003. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019 . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727 registration unknown Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)" . Aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012 . Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727 registration unknown Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)" . Aviation-safety.net . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012 . Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727 registration unknown Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)" . Aviation-safety.net . March 28, 1984. Archived from the original on September 9, 2005 . Retrieved March 1, 2009 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: DL191
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Delta Flight 191 Incident at DFW Airport" . weather.gov . National Weather Service . Retrieved October 23, 2023 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: DL191
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "N726DA, Delta Flight 191 Accident at DFW Airport" . aviation-safety.net . Retrieved March 16, 2024 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N530DA at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on March 14, 2022.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Incident Final Report" . National Transportation Safety Board . 1993-06-30. FTW92IA055. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29 . Retrieved 2021-10-29 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N927DA at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on December 22, 2023.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "2 Killed as Engine Parts Pierce Cabin of Delta Jet" . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press . July 7, 1996. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019 . Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N914DL at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on December 19, 2022.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report" . www.ntsb.gov . National Transportation Safety Board. 2004-04-28. MIA02FA075 . Retrieved 2024-01-28 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: DL5191
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Attempted Takeoff From Wrong Runway Comair Flight 5191" (PDF) . www.ntsb.gov . National Transportation Safety Board. 2006-08-27 . Retrieved 2025-06-29 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Luthra
Summary: ^ Prada, Paulo; Daniel Fitzpatrick; Nitin Luthra; Dan Michaels; Jeanne Whalen (27 November 2008). "Mumbai Notebook: Squeeze to India's Cash-Strapped Carriers" . Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 3 December 2008 . Retrieved 27 November 2008 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: DL253
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ Weber, Harry (March 18, 2010). "Delta's Flight 253 Passengers Get Travel Vouchers From Delta After Foiled Terror Plot" . HuffPost . Associated Press . Archived from the original on January 2, 2010.
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ ‹The template ASN accident is being considered for deletion .›   Accident description for N909DL at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on December 26, 2023.
Date: Unknown
Flight: DL1086
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "NTSB Final Report:Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 Runway Excursion During Landing at LaGuardia Airport" (PDF) . ntsb.gov . Retrieved December 26, 2023 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Boeing 747-451
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Boeing 747-451 N664US, Wednesday 17 June 2015" . asn.flightsafety.org .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ Dazio, Stefanie (2020-01-14). "FAA investigating Delta jet fuel-dumping on schoolkids" . CTVNews . Retrieved 2024-03-10 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ Abend, Les (2020-01-22). "Pilot: The mystery of Delta flight's fuel dump" . CNN . Retrieved 2024-03-10 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Jet dumps fuel that lands on schoolkids near Los Angeles" . AP News . 2020-01-14 . Retrieved 2024-03-10 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Texas died by suicide
Summary: ^ Sutton, Joe; Razek, Raja (June 26, 2023). "Airport worker 'ingested' into plane engine in Texas died by suicide, medical examiner's office says" . CNN . CNN . Retrieved July 4, 2023 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "Incident involving N370NB" . aviation-safety.net . Retrieved August 3, 2023 .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "abc7.com/post/passenger-with-diarrhea-on-flight-explosive-delta-video/13743341/ The CNN Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved " .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: ^ "people.com/delta-flight-diverted-after-passenger-suffers-diarrhea-7965386 from google ( 1 sep 2023 dl 194 diarrhea aisle ) result 6 : simplified text : publish date : 5 sep 2023 2:26 pm edt . scriber : Michael Lee Simpson . a Delta flight from Atlanta, G...
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Salt Lake City Airport
Summary: ^ Chasan, Aliza (2024-01-02). "Man dies after crawling into plane engine at Salt Lake City Airport, officials say" . CBS .
Date: Unknown
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Unknown
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Summary: ^ Lagatta, Eric (January 2, 2024). "Utah man dies in airplane engine at Salt Lake City airport" . USA Today .
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Summary: ^ Pitts, Emma (January 10, 2024). "Salt Lake City Department of Airports explains security procedures following man's death in airplane engine" . The Deseret .
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Summary: ^ "Nose wheel comes off Delta Boeing 757 shortly before takeoff" . CNN . 24 January 2024.
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Summary: ^ "Accident description for N683DA at Aviation Safety Network" . aviationsafetynetwork.org . Retrieved November 7, 2024 .
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Summary: ^ "Delta aircraft, regional jet involved in taxiway incident in Atlanta" . Delta News Hub . September 10, 2024.
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Summary: ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Bombardier CRJ-900LR N302PQ, Tuesday 10 September 2024" . asn.flightsafety.org . Retrieved 2025-01-20 .
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Aircraft: Airbus A350-941
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Summary: ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Airbus A350-941 N503DN, Tuesday 10 September 2024" . asn.flightsafety.org . Retrieved 2025-01-20 .
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Summary: ^ "Delta Air Lines CRJ900 Crashes at Toronto Pearson" . airwaysmag.com . Retrieved 2025-02-17 .
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Summary: ^ "Accident description for N932XJ at Aviation Safety Network" . asn.flightsafety.org . Retrieved February 18, 2025 .
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Summary: ^ "Haze or smoke on Delta plane forces passengers to evacuate via slides at Atlanta airport" . abcnews.go.com . Retrieved 2025-02-24 .
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Location: Orlando airport
Summary: ^ "Delta plane engine catches fire at Orlando airport, passengers evacuate on slides - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . April 21, 2025.
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Summary: ^ "Delta flight makes emergency landing at LAX following visible engine fire captured on video" . www.foxnews.com . July 20, 2025.
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Summary: ^ "Accident description for N422DZ at Aviation Safety Network" . asn.flightsafety.org . Retrieved July 31, 2025 .
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Summary: David C. Garrett Jr.
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Summary: History of Delta Air Lines
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Summary: Republic Airlines Southern Airways
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Summary: North Central Airlines
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Summary: Merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines
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Summary: Columbus mid-air collision (1947)
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Summary: China Eastern Airlines (3%)
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Summary: LATAM Airlines (10%)
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Summary: Unifi Aviation (49%)
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Summary: Virgin Atlantic (49%)
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Summary: Atlantic Southeast Airlines
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Summary: Chicago and Southern Air Lines
Date: September 11, 2001
Flight: DL1989
Aircraft: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Summary: September 11, 2001: Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 was a suspected hijacked aircraft during the 9/11 attacks , Air traffic control thought they had heard “Mayday! Get out of here!” coming from Delta 1989, the plane was diverted to Cleveland where it landed without any injuries or...
Deruluft (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 January 1935
Flight: D-AREN
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Location: Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin , Poland)
Summary: Wing icing, loss of control
Date: 7 March 1935
Flight: D-AJYP Schönberg
Aircraft: Rohrbach Roland II
Location: Schievelbein, Germany (now Świdwin , Poland)
Summary: Structural failure
Date: 6 December 1936
Flight: URSS-D311 Yastreb
Aircraft: Tupolev ANT-9
Location: near Nemirovo, Moscow Oblast
Summary: Navaid failures, navigation errors, CFIT
DHL Aviation (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 July 2002
Flight: Flight 611
Aircraft: Boeing 757-23APF
Location: Überlingen
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Bashkirian Airlines Tu-154
Date: 22 November 2003
Flight: OO-DLL
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-203F
Location: Baghdad
Summary: Missile attack, loss of controls
Date: 7 April 2022
Flight: Flight 7216
Aircraft: Boeing 757-27A (PCF)
Location: Juan Santamaría Int'l Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
Dominicana de Aviación (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 January 1948
Flight: HI-6
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: near Yamasa
Summary: Weather, navigation error
Date: 17 July 1958
Flight: Flight 402
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46A
Location: General Andrews Int'l Airport
Summary: Engine problems, pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 23 June 1969
Flight: Flight 401
Aircraft: Aviation Traders Carvair
Location: near Miami International Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot errors
Date: 15 February 1970
Flight: HI-177
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: near Santo Domingo
Summary: Double engine failure, loss of control
Date: 5 September 1993
Flight: HI-617CA
Aircraft: Boeing 727-281
Location: Las Americas Airport
Summary: Electrical fire, aircraft burned out
Downeast Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 May 1979
Flight: Flight 46
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 200
Location: Rockland, Maine
Summary: Pilot error (improper IFR operation)
EAS Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 May 2002
Flight: Flight 4226
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-525FT
Location: Kano
Summary: Pilot error
Eastern Air Lines (32 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 December 1936
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-112
Location: near Milford
Summary: Pilot error, ATC error
Date: 10 August 1937
Flight: Flight 7
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-112
Location: Daytona Beach
Summary: CFIT (power pole)
Date: 26 February 1941
Flight: Flight 21
Aircraft: Douglas DST-318A
Location: near Atlanta
Summary: Incorrect altimeter setting, CFIT
Date: 12 July 1945
Flight: Flight 45
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201C
Location: over Lamar, South Carolina
Summary: Mid-air collision with a USAAF A-26
Date: 7 September 1945
Flight: Flight 42
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201G
Location: Florence, South Carolina
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown
Date: 30 December 1945
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201
Location: Flushing Bay near LaGuardia Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 18 January 1946
Flight: Flight 105
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201E
Location: Cheshire, Connecticut
Summary: Fuel leak, in-flight fire, partial wing failure, loss of control
Date: 12 January 1947
Flight: Flight 665
Aircraft: Douglas C-49
Location: near Galax, Virginia
Summary: Navigation error, deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 30 May 1947
Flight: Flight 605
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: Port Deposit, Maryland
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 13 January 1948
Flight: Flight 572
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201F
Location: Oxon Hill, Maryland
Summary: Crew error, disregard of procedure
Date: 7 February 1948
Flight: Flight 611
Aircraft: Lockheed L-649 Constellation
Location: off Jacksonville, Florida
Summary: Propeller failure, fuselage penetration
Date: 30 July 1949
Flight: Flight 557
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-201D
Location: over Chesterfield, New Jersey
Summary: Mid-air collision with a USN F6F Hellcat
Date: 1 November 1949
Flight: Flight 537
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: over Arlington, Virginia
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Bolivian Air Force P-38
Date: 19 July 1951
Flight: Flight 601
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Curles Neck Farm
Summary: Forced landing
Date: 19 October 1953
Flight: Flight 627
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Idlewild Int'l Airport
Summary: Spatial disorientation, pilot error
Date: 21 December 1955
Flight: Flight 642
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Summary: Pilot error for reasons unknown
Date: 28 June 1957
Flight: N808D
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Location: Miami Int'l Airport
Summary: Ground collision with an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1049 Constellation
Date: 4 October 1960
Flight: Flight 375
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188 Electra
Location: Logan Int'l Airport
Summary: Bird strikes
Date: 30 November 1962
Flight: Flight 512
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Location: Queens
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 28 February 1963
Flight: N842D
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Boston
Summary: Person ran into propeller (suicide)
Date: 25 February 1964
Flight: Flight 304
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-21
Location: Lake Pontchartrain
Summary: Pitch trim compensator failure, loss of control
Date: 16 July 1964
Flight: N809D
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Location: Richmond
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Date: 8 February 1965
Flight: Flight 663
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Location: Jones Beach
Summary: Near-miss, evasive maneuvers, spatial disorientation
Date: 4 December 1965
Flight: Flight 853
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049C Constellation
Location: over Carmel, New York
Summary: Mid-air collision with a TWA Boeing 707 due to optical illusion and pilot error
Date: 4 December 1971
Flight: N8943N
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: over Raleigh
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 206
Date: 18 May 1972
Flight: Flight 346
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 29 December 1972
Flight: Flight 401
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1
Location: Everglades
Summary: CFIT
Date: 11 September 1974
Flight: Flight 212
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Charlotte
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 June 1975
Flight: Flight 66
Aircraft: Boeing 727-225
Location: Queens
Summary: Weather, wind shear from a microburst
Date: 5 May 1983
Flight: Flight 855
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
Location: near Miami
Summary: Dual engine failure due to improper maintenance
Date: 1 January 1985
Flight: Flight 980
Aircraft: Boeing 727-225
Location: Nevado Illimani
Summary: CFIT
Date: 3 October 1990
Flight: Flight 791
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: over Cape Canaveral
Summary: Severe turbulence, pilot error, crew error
Eastern Provincial Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 May 1962
Flight: CF-IHA
Aircraft: Canadian-Vickers PBV-1A Canso
Location: Godthåb harbour (now Nuuk)
Summary: Sank on landing
EasySky (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 December 2012
Flight: Flight 734
Aircraft: British Aerospace Jetstream 31
Location: Ramón Villeda Morales Int'l Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
EgyptAir (14 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 March 1972
Flight: Flight 763
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Shamsan Mountains
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 December 1972
Flight: SU-AOW
Aircraft: Boeing 707-366C
Location: Beni Suef, Egypt
Summary: Possible engine separation
Date: 29 January 1973
Flight: Flight 741
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: Kyrenia Mountains
Summary: CFIT
Date: 10 July 1974
Flight: SU-AXB Nefertiti
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154
Location: near Cairo
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 9 December 1974
Flight: YR-IMK (leased from Tarom)
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: Red Sea
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 August 1976
Flight: Flight 321
Aircraft: Boeing 737-266
Location: Luxor Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 25 December 1976
Flight: Flight 864
Aircraft: Boeing 707-366C
Location: Bangkok
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 November 1985
Flight: Flight 648
Aircraft: Boeing 737-266
Location: Luqa , Malta
Summary: Hijacking, burned out on the ground
Date: 21 September 1987
Flight: SU-BCA
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-203
Location: Luxor Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 31 October 1999
Flight: Flight 990 Thutmosis III
Aircraft: Boeing 767-366ER
Location: Nantucket
Summary: (disputed)
Date: 7 May 2002
Flight: Flight 843
Aircraft: Boeing 737-566
Location: near Carthage Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 29 March 2016
Flight: Flight 181
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: Larnaca Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 29 July 2011
Flight: Flight 667 Nefertiti
Aircraft: Boeing 777-266ER
Location: Cairo International Airport
Summary: Cockpit fire
Date: 19 May 2016
Flight: Flight 804
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Summary: Oxygen leak, cockpit fire
Eirjet (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 March 2006
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Ballykelly Airfield
Summary: Pilot error, landed at wrong airport
El Al (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 November 1951
Flight: 4X-ADN
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: near Kloten Airport
Summary: Crashed on approach
Date: 27 July 1955
Flight: Flight 402/26
Aircraft: Lockheed L-149 Constellation
Location: near Petrich
Summary: Shot down
Date: 6 September 1970
Flight: Flight 219
Aircraft: Boeing 707-458
Location: Amsterdam
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 4 October 1992
Flight: Flight 1862
Aircraft: Boeing 747-258F
Location: Amsterdam
Summary: Metal fatigue, engine separation
Emirates (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 March 2009
Flight: Flight 407
Aircraft: Airbus A340-541
Location: Melbourne Airport
Summary: Crew error, tailstrike on takeoff
Date: 3 August 2016
Flight: Flight 521
Aircraft: Boeing 777-31H
Location: Dubai International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crash during go-around
Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 February 1969
Flight: Flight 104
Aircraft: Handley Page Herald 201
Location: near Tainan
Summary: Possible engine failure, CFIT
Date: 20 February 1970
Flight: B-243
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Taipei
Summary: CFIT
Date: 31 July 1975
Flight: Flight 134
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 837
Location: Taipei Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 22 August 1981
Flight: Flight 103
Aircraft: Boeing 737-222
Location: near Taipei
Summary: Severe fuselage corrosion, explosive decompression, in-flight breakup
Date: 25 October 1993
Flight: Flight 116
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Kaohsiung Int'l Airport
Summary: Engine failure, runway overrun
Date: 10 March 1997
Flight: Flight 128
Aircraft: Boeing 757-2Q8
Location: Xiamen Airport
Summary: Hijacking
FedEx Express (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 April 1994
Flight: Flight 705 John Peter Jr.
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 31 July 1997
Flight: Flight 14 Joshua
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Location: Newark International Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 18 December 2003
Flight: Flight 647 Amber
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F
Location: Memphis International Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 28 July 2006
Flight: Flight 630 Chandra
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F
Location: Memphis International Airport
Summary: Improper maintenance, landing gear failure, runway excursion
Date: 23 March 2009
Flight: Flight 80
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Location: Narita Int'l Airport
Summary: Windshear, loss of control
Date: 26 October 2016
Flight: Flight 910
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F
Location: Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
Summary: Metal fatigue, landing gear failure
Finnair /Aero OY (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 November 1927
Flight: K-SALD
Aircraft: Junkers F.13
Location: Gulf of Finland
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 10 November 1937
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52
Location: Baltic Sea
Summary: Broken propeller blade, engine separation
Date: 14 June 1940
Flight: Flight 1631 Kaleva
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Location: Gulf of Finland off Keri Island
Summary: Shot down
Date: 7 November 1941
Flight: OH-LAK Sampo
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mce
Location: Gulf of Finland off Turku
Summary: Contaminated fuel, triple engine failure, water ditching
Date: 31 October 1945
Flight: OH-LAK
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mce
Location: Hyvinkää
Summary: Radio problems, CFIT
Date: 3 January 1961
Flight: Flight 311
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Kvevlax
Summary: Pilot error, stall (pilot was intoxicated and sleep deprived)
Date: 8 November 1963
Flight: Flight 217
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mariehamn
Summary: Misread altimeter, CFIT
Date: 27 November 2010
Flight: Flight 070
Aircraft: Airbus A340-313X
Location: Chep Lap Kok Airport
Summary: Attempted to takeoff from taxiway
First Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 August 2011
Flight: Flight 6560
Aircraft: Boeing 737-210C
Location: Resolute, Nunavut , Canada
Summary: CFIT
Flash Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 January 2004
Flight: Flight 604
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3Q8
Location: Sharm el-Sheikh
Summary: Loss of control (due to spatial disorientation)
Flydubai (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 March 2016
Flight: Flight 981
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8KN
Location: Rostov-on-Don Airport
Summary: Crew error, spatial disorientation
Flying Tiger Line (15 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 July 1950
Flight: N67960
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: Denver
Summary: Poor takeoff performance for reasons unknown
Date: 7 January 1953
Flight: Flight 841
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: Squak Mountain
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
Date: 24 September 1955
Flight: Flight 7413-23
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Crew error, fuel exhaustion, engine failure, water ditching
Date: 9 September 1958
Flight: N6920C
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Mount Ōyama
Summary: CFIT
Date: 15 March 1962
Flight: Flight 739
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 15 March 1962
Flight: Flight 7816
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Adak
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 23 September 1962
Flight: Flight 923
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Crew error, triple engine failure, water ditching
Date: 14 December 1962
Flight: Flight 183
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal
Summary: Pilot incapacitation, loss of control
Date: 24 December 1964
Flight: Flight 282
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: San Bruno Mountain
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown
Date: 15 December 1965
Flight: Flight 914
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: California Peak
Summary: Spatial disorientation
Date: 21 March 1966
Flight: Flight 6303
Aircraft: Canadair CL-44D4-2
Location: Naval Station Norfolk
Summary: Crew error
Date: 24 December 1966
Flight: N228SW
Aircraft: Canadair CL-44D4-1
Location: Da Nang
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 27 July 1970
Flight: Flight 45
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63AF
Location: Okinawa
Summary: Crew error
Date: 25 October 1983
Flight: Flight 2468
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Naval Station Norfolk
Summary: Crew error, ATC error, runway overrun
Date: 19 February 1989
Flight: Flight 066 Thomas Haywood
Aircraft: Boeing 747-249F
Location: near Kuala Lumpur
Summary: ATC error, CFIT
FlyMontserrat (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 October 2012
Flight: Flight 107
Aircraft: Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Location: V.C. Bird Int'l Airport
Summary: Contaminated fuel, loss of engine power, loss of control
Formosa Airlines (now Mandarin Airlines ) (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 August 1990
Flight: B-12268
Aircraft: Dornier 228-201
Location: Orchid Island Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 28 February 1993
Flight: B-12238
Aircraft: Dornier 228-201
Location: off Orchid Island
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 14 June 1993
Flight: B-12298
Aircraft: Dornier 228-201
Location: Green Island Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 15 June 1995
Flight: B-12288
Aircraft: Dornier 228-201
Location: Taitung Airport
Summary: Belly landing
Date: 18 June 1995
Flight: B-12208
Aircraft: Dornier 228-201
Location: Green Island Airport
Summary: Loss of control (while taxiing)
Date: 5 April 1996
Flight: Flight 7613
Aircraft: Dornier 228-212
Location: off Matsu Beigan Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error
Date: 10 August 1997
Flight: Flight 7601
Aircraft: Dornier 228-212
Location: near Matsu Beigan Airport
Summary: Weather, aborted landing, CFIT
Date: 18 March 1998
Flight: B-12255
Aircraft: Saab 340B
Location: off Hsinchu
Summary: Partial electrical failure, poor visibility, pilot fatigue, crew disregard of procedure
Fuji Air Lines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 February 1964
Flight: Flight 902
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-0
Location: Oita Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Fujita Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 August 1963
Flight: JA6155
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 1B
Location: Mount Hachijō–Fuji
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Germanwings (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 March 2015
Flight: Flight 9525
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: Prads-Haute-Bléone
Summary: Deliberate crash (by co-pilot)
Globe Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 April 1967
Flight: HB-ITD
Aircraft: Bristol Britannia 313
Location: near Nicosia Airport
Summary: CFIT in bad weather
Gol Transportes Aéreos (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 September 2006
Flight: Flight 1907
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8EH
Location: Mato Grosso
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Embraer Legacy
Golden West Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 January 1975
Flight: Flight 261
Aircraft: de Havilland Twin Otter
Location: Whittier, California
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 150
Gulf Air (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 September 1983
Flight: Flight 771
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Jebel Ali
Summary: Terrorism, bombing
Date: 23 August 2000
Flight: Flight 072
Aircraft: Airbus A320-212
Location: Al Muharraq
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Handley Page Transport (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 December 1920
Flight: G-EAMA
Aircraft: Handley Page O/400
Location: Golders Green
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 14 January 1922
Flight: G-EATN
Aircraft: Handley Page O/10
Location: near Le Bourget Airport
Summary: Crash on approach
Hapag-Lloyd Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 July 2000
Flight: Flight 3378
Aircraft: Airbus A310-304
Location: Schwechat International Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, fuel depletion
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 February 1969
Flight: Flight 708
Aircraft: Douglas C-49J
Location: Mount Whitney
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Helios Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 August 2005
Flight: Flight 522
Aircraft: Boeing 737-31S
Location: Marathon , Greece
Summary: Gradual depressurization, pilot incapacitation, fuel exhaustion
Henan Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 August 2010
Flight: Flight 8387
Aircraft: Embraer E-190
Location: Lindu Airport
Summary: CFIT
Hillman's Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 October 1934
Flight: G-ACPM
Aircraft: de Havilland Dragon Rapide
Location: English Channel off Folkestone
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Horizon Air (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 April 1988
Flight: Flight 2658
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
Location: Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Summary: Engine fire, runway excursion, collision with jetways
Date: 10 August 2018
Flight: N449QX
Aircraft: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Location: Ketron Island
Summary: Aircraft stolen, CFIT (suicide)
IAS Cargo Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 May 1977
Flight: G-BEBP (operated by Dan-Air)
Aircraft: Boeing 707-321C
Location: Lusaka Airport
Summary: Structural failure, loss of control, design defect
Iberia Airlines (12 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 December 1939
Flight: M-CABA
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3m
Location: off Europa Point
Summary: Accidental shoot-down
Date: 23 December 1948
Flight: EC-ABK
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Pandols Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 October 1957
Flight: EC-ACH
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Getafe
Summary: Engine fire, engine separation, loss of control
Date: 29 April 1959
Flight: EC-ABC
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Sierra de Valdemeca
Summary: Weather, deviation from route
Date: 12 October 1962
Flight: EC-ATB
Aircraft: Convair CV-440-62
Location: near Carmona
Summary: CFIT
Date: 31 March 1965
Flight: EC-ATH
Aircraft: Convair CV-440-62
Location: off Tangier Airport
Summary: Stall for reasons unknown
Date: 5 May 1965
Flight: Flight 401
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Location: Los Rodeos Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 4 November 1967
Flight: Flight 062
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle 10R
Location: Black Down, Sussex
Summary: Excessive descent for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 7 January 1972
Flight: Flight 602
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR
Location: near Ibiza Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 March 1973
Flight: Flight 504
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: near Nantes , France
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Spantax Convair 990
Date: 7 December 1983
Flight: Flight 350
Aircraft: Boeing 727-256
Location: Madrid Airport
Summary: Runway collision with an Aviaco DC-9
Date: 19 February 1985
Flight: Flight 610 Alhambra de Grenada
Aircraft: Boeing 727-256
Location: near Bilbao
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Icelandic Airlines (Loftleiðir) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 September 1950
Flight: TF-RVC Geysir
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: Vatnajökull
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 June 1973
Flight: Flight 509
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61CF
Location: John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport
Summary: Crew error
Date: 15 November 1978
Flight: Flight 001 (operated by Garuda Indonesia)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Colombo Airport , Sri Lanka
Summary: Crashed on approach, cause disputed
Imperial Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 November 1961
Flight: Flight 201/8
Aircraft: Lockheed L-049E Constellation
Location: near Richmond Int'l Airport
Summary: Poor CRM , triple engine failure
Imperial Airways (25 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 December 1924
Flight: G-EBBX
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.34
Location: Purley
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 21 October 1926
Flight: G-EMBS Prince Henry
Aircraft: Handley Page W.10
Location: English Channel
Summary: Engine failure, water ditching
Date: 13 July 1928
Flight: G-EBLB
Aircraft: Vickers Vulcan
Location: Purley, Surrey
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 17 June 1929
Flight: G-EBMT City of Ottawa
Aircraft: Handley Page W.10
Location: English Channel off Dungeness
Summary: Engine failure, water ditching
Date: 6 September 1929
Flight: G-EBMZ City of Jerusalem
Aircraft: de Havilland Hercules
Location: Jask Airport, Iran
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 26 October 1929
Flight: G-AADN City of Rome
Aircraft: Short Calcutta
Location: La Spazia
Summary: Unexplained mechanical failure, crashed at sea
Date: 30 October 1930
Flight: G-EBIX City of Washington
Aircraft: Handley Page W.8g
Location: Bologne
Summary: Stall, loss of control, CFIT
Date: 8 August 1931
Flight: G-AAGX Hannibal
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Five Oak Green , Kent
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 28 March 1933
Flight: G-AACI City of Liverpool
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II
Location: Near Diksmuide , Belgium
Summary: In-flight fire, possible sabotage
Date: 30 December 1933
Flight: G-ABLU Apollo
Aircraft: Avro 618 Ten
Location: Ruysselede , Belgium
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 5 November 1935
Flight: G-ABFB Sylvanus
Aircraft: Short Kent
Location: Brindisi Harbor
Summary: Caught fire during refueling, burned out
Date: 31 December 1935
Flight: G-AASJ City of Khartoum
Aircraft: Short Calcutta
Location: off Alexandria
Summary: Fuel exhaustion
Date: 10 August 1936
Flight: G-ABKY
Aircraft: Vickers Vellox
Location: Croydon
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 22 August 1936
Flight: G-ABFA Scipio
Aircraft: Short Kent
Location: Mirabella, Crete
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 25 September 1936
Flight: G-ACOX Boadicea
Aircraft: Boulton & Paul P.71A
Location: English Channel
Summary: Unknown
Date: 15 March 1937
Flight: G-ACVZ
Aircraft: de Havilland Express
Location: Elsdorf, Germany
Summary: Unknown
Date: 24 March 1937
Flight: G-ADVA Capricornus
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: near Ouroux
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 31 May 1937
Flight: G-AXXE Hengist
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Karachi
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Date: 1 October 1937
Flight: G-ADVC Courtier
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Phaleron Bay
Summary: Poor visibility, hard landing
Date: 5 December 1937
Flight: G-ADUZ Cygnus
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Brindisi Harbor
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control, crash on takeoff
Date: 27 July 1938
Flight: G-ABTG Amalthea
Aircraft: Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Summary: CFIT
Date: 27 November 1938
Flight: G-AETW Calpurnia
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Lake Habbaniyah, Iran
Summary: Spatial disorientation, CFIT
Date: 21 January 1939
Flight: G-ADUU Cavalier
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Icing, loss of engine power
Date: 1 May 1939
Flight: G-ADVD Challenger
Aircraft: Short S.23 Empire
Location: Lumbo lagoon, Ilha de Mocambique
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 1 March 1940
Flight: Flight 197 Hannibal
Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.42E
Location: Gulf of Oman
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Independent Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 February 1989
Flight: Flight 1851
Aircraft: Boeing 707-331B
Location: Santa Maria Island, Azores
Summary: CFIT
Indian Airlines (45 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 December 1953
Flight: VT-CHF
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Sonegaon Airport
Summary: Loss of power, loss of control, CFIT
Date: 21 January 1955
Flight: VT-COZ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Guwahati
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 February 1955
Flight: VT-CVB
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Nagpur
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 21 March 1956
Flight: VT-CGN
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Salonibari Airport
Summary: Pilot error, stall, runway excursion
Date: 15 May 1956
Flight: VT-DBA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Tribhuvan Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 19 October 1956
Flight: VT-DGK
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Agartala
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 13 March 1957
Flight: VT-CFB
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Kingsway Camp, India
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 5 May 1957
Flight: VT-AUV
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Santoshpur
Summary: Weather, windshear
Date: 25 June 1958
Flight: VT-COJ
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Location: near Damroh
Summary: Possible loss of power, CFIT
Date: 9 July 1958
Flight: VT-CYM
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Dhaka
Summary: In-flight breakup
Date: 12 March 1959
Flight: VT-CYH
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Tobu
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 March 1959
Flight: VT-CGI
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 35 mi west of Silchar
Summary: Weather, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 3 January 1960
Flight: VT-CGG
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Taksing
Summary: Pilot error, navigation error, stall, loss of control
Date: 15 July 1962
Flight: VT-AUS
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Lahore
Summary: Bird strike
Date: 3 June 1963
Flight: VT-AUL
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3 Hiper
Location: Sarna
Summary: Loss of control, in-flight breakup
Date: 11 September 1963
Flight: VT-DIO
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 768D
Location: 51 mi south of Agra
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 7 February 1966
Flight: PH-SAB (leased from Schreiner Airways)
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: Banihall Pass
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 15 February 1966
Flight: VT-DPP
Aircraft: Sud Caravelle VI-N
Location: Palam Airport
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 4 September 1966
Flight: VT-DSB
Aircraft: Sud Caravelle VI-N
Location: Mumbai
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 April 1969
Flight: VT-DOJ
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: near Khulna Airport
Summary: Weather, loss of control
Date: 29 August 1970
Flight: VT-DWT
Aircraft: Fokker F27-400
Location: near Silchar
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 30 January 1971
Flight: VT-DMA
Aircraft: Fokker F-27 Friendship 100
Location: Lahore Airport , Pakistan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 9 December 1971
Flight: VT-DXG
Aircraft: HAL 748-224 Srs. 2
Location: Chinnamanur
Summary: Deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 12 August 1972
Flight: VT-DME
Aircraft: Fokker F27-100
Location: near Delhi-Palam Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 15 March 1973
Flight: VT-EAU
Aircraft: HAL 748-224 Srs. 2
Location: near Hyderabad
Summary: Crew errors, crew incapitation
Date: 31 May 1973
Flight: Flight 440
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: New Delhi
Summary: Pilot error, crash on landing
Date: 12 October 1976
Flight: Flight 171
Aircraft: Sud Caravelle VI-N
Location: Bombay-Santacruz Airport
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 10 September 1976
Flight: –
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Lahore Airport , Pakistan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 17 December 1978
Flight: VT-EAL
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: Begumpet Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff
Date: 20 December 1978
Flight: Flight 410
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Varanasi
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 4 August 1979
Flight: VT-DXJ
Aircraft: HAL 748-224 Srs. 2
Location: near Panvel
Summary: Instrument failure, pilot error, ATC errors, CFIT
Date: 29 September 1981
Flight: Flight 423
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Lahore Airport, Pakistan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 4 August 1982
Flight: –
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Amritsar Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 20 August 1982
Flight: –
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Amritsar Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 5 July 1984
Flight: Flight 405
Aircraft: Airbus A300
Location: Lahore Airport, Pakistan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 24 August 1984
Flight: Flight 421
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced
Location: Lahore Airport, Pakistan
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 19 October 1988
Flight: Flight 113
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: Ahmedabad
Summary: Pilot error, weather, lack of navigational aids
Date: 14 February 1990
Flight: Flight 605
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Bangalore
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 16 August 1991
Flight: Flight 257
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: near Imphal Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 22 January 1993
Flight: Flight 810
Aircraft: –
Location: Lucknow Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 27 March 1993
Flight: Fight 439
Aircraft: Airbus A320-231
Location: Amritsar Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 10 April 1993
Flight: –
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: Lucknow Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 24 April 1993
Flight: Flight 427
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: Amritsar Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 26 April 1993
Flight: Flight 491
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A8
Location: near Aurangabad Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 December 1999
Flight: Flight 814
Aircraft: Airbus A300B2-101
Location: Kathmandu
Summary: Hijacking
Indonesia AirAsia (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 December 2014
Flight: Flight 8501
Aircraft: Airbus A320-216
Location: Karimata Strait
Summary: Mechanical failure, crew error, stall, loss of control
Date: 16 May 2016
Flight: Flight 509
Aircraft: Airbus A320-216
Location: Ngurah Rai International Airport
Summary: Crew miscommunication
Date: 16 October 2017
Flight: Flight 535
Aircraft: Airbus A330
Location: Perth
Summary: Loss of altitude
Inex-Adria Aviopromet (now Adria Airways) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 October 1975
Flight: Flight 450
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: near Prague
Summary: Ground impact during final approach in foggy weather
Date: 10 September 1976
Flight: Flight 550
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: near Vrbovec
Summary: Mid-air collision with a British Airways Trident
Date: 1 December 1981
Flight: Flight 1308
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Mont San-Pietro
Summary: CFIT
Interflug (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 August 1972
Flight: DM-SEA
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62
Location: near Königs Wusterhausen
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 30 October 1972
Flight: DM-SCA
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: Schönefeld Airport
Summary: Hard landing, ran off runway
Date: 1 September 1975
Flight: Flight 1107
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: Leipzig Airport
Summary: ATC error, crew error
Date: 22 November 1977
Flight: DM-SEM
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Schönefeld Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 26 March 1979
Flight: DM-STL
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: Luanda , Angola
Summary: Engine failure, aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Date: 17 June 1989
Flight: Flight 102
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62M
Location: Schönefeld Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, runway overrun
IrAero (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 December 2002
Flight: RA-26053
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: Ust-Kuiga
Summary: Crew disregard of procedure, hard landing
Date: 8 August 2011
Flight: Flight 103
Aircraft: Antonov An-24
Location: Ignatyevo Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Iran Air (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 January 1980
Flight: EP-IRD
Aircraft: Boeing 727-86
Location: Alborz Mountains , Iran
Summary: Inoperable ILS and ground radar
Date: 15 October 1986
Flight: EP-IRG
Aircraft: Boeing 737-286
Location: Shiraz Airport
Summary: Destroyed on the ground
Date: 3 July 1988
Flight: Flight 655
Aircraft: Airbus A300B2-203
Location: Strait of Hormuz
Summary: US military missile shoot-down
Date: 9 January 2011
Flight: Flight 277
Aircraft: Boeing 727-286
Location: Urmia Airport
Summary: Bad weather
Date: 18 October 2011
Flight: Flight 742
Aircraft: Boeing 727-286
Location: Mehrabad Int'l Airport
Summary: Nosegear failure
Iran Air Tours (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 February 1993
Flight: EP-ITD
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: near Mehrabad Int'l Airport
Summary: Mid-air collision with an IAF Su-24
Date: 12 February 2002
Flight: Flight 956
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: near Sarab-e Do Rah
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 1 September 2006
Flight: Flight 945
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Mashhad Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing
Iran Aseman Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 October 1990
Flight: EP-ANA
Aircraft: Fokker F27-600
Location: Ramsar Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 12 October 1994
Flight: Flight 746
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: near Natanz
Summary: Contaminated fuel, double engine failure, loss of control
Date: 18 July 2000
Flight: Flight 775
Aircraft: Fokker F28-4000
Location: Ahwaz Airport
Summary: Landed next to runway
Date: 26 August 2010
Flight: Flight 773
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Tabriz Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 10 May 2014
Flight: Flight 853
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Zahedan Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure, forced landing
Date: 18 February 2018
Flight: Flight 3704
Aircraft: ATR 72-212
Location: Mount Dena , near Semirom
Summary: Crew errors, windshear, CFIT
Iraqi Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 December 1986
Flight: Flight 163
Aircraft: Boeing 737-270C
Location: Arar, Saudi Arabia
Summary: Hijacking
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 February 2003
Flight: 15-2280
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-76MD
Location: Shahdad , Iran
Summary: CFIT
Itavia (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 October 1960
Flight: I-AOMU
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 2
Location: Mount Capanne
Summary: CFIT
Date: 30 March 1963
Flight: Flight 703
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Sora
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 4 November 1970
Flight: I-TIVE
Aircraft: Handley Page Herald 203
Location: Ciampino Airport
Summary: Engine failure, crash on landing
Date: 1 January 1974
Flight: Flight 897
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: near Torino Airport
Summary: Pilot error, wing failure, loss of control
Date: 9 April 1975
Flight: I-TIDA
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: Orio Al Serio Airport
Summary: Stalled on climbout, crashed on runway
Date: 27 June 1980
Flight: Flight 870
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-15
Location: Ustica
Summary: Contested. Evidence suggests a terrorist bombing, official position of Italy is shot down by French Navy fighter.
Japan Air System (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 April 1993
Flight: Flight 451
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-41
Location: Hanamaki Airport
Summary: Windshear, hard landing
Date: 1 January 2004
Flight: Flight 979
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-81
Location: Tokunoshima Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Japan Domestic Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 August 1966
Flight: JA8030
Aircraft: Convair CV-880-22M-3
Location: Haneda Airport
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
JAT Yugoslav Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 January 1972
Flight: Flight 367
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Srbská Kamenice
Summary: Bombing
Date: 11 September 1973
Flight: Flight 769
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-N
Location: near Titograd
Summary: ATC error, radar failure, CFIT
Jeju Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 December 2024
Flight: Flight 2216
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
Location: Muan International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (crashed following wheels-up landing)
JetBlue Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 September 2005
Flight: Flight 292 Canyon Blue
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: Los Angeles
Summary: Nosegear malfunction
Ju-Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 August 2018
Flight: HB-HOT
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mg4e
Location: Piz Segnas
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Jubba Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 July 2022
Flight: 5Y-JXN
Aircraft: Fokker 50
Location: Mogadishu
Summary: Windshear, loss of control, crash on landing
Kam Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 February 2005
Flight: Flight 904
Aircraft: Boeing 737-242A
Location: Pamir Mountains
Summary: Unexplained descent, CFIT
Katekavia (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 August 2010
Flight: Flight 9357
Aircraft: Antonov An-24
Location: Igarka
Summary: Pilot error
Kazakhstan Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 January 1993
Flight: 46478
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Kostanay
Summary: Engine failure, crashed short of runway
Date: 21 January 1995
Flight: UN-85455
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Location: Karachi International Airport
Summary: Overloading, failed to takeoff, runway overrun
Date: 26 January 1995
Flight: UN-26080
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: Sambailo Airport
Summary: Rejected takeoff, runway overrun
Date: 13 April 1995
Flight: UN-88181
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40K
Location: Dzhambul Airport
Summary: Steering failure, ran off runway
Date: 1 November 1995
Flight: UN-47710
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Shymkent
Summary: Double engine failure, hard landing
Date: 12 November 1996
Flight: Flight 1907
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Location: Charkhi Dadri
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Saudia Boeing 747
Kenya Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 January 2000
Flight: Flight 431
Aircraft: Airbus A310-300
Location: Abidjan
Summary: Pilot error due to false alarm
Date: 5 May 2007
Flight: Flight 507
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Location: Cameroon
Summary: Pilot error
KNILM (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 January 1940
Flight: PK-AFO
Aircraft: Lockheed Super Electra
Location: Denpasar
Summary: CFIT
Date: 26 January 1942
Flight: PK-AFS
Aircraft: Grumman G-21A Goose
Location: Kupang, Timor
Summary: Shot down
Date: 5 March 1942
Flight: PK-AFV Pelikaan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Carnot Bay, Australia
Summary: Shot down
Kogalymavia (now Metrojet ) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 January 2011
Flight: Flight 348
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Location: Surgut Int'l Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 31 October 2015
Flight: Flight 9268
Aircraft: Airbus A321-231
Location: near Hasna, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Summary: Terrorism, bombing
LAM Mozambique Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 November 2013
Flight: Flight 470 Chaimite
Aircraft: Embraer E-190
Location: Bwabwata National Park
Summary: Deliberate crash (by pilot)
LaMia (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 November 2016
Flight: Flight 2933
Aircraft: Avro RJ85
Location: Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, CFIT
LAN Chile (now LATAM Airlines ) (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 January 1944
Flight: CC-CLC-0072
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Location: near El Plummerillo Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff
Date: 15 June 1953
Flight: CC-CLC-0100
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Location: near Chamonate Airport
Summary: Engine fire
Date: 3 April 1961
Flight: Flight 621
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C
Location: La Gotera Hill
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 6 February 1965
Flight: Flight 107
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: San José Volcano
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 28 April 1969
Flight: Flight 160
Aircraft: Boeing 727-116
Location: Colina
Summary: CFIT
Date: 4 August 1987
Flight: CC-CHJ
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A1
Location: Calama
Summary: Crashed short of runway
Date: 20 February 1991
Flight: Flight 1069
Aircraft: BAe 146-200A
Location: Puerto Williams
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
LANSA (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 April 1966
Flight: Flight 501
Aircraft: Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Location: Mount Talaula
Summary: Pilot error, overloading, CFIT
Date: 9 August 1970
Flight: Flight 502
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Location: Cuzco
Summary: Ground crew error, improper maintenance, pilot error, loss of control
Date: 24 December 1971
Flight: Flight 508
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188A Electra
Location: Puerto Inca , Amazon rainforest , Peru
Summary: Weather, severe turbulence, lightning strike, wing separation, in-flight breakup
Lao Air (now Lao Skyway ) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 April 2009
Flight: Flight 200
Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Location: Thoulakhom District
Summary: Engine failure, forced landing
Date: 17 April 2013
Flight: Flight 201
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: Sam Neua Airport
Summary: Crash on takeoff
Lao Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 October 2013
Flight: Flight 301
Aircraft: ATR 72-212A
Location: Mekong River near Pakxe
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Lao Aviation (now Lao Airlines ) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 December 1993
Flight: RDPL-34117
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12-II
Location: Phonsavan
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 25 May 1998
Flight: RDPL-34001
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: Long Tieng
Summary: Weather, premature descent, CFIT
Date: 19 October 2000
Flight: Flight 703
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12-II
Location: near Xam Neua
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
LAPA (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 August 1999
Flight: Flight 3142
Aircraft: Boeing 737-204C
Location: Buenos Aires
Summary: Pilot error, operational error, negligence
Lauda Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 May 1991
Flight: Flight 004
Aircraft: Boeing 767-3Z9ER
Location: Uthai Thani Province
Summary: Engine went into reverse, in flight. Mechanical failure
Líneas Aéreas Comerciales, SA (LACSA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 April 2014
Flight: XA-UKR
Aircraft: BAe 125-700A
Location: near Plan de Guadalupe International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (CFIT)
Linjeflyg (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 November 1964
Flight: Flight 267
Aircraft: Convair 440
Location: near Helsingborg-Ängelholm Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Date: 15 January 1977
Flight: Flight 618 (operated by Skyline Sweden)
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 838
Location: near Stockholm
Summary: Icing
Lion Air (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 January 2002
Flight: Flight 386
Aircraft: Boeing 737-291
Location: Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport
Summary: Incorrectly set flaps, runway overrun on takeoff
Date: 30 November 2004
Flight: Flight 583
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Surakarta
Summary: Weather, pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 13 April 2013
Flight: Flight 904
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8GP
Location: Ngurah Rai International Airport
Summary: Crew disorientation, crashed short of runway
Date: 29 October 2018
Flight: Flight 610
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Location: Java Sea off Java
Summary: MCAS design flaw, improper maintenance, pilot error
Los Angeles Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 May 1968
Flight: Flight 841
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Location: Paramount, California
Summary: Main rotor blade separation, loss of control
Date: 14 August 1968
Flight: Flight 417
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-61L
Location: Anaheim, California
Summary: Main rotor hub failure, loss of control
LOT Polish Airlines (17 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 December 1936
Flight: SP-AYB
Aircraft: Lockheed 10A Electra
Location: Malakasa , Greece
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 December 1936
Flight: SP-AYA
Aircraft: Lockheed 10A Electra
Location: Susiec
Summary: Icing, CFIT
Date: 11 November 1937
Flight: SP-AYD
Aircraft: Lockheed 10A Electra
Location: near Warsaw
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 23 November 1937
Flight: SP-ASJ
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-115D
Location: Pirin Mountains
Summary: CFIT
Date: 22 July 1938
Flight: SP-BNG
Aircraft: Lockheed 14H Super Electra
Location: Negrileasa, Stulpicani
Summary: Possible lightning strike
Date: 15 November 1951
Flight: SP-LKA
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2P
Location: Tuszyn
Summary: Weather, pilot error (official) Engine failure, loss of control (unofficial)
Date: 19 March 1954
Flight: SP-LAH
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2P
Location: near Gruszowiec
Summary: Spatial disorientation, CFIT
Date: 14 June 1957
Flight: Flight 232
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14 P
Location: Vnukovo Int'l Airport
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, crew error
Date: 19 December 1962
Flight: SP-LVB
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 804
Location: near Warsaw-Okecie Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 20 August 1965
Flight: SP-LVA
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 804
Location: near Jeuk, Belgium
Summary: Weather, loss of control, possible turbulence
Date: 2 April 1969
Flight: Flight 165
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: near Zawoja
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 30 August 1978
Flight: Flight 165
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: Tempelhof Int'l Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 14 March 1980
Flight: Flight 007 Mikołaj Kopernik
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62
Location: near Warsaw-Okecie Airport
Summary: Engine failure, loss of control
Date: 9 May 1987
Flight: Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-62M
Location: near Warsaw-Okecie Airport
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 2 November 1988
Flight: Flight 703 Dunajec
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: near Rzeszów
Summary: Icing, engine failure
Date: 25 February 1993
Flight: Flight 702
Aircraft: ATR 72-202
Location: Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 1 November 2011
Flight: Flight 016 Poznań
Aircraft: Boeing 767-35DER
Location: Warsaw Chopin Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure, belly landing
Lufthansa (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 January 1959
Flight: Flight 502
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Location: Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crew fatigue
Date: 4 December 1961
Flight: D-ABOK
Aircraft: Boeing 720-030B
Location: near Ebersheim
Summary: Nose dived for reasons unknown
Date: 15 July 1964
Flight: D-ABOP
Aircraft: Boeing 720-030B
Location: near Ansbach
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 28 January 1966
Flight: Flight 005
Aircraft: Convair CV-440-0
Location: Bremen Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 22–23 February 1972
Flight: Flight 649
Aircraft: Boeing 747-230
Location: Aden
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 29 October 1972
Flight: Flight 615
Aircraft: Boeing 727-30
Location: Zagreb
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 20 November 1974
Flight: Flight 540
Aircraft: Boeing 747-130
Location: Nairobi
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Date: 17 October 1977
Flight: Flight 181 Landshut
Aircraft: Boeing 737-230C
Location: Mogadishu
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 26 July 1979
Flight: Flight 527
Aircraft: Boeing 707-330C
Location: near Rio de Janeiro
Summary: ATC errors, CFIT
Date: 14 September 1993
Flight: Flight 2904
Aircraft: Airbus A320-200
Location: Warsaw Chopin Airport
Summary: Pilot error, deficiencies in braking system
Luxair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 November 2002
Flight: Flight 9642
Aircraft: Fokker 50
Location: Niederanven
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Maddux Air Lines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 April 1929
Flight: NC9636
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Location: over San Diego
Summary: Mid-air collision with a USAAF Boeing PW-9D
Date: 19 January 1930
Flight: Flight 7
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
Location: Oceanside, California
Summary: Windshear
Malaysian Airline System/ Malaysia Airlines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 December 1977
Flight: Flight 653
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2H6
Location: Johor
Summary: Hijacking, loss of control
Date: 18 December 1983
Flight: Flight 684
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-120
Location: Subang, Petaling
Summary: Weather, crashed short of runway
Date: 15 September 1995
Flight: Flight 2133
Aircraft: Fokker 50
Location: Tawau Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 8 March 2014
Flight: Flight 370
Aircraft: Boeing 777-2H6ER
Location: southern Indian Ocean
Summary: Under investigation (unexplained disappearance)
Date: 17 July 2014
Flight: Flight 17
Aircraft: Boeing 777-2H6ER
Location: over Ukraine
Summary: Shot down
Malév Hungarian Airlines (13 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 December 1954
Flight: HA-LII
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2
Location: Bratroňov
Summary: Icing, wheels-up landing
Date: 23 December 1954
Flight: HA-LIF
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2
Location: Polná
Summary: Icing, wheels-up landing
Date: 13 July 1956
Flight: Flight 622
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2T
Location: Ingolstadt Air Base
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 13 October 1956
Flight: HA-LID
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2
Location: Szombathely
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 6 August 1961
Flight: HA-TSA
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Budapest
Summary: Crew negligence, loss of control
Date: 23 November 1962
Flight: Flight 355
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: near Le Bourget Airport
Summary: Stall on approach for reasons unknown
Date: 17 February 1964
Flight: HA-MAH
Aircraft: VEB 14P
Location: Ferihegy Airport
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Date: 28 August 1971
Flight: Flight 731
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: off Saltholm Island
Summary: Premature descent, CFIT
Date: 16 September 1971
Flight: Flight 110
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: near Boryspil Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 15 January 1975
Flight: Flight 801
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: near Ferihegy Airport
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, poor CRM , possible spatial disorientation
Date: 30 September 1975
Flight: Flight 240
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154A
Location: off Lebanon
Summary: Unknown
Date: 21 September 1977
Flight: Flight 203
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: near Urziceni
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 4 July 2000
Flight: Flight 262
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Location: Thessaloniki Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, belly landing
Manchukuo National Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 June 1941
Flight: M-604
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MC-20
Location: Sea of Japan
Summary: CFIT
Mandala Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 September 2005
Flight: Flight 091
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Medan , Indonesia
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Mandarin Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 August 2013
Flight: Flight 369
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ-190-100 IGW
Location: Magong Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Martinair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 December 1992
Flight: Flight 495
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF
Location: Faro Airport , Portugal
Summary: Windshear, thunderstorm, rain
Maszovlet (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 November 1949
Flight: HA-LIK
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2P
Location: Pogany Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 2 October 1952
Flight: HA-LIL
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2P
Location: Nyíregyháza Airport
Summary: Struck building on landing
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 November 1971
Flight: PK-MVS Sabang
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 828
Location: off Padang, Indonesia
Summary: CFIT
Date: 30 November 1994
Flight: Flight 422
Aircraft: Fokker F28
Location: Achmad Yani International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 2 August 2009
Flight: Flight 9760
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: near Oksibil
Summary: CFIT
Date: 13 April 2010
Flight: Flight 836
Aircraft: Boeing 737-322
Location: Sorong Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 7 May 2011
Flight: Flight 8968
Aircraft: Xian MA60
Location: off West Papua
Summary: Missed approach, crew error, CFIT
Date: 7 January 2012
Flight: Flight 536
Aircraft: Xian MA60
Location: Sampit Airport
Summary: Ran off runway
Metro Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 April 1974
Flight: N853SA
Aircraft: Beechcraft Model 99
Location: Scholes Field
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 20 May 1983
Flight: N935MA
Aircraft: Short 330-100
Location: Beaumont Municipal Airport
Summary: Destroyed by a tornado (while parked)
Mexicana de Aviación (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 March 1936
Flight: X-ABCO
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor
Location: near Amecameca de Juarez
Summary: CFIT
Date: 11 August 1945
Flight: XA-DOT
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-243
Location: Iztaccihuatl Volcano
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 26 September 1949
Flight: XA-DUH
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Mount Popocatepetl
Summary: CFIT
Date: 16 December 1949
Flight: XA-DUK
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Cerro del Borrago
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 March 1955
Flight: Flight 591
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-228D
Location: Cerro del Cabre mountains
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 8 September 1959
Flight: Flight 621
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Poza Rica
Summary: Bombing
Date: 28 September 1960
Flight: XA-HUS
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: near Juchitpec
Summary: CFIT
Date: 4 June 1969
Flight: Flight 704
Aircraft: Boeing 727-64
Location: Apodaca, Nuevo Leon
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 21 September 1969
Flight: Flight 801
Aircraft: Boeing 727-64
Location: Mexico City
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 31 March 1986
Flight: Flight 940
Aircraft: Boeing 727-264
Location: Sierra Madre Oriental , Mexico
Summary: Blown landing gear tire, in-flight fire, loss of control
Miami Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 December 1951
Flight: N1678M
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey
Summary: Engine fire, loss of power, stall, loss of control
MIAT Mongolian Airlines (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 August 1963
Flight: MONGOL-105
Aircraft: Avia 14 Super
Location: Otgontenger
Summary: CFIT
Date: 17 September 1973
Flight: BNMAU-4206
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Khovd Province
Summary: CFIT
Date: 1 May 1979
Flight: BNMAU-1202
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Erdenet Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 25 June 1983
Flight: BNMAU-8401
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport
Summary: Engine problems on approach, runway excursion
Date: 23 January 1987
Flight: BNMAU-7710
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 26 January 1990
Flight: BNMAU-10208
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: near Ulaangom Airport
Summary: Navigation error, fuel exhaustion, forced landing
Date: 23 April 1993
Flight: BNMAU-14102
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: Marz Mountain
Summary: Premature descent, CFIT
Date: 21 September 1995
Flight: Flight 557
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Choho Geologloh Uul
Summary: Premature descent, CFIT
Date: 10 June 1997
Flight: Flight 447
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12 II
Location: Mandalgovi Airport
Summary: Windshear, loss of control
Date: 26 May 1998
Flight: JU-1017
Aircraft: Harbin Y-12 II
Location: near Erdenet
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Middle East Airlines (MEA) (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 September 1958
Flight: OD-ADB
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 1 February 1963
Flight: Flight 265
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 754D
Location: over Ankara
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Turkish Air Force Douglas C-47
Date: 17 April 1964
Flight: Flight 444
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: near Dhahran
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 1 January 1976
Flight: Flight 438
Aircraft: Boeing 720B
Location: Qaisumah
Summary: Bombing
Misrair (now Egyptair ) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 December 1951
Flight: SU-AHH
Aircraft: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
Location: Tehran
Summary: Weather
Date: 15 December 1953
Flight: SU-AFK
Aircraft: Vickers Type 634 Viking 1B
Location: near Cairo
Summary: Crash on takeoff
Date: 7 March 1958
Flight: SU-AGN
Aircraft: Vickers Type 628 Viking 1B
Location: Manzala Lake
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Mohawk Airlines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 July 1963
Flight: Flight 121
Aircraft: Martin 4-0-4
Location: Rochester, New York
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 23 June 1967
Flight: Flight 40
Aircraft: BAC 1–11-204AF
Location: Blossburg, Pennsylvania
Summary: Mechanical failure, in-flight fire, structural failure, loss of control
Date: 19 November 1969
Flight: Flight 411
Aircraft: Fairchild FH-227B
Location: Pilot Knob, New York
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 3 March 1972
Flight: Flight 405
Aircraft: Fairchild FH-227B
Location: Albany, New York
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Nationair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 July 1991
Flight: Flight 2120 (operated by Nigeria Airways)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61
Location: King Abdulaziz Int'l Airport
Summary: Fire, loss of control
National Air Cargo (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 October 2010
Flight: Flight 662 (operated for Transafrik)
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
Location: near Kabul
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 April 2013
Flight: Flight 102 Lori
Aircraft: Boeing 747-428BCF
Location: Bagram Air Base
Summary: Shifted load, stall, loss of control
National Airlines (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 September 1945
Flight: NC33349
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar
Location: Peter O. Knight Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 5 October 1945
Flight: Flight 16
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Summary: Pilot error, overshot runway
Date: 11 October 1945
Flight: Flight 23
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar
Location: Banana River Naval Air Station
Summary: Engine fire, pilot error
Date: 14 January 1951
Flight: Flight 83
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: Philadelphia Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 11 February 1952
Flight: Flight 101
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Newark Int'l Airport
Summary: Propeller failure, loss of altitude
Date: 14 February 1953
Flight: Flight 470
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Gulf of Mexico off Mobile, Alabama
Summary: Weather, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup (possibly flew into a waterspout)
Date: 16 November 1959
Flight: Flight 967 (leased from Delta Air Lines)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Location: Gulf of Mexico off Pilottown, Louisiana
Summary: Unexplained in-flight explosion, possible bombing
Date: 6 January 1960
Flight: Flight 2511
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: near Bolivia, North Carolina
Summary: Suicide bombing (suspected)
Date: 3 November 1973
Flight: Flight 27 Barbara
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10-10
Location: over Datil, New Mexico
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, explosive decompression
Date: 8 May 1978
Flight: Flight 193 Donna
Aircraft: Boeing 727-235
Location: Escambia Bay , Florida
Summary: Pilot error, poor CRM, CFIT
Nepal Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 May 2013
Flight: Flight 555
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter
Location: Jomsom Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 16 February 2014
Flight: Flight 183
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter
Location: near Dhikura
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Nihon Kinkyori Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 March 1983
Flight: Flight 497
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-208
Location: Nakashibetsu Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crashed short of runway
Nitto Aviation (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 May 1963
Flight: JA3115
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Otter
Location: Awaji Island
Summary: Poor visibility, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 18 February 1964
Flight: JA5067
Aircraft: Grumman Mallard
Location: near Itami Airport
Summary: Engine failure, stall, loss of control
NLM CityHopper (now KLM Cityhopper ) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 October 1981
Flight: Flight 431
Aircraft: Fokker F28-4000
Location: Moerdijk
Summary: Weather, extreme turbulence, wing separation (flew into a tornado)
Northeast Airlines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 November 1954
Flight: Flight 792
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Berlin, New Hampshire
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 1 February 1957
Flight: Flight 823
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: Rikers Island , New York
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 15 September 1957
Flight: Flight 285
Aircraft: Douglas C-53 (DC-3)
Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 15 August 1958
Flight: Flight 258
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-2
Location: near Nantucket Memorial Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, crash short of runway
Date: 25 October 1968
Flight: Flight 946
Aircraft: Fairchild Hiller FH-227C
Location: Moose Mountain, New Hampshire
Summary: Pilot error
Northwest Airlines (16 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 January 1938
Flight: Flight 2
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: near Bozeman, Montana
Summary: In-flight breakup, design defect
Date: 16 May 1938
Flight: NC17394
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H2 Super Electra
Location: near Santa Clarita, California
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 8 July 1938
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: Billings Municipal Airport
Summary: Stall on takeoff
Date: 13 January 1939
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: near Miles City, Montana
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 30 October 1941
Flight: Flight 5
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-269
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 18 September 1944
Flight: 43-15738 (leased from USAAF)
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mount Deception, Alaska
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 December 1945
Flight: 45-922 (leased from USAAF)
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Billings, Montana
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 12 March 1948
Flight: Flight 4422
Aircraft: Douglas C-54G
Location: Mount Sanford
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 August 1948
Flight: Flight 421
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: Fountain City, Wisconsin
Summary: Structural failure
Date: 27 October 1948
Flight: Flight 6427
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: 34 mi N of Edmonton
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 16 August 1987
Flight: Flight 255
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-82
Location: Romulus, Michigan
Summary: Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff
Date: 3 December 1990
Flight: Flight 1482
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Runway collision with a Northwest Boeing 727
Date: 28 October 1998
Flight: Flight 957 and Flight 7
Aircraft: Both Airbus A320s
Location: Seattle and Memphis
Summary: Hazardous material leakage
Date: 9 October 2002
Flight: Flight 85
Aircraft: Boeing 747-451
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Summary: Metal fatigue, rudder malfunction
Date: 21 October 2009
Flight: Flight 188
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: over Minnesota
Summary: Pilot distraction, pilot error
Date: 25 December 2009
Flight: Flight 253
Aircraft: Airbus A330-323X
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Attempted bombing
Northwest Orient Airlines (18 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 May 1942
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-269
Location: Miles City, Montana
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 7 March 1950
Flight: Flight 307
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: near Minneapolis-Saint Paul Int'l Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 June 1950
Flight: Flight 2501
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4 (former C-54)
Location: Lake Michigan
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 4 September 1950
Flight: Flight 163
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: Billings Airport
Summary: Hydraulic fluid leak, in-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 13 October 1950
Flight: NC93037
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: Almelund, Minnesota
Summary: Mechanical failure, reversal of propeller in flight
Date: 7 November 1950
Flight: Flight 115
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: near Butte, Montana
Summary: Crew error
Date: 16 January 1951
Flight: Flight 115
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: near Reardan, Washington
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 19 January 1952
Flight: Flight 324
Aircraft: Douglas C-54E
Location: off Sandspit, British Columbia
Summary: Icing
Date: 2 April 1956
Flight: Flight 2 Stratocruiser Tokyo
Aircraft: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-30
Location: Puget Sound
Summary: Crew error, water ditching
Date: 17 March 1960
Flight: Flight 710
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188C Electra
Location: near Cannelton, Indiana
Summary: Turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 14 July 1960
Flight: Flight 1–11 (operated by USAF)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: off Manila
Summary: Engine failure, in-flight fire, water ditching
Date: 28 October 1960
Flight: Flight 104
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: 20 mi W of Missoula, Montana
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 17 September 1961
Flight: Flight 706
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188C Electra
Location: Chicago
Summary: Maintenance error
Date: 22 October 1962
Flight: Flight 293
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7CF
Location: off Biorka Island, Alaska
Summary: Engine failure, water ditching
Date: 12 February 1963
Flight: Flight 705
Aircraft: Boeing 720-051B
Location: Everglades
Summary: Severe turbulence, loss of control, in-flight breakup
Date: 3 June 1963
Flight: Flight 293 (operated by USAF)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7CF
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 24 November 1971
Flight: Flight 305
Aircraft: Boeing 727-51
Location: Portland Int'l Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 1 December 1974
Flight: Flight 6231
Aircraft: Boeing 727-251
Location: Stony Point
Summary: Loss of control
Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 June 1936
Flight: LN-DAE Havørn
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mW
Location: Lihesten
Summary: CFIT
Date: 22 May 1946
Flight: LN-LAB
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3m2e
Location: Fornebu Airport
Summary: Engine failure, stall, loss of control
Date: 28 August 1947
Flight: LN-IAV Kvitbjørn
Aircraft: Short Sandringham 6
Location: Lødingsfjellet
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 October 1948
Flight: LN-IAW Bukken Bruse
Aircraft: Short Sandringham 5
Location: Hommelvik
Summary: Loss of control, crash on landing
Olympic Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 October 1959
Flight: Flight 214
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Avlon Attiki
Summary: Engine failure, wing separation, loss of control
Date: 8 December 1969
Flight: Flight 954
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: 24 mi SE of Athens
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 October 1972
Flight: Flight 506
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-500
Location: near Ellinikon Int'l Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 23 November 1976
Flight: Flight 830
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-500
Location: 12 mi SE of Philippos Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 4 January 1998
Flight: Flight 417
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Location: After takeoff from Athens , Greece
Summary: Second-hand smoke and failure to re-seat a sensitive passenger killed the victim
Date: 14 September 1999
Flight: Flight 3838
Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 900B
Location: FIR Bucharest
Summary: Mechanical failure, loss of control (oscillations)
One-Two-GO Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 September 2007
Flight: Flight 269
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Phuket Int'l Airport
Summary: Failed go-around, weather, crew disregard of procedure, poor CRM
Orbi Georgian Airways (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 September 1993
Flight: 4L-65809
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Babusheri Airport
Summary: Destroyed on the ground by Abkhaz forces
Date: 22 September 1993
Flight: 4L-85163
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B
Location: Babusheri Airport
Summary: Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war, crashed on the runway
Date: 23 September 1993
Flight: 4L-85359
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Location: Babusheri Airport
Summary: Destroyed on the ground
Pacific Air Lines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 October 1959
Flight: Flight 308
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Santa Maria Airport
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 7 May 1964
Flight: Flight 773
Aircraft: Fairchild F-27A
Location: San Ramon, California
Summary: Mass murder/suicide
Pacific Air Transport (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 November 1930
Flight: NC5340
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4A
Location: Techachapi Mountains
Summary: CFIT
Date: 5 May 1931
Flight: NC5390
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4
Location: La Tuna Canyon near Burbank
Summary: Low visibility
Date: 16 September 1931
Flight: NC10347
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4
Location: San Francisco Bay
Summary: CFIT
Date: 16 May 1932
Flight: NC5389
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4
Location: Burbank
Summary: Low visibility
Date: 24 January 1933
Flight: NC431H Dawson
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor
Location: Eugene
Summary: Engine failure, crash on takeoff
Date: 9 November 1933
Flight: NC13345
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Portland
Summary: Poor visibility, navigation error, CFIT
Pacific Overseas Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 October 1948
Flight: HS-PC103
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: off Sumatra Island
Summary: Possibly shot down
Date: 11 March 1951
Flight: HS-POS City of Ayudhya
Aircraft: Douglas R5D-1
Location: Hong Kong Island
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Pacific Southwest Airlines (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 July 1972
Flight: Flight 710
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 25 September 1978
Flight: Flight 182
Aircraft: Boeing 727-214
Location: San Diego
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 172
Date: 7 December 1987
Flight: Flight 1771 The Smile of Stockton
Aircraft: BAe 146–200
Location: near Paso Robles
Summary: Mass murder/suicide
Pacific Western Airlines (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 February 1978
Flight: Flight 314
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Cranbrook
Summary: Runway incursion, thrust reverser deployed during go-around, loss of control
Date: 22 March 1984
Flight: Flight 501
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Calgary
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Date: 14 July 1986
Flight: Flight 117
Aircraft: Boeing 737-275
Location: Kelowna
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Pakistan International Airlines (19 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 February 1956
Flight: AP-ACZ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Lash Golath Mountain
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 1 July 1957
Flight: AP-AJS
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: off Charlakhi Island
Summary: Weather, loss of control
Date: 15 May 1958
Flight: Flight 205
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-7
Location: Delhi-Palam Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 26 March 1965
Flight: AP-AAH
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Lowery Pass
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 20 May 1965
Flight: Flight 705
Aircraft: Boeing 720-040B
Location: near Cairo
Summary: Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Date: 8 October 1965
Flight: AP-ATT
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: near Patian
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 6 August 1970
Flight: AP-ALM
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: Islamabad
Summary: Weather
Date: 31 December 1970
Flight: AP-AUV
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: near Shamshernagar Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 8 December 1972
Flight: Flight 631
Aircraft: Fokker F27-600
Location: near Jalcot
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 26 November 1979
Flight: Flight 740
Aircraft: Boeing 707-340C
Location: 30 mi N of Ta'if
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown
Date: 2 March 1981
Flight: Flight 326
Aircraft: Boeing 720-030B
Location: Kabul
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 23 October 1986
Flight: AP-AUX
Aircraft: Fokker F27-600
Location: near Peshawar
Summary: Poor CRM, crashed short of runway
Date: 25 August 1989
Flight: Flight 404
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: Himalaya Mountains (presumed)
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 28 September 1992
Flight: Flight 268
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-203
Location: Kathmandu
Summary: CFIT
Date: 25 May 1998
Flight: Flight 544
Aircraft: Fokker F27
Location: Hyderabad Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 10 July 2006
Flight: Flight 688
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: near Multan International Airport
Summary: Improper maintenance, engine failure, crew errors
Date: 24 June 2014
Flight: Flight 756
Aircraft: Airbus A310-324ET
Location: near Peshawar
Summary: Struck by ground fire
Date: 7 December 2016
Flight: Flight 661
Aircraft: ATR 42-500
Location: near Havelian
Summary: Improper maintenance, propeller failure, loss of control
Date: 22 May 2020
Flight: Flight 8303
Aircraft: Airbus A320-214
Location: near Karachi
Summary: Under investigation
Palair Macedonian Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 March 1993
Flight: Flight 301
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: near Skopje
Summary: Wing icing, loss of control
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 February 1931
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Ford Trimotor
Location: Arequipa Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 16 July 1932
Flight: NC403H San José
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Location: near Vitacura
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 22 March 1934
Flight: NC407H
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Location: Lima Airport
Summary: Engine failure, crashed on takeoff
Date: 11 June 1934
Flight: NC8417 San Pedro
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Location: Mar Chiquita Lake
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 24 December 1935
Flight: NC433H San Felipe
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor
Location: Lima, Peru
Summary: CFIT
Date: 10 October 1936
Flight: NC14273
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-118B
Location: near San José Pinula
Summary: CFIT
Date: 2 August 1937
Flight: NC15065
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-43B
Location: off Cristobal
Summary: Engine failure or weather
Date: 19 July 1938
Flight: NC14272 Santa Lucia
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-118A
Location: Mount Mercedario
Summary: CFIT
Date: 22 January 1943
Flight: Flight 9
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-399
Location: northeast of Chaparra, Peru
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 4 January 1945
Flight: NC19470
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: off Chorrillos
Summary: Aircraft stolen, CFIT
Panair do Brasil (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 August 1941
Flight: PP-PBD
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar
Location: Serra de Cantareira
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 September 1944
Flight: PP-PBH
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar
Location: Rio Doce, Brazil
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 3 January 1947
Flight: PP-PBN
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-43B
Location: São Paulo de Olivença
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 July 1950
Flight: Flight 99
Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Location: near Gravataí Air Base
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 28 February 1952
Flight: Flight 389
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-393
Location: Uberlândia, Brazil
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 17 June 1953
Flight: Flight 263
Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Location: near Congonhas Airport
Summary: Bad visibility, crew error
Date: 16 June 1955
Flight: Flight 263
Aircraft: Lockheed L-149 Constellation
Location: near Silvio Pettirossi Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 1 November 1961
Flight: PP-PDO
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: near Guararapes Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 20 August 1962
Flight: Flight 026
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-33
Location: Galeão Int'l Airport
Summary: Aborted takeoff, ran off runway
Date: 14 December 1962
Flight: PP-PDE Estêvão Ribeiro Baião Parente
Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Location: near Paraná da Eva
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Paninternational (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 September 1971
Flight: Flight 112
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-515FB
Location: A7 / E45 near Hamburg Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, double engine failure
Partnair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 September 1989
Flight: Flight 394
Aircraft: Convair 580
Location: Hirtshals , Denmark
Summary: Structural failure, counterfeit parts
Pegasus Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 February 2020
Flight: Flight 2193 Açelya
Aircraft: Boeing 737-86J
Location: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway overrun on landing)
Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA) (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 August 1940
Flight: Trip 19
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-313
Location: Lovettsville, Virginia
Summary: Lightning strike (probable), loss of control
Date: 5 May 1944
Flight: NC21788 (operating for USAAF)
Aircraft: Douglas C-49H
Location: Atlantic Ocean, off Lake Worth, Florida
Summary: Mid-air collision with a USAAF B-24
Date: 14 April 1945
Flight: Flight 142
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-313A
Location: Cheat Mountain, near Morgantown, West Virginia
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 6 January 1946
Flight: Flight 105
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-392
Location: Birmingham Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway excursion on landing
Date: 13 June 1947
Flight: Flight 410
Aircraft: Douglas C-54
Location: Lookout Rock, Blue Ridge Mountains
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 September 2001
Flight: RA-87481
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: Tigil, Russia
Summary: Under investigation (heavy landing, nosegear failure)
Date: 16 April 2011
Flight: Flight 123
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40K
Location: Ust-Kamchatsk Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
Date: 12 September 2012
Flight: Flight 251
Aircraft: Antonov An-28
Location: near Palana
Summary: Pilot intoxication, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 6 July 2021
Flight: Flight 251
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: near Palana
Summary: Under investigation (CFIT)
Piedmont Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 October 1959
Flight: Flight 349 Buckeye Pacemaker
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Bucks Elbow Mountain, near Crozet, Virginia
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 19 July 1967
Flight: Flight 22 Manhattan Pacemaker
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22
Location: over Hendersonville, North Carolina
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Cessna 310
PMTair (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 November 2005
Flight: XU-072 (operated by Royal Phnom Penh Airways)
Aircraft: Xian Y-7-100C
Location: Ratanakiri Airport
Summary: Crashed on landing
Date: 25 June 2007
Flight: Flight 241
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Kampot Province
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Polar Airlines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 May 2003
Flight: RA-05881
Aircraft: Antonov An-3T
Location: near Sangar
Summary: Under investigation (engine failure, forced landing)
Date: 18 November 2005
Flight: RA-02252
Aircraft: Antonov An-2TP
Location: Sangar
Summary: Weather, loss of control
Date: 21 November 2012
Flight: RA-26061
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B-100
Location: Deputatskiy Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
Date: 16 August 2013
Flight: Flight 9977
Aircraft: Antonov An-2TP
Location: Vilyuisk Airport
Summary: Engine problems for reasons unknown, forced landing
Polyarnya Aviatsiya (11 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 December 1945
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Dudinka
Summary: In-flight fire, crash on takeoff
Date: 13 December 1946
Flight: CCCP-N400
Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3
Location: Kara Sea
Summary: Double engine failure, forced landing
Date: 7 March 1948
Flight: CCCP-N444
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2
Location: 89 mi N of Kharp, Russia
Summary: CFIT
Date: 16 September 1948
Flight: CCCP-N464
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2T
Location: off Cape Medynski Zavorot
Summary: Weather, spatial disorientation, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Date: 1 November 1948
Flight: CCCP-N494
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2
Location: 10 mi east of Mys Kosistyy
Summary: Engine failure, icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 23 April 1950
Flight: CCCP-N500
Aircraft: Focke-Wulf MK-200
Location: Yakutsk Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 26 June 1950
Flight: CCCP-N488
Aircraft: Consolidated KM-2
Location: Khimki Reservoir
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 20 August 1951
Flight: CCCP-N568
Aircraft: Antonov An-2
Location: Lena River near Yakutsk
Summary: Maintenance error, crash on takeoff
Date: 28 September 1952
Flight: CCCP-N591
Aircraft: Antonov An-2
Location: Ust-Tareya
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 4 March 1955
Flight: CCCP-N479
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-12
Location: near Kępino
Summary: Engine fire, forced landing
Date: 30 December 1958
Flight: Flight 3
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14M
Location: 41 mi from Katanga
Summary: Deviation from course, premature descent, CFIT
Precision Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 November 2022
Flight: Flight 494 Bukoba
Aircraft: ATR 42-500
Location: Lake Victoria near Bukoba
Summary: Under investigation
President Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 September 1961
Flight: N90773 Theodore Roosevelt
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: River Shannon
Summary: Instrument failure, weather, possible pilot error, loss of control
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 March 1969
Flight: Flight 277
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 2D
Location: Luquillo, Puerto Rico
Summary: ATC error, CFIT
Date: 24 June 1972
Flight: Flight 191
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 2
Location: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 July 1979
Flight: Flight 610
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 2D
Location: Alexander Hamilton Airport
Summary: Overloading, loss of control
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 February 1994
Flight: Flight 9045
Aircraft: Antonov An-12BP
Location: near Nalchik Airport
Summary: Icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 28 July 2002
Flight: RA-86060
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-86
Location: near Sheremetyevo Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, loss of control
Date: 22 August 2006
Flight: Flight 612
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: near Donetsk
Summary: Weather, stall, loss of control
Qantas (15 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 March 1927
Flight: G-AUED
Aircraft: de Havilland DH-9C
Location: Tambo
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 4 September 1928
Flight: G-AUHI
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.50J
Location: Adelaide Hills
Summary: Weather, loss of control
Date: 3 October 1934
Flight: VH-UHE Atalanta
Aircraft: de Havilland DH.50A
Location: near Winton
Summary: Loss of control, possible stall
Date: 15 November 1934
Flight: VH-USG Adelaide
Aircraft: de Havilland Express
Location: Longreach
Summary: Loss of control due to design defect
Date: 30 January 1942
Flight: G-AEUH
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Timor Sea off Kupang
Summary: Shot down
Date: 20 February 1942
Flight: VH-USE
Aircraft: de Havilland Express
Location: Brisbane
Summary: Unexplained tailfin failure, loss of control
Date: 22 April 1943
Flight: VH-ADU Camilla
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Port Moresby
Summary: Broke apart after landing
Date: 26 November 1943
Flight: VH-CAB (operated for RAAF)
Aircraft: Lockheed C-56B Lodestar
Location: Port Moresby
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 11 October 1944
Flight: VH-ABB
Aircraft: Short Empire
Location: Sydney
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 16 July 1951
Flight: VH-EBQ
Aircraft: de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Location: Lae
Summary: Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control
Date: 23 September 1999
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Boeing 747-438
Location: Bangkok
Summary: Weather, crew error
Date: 29 May 2003
Flight: Flight 1737
Aircraft: Boeing 717-231
Location: Over Bass Strait , Australia
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 25 July 2008
Flight: Flight 30
Aircraft: Boeing 747-438
Location: South China Sea
Summary: Mid-air explosion, mid-air decompression
Date: 7 October 2008
Flight: Flight 72
Aircraft: Airbus A330-303
Location: Near Exmouth, Western Australia
Summary: Air data inertial reference unit failure and autopilot software design error
Date: 4 November 2010
Flight: Flight 32
Aircraft: Airbus A380-842
Location: Between Singapore and Batam
Summary: Uncontained engine failure
RED Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 June 2022
Flight: Flight 203
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Miami International Airport
Summary: Under investigation (runway excursion)
Red Wings Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 December 2012
Flight: Flight 9268
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-204-100V
Location: M3 near Vnukovo Airport
Summary: Brake failure, pilot error, runway overrun
Rocky Mountain Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 22 January 1970
Flight: Flight 10
Aircraft: Aero Commander 580
Location: Near Aspen/Pitkin County Airport
Summary: CFIT , pilot error, inhibited visibility
Date: 4 December 1978
Flight: Flight 217
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
Location: Buffalo Pass
Summary: Icing, mountain waves, pilot error
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 August 1994
Flight: Flight 630
Aircraft: ATR-42-312
Location: Atlas Mountains
Summary: Deliberate crash (by pilot)
Royal Nepal Airlines (now Nepal Airlines ) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 August 1962
Flight: 9N-AAH
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal
Summary: CFIT
Date: 12 July 1969
Flight: 9N-AAP
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Hetauda , Makwanpur District
Summary: CFIT
RusAir (now AtlasJet) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 June 2011
Flight: Flight 9605
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Location: A133 near Besovets
Summary: Crew failed to go-around, premature descent, CFIT
Ryanair (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 February 2002
Flight: Flight 296
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
Location: London Stansted Airport
Summary: Ground fire
Date: 10 November 2008
Flight: Flight 4102
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
Location: Rome
Summary: Multiple birdstrikes
S7 Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 July 2006
Flight: Flight 778
Aircraft: Airbus A310-324
Location: Irkutsk
Summary: Pilot error
Sabena (24 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 December 1935
Flight: OO-AGN
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti S.73P
Location: Tatsfield , Surrey
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 16 November 1937
Flight: OO-AUB
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Location: Ostend , Belgium
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 10 October 1938
Flight: OO-AGT
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti S.73P
Location: Soest , Germany
Summary: In-flight breakup
Date: 23 May 1940
Flight: OO-AGS (operating for RAF)
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti S.73P
Location: Arques, France
Summary: Shot down
Date: 23 May 1940
Flight: OO-AGZ (operated by RAF)
Aircraft: Savoia-Marchetti S.73P
Location: Merville, France
Summary: Destroyed on the ground
Date: 23 May 1940
Flight: OO-AUI (operated by RAF)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-227B
Location: near Arques, France
Summary: Shot down by ground fire, forced landing
Date: 17 September 1946
Flight: OO-AUR
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Haren Airport
Summary: Loss of speed for reasons unknown
Date: 18 September 1946
Flight: OO-CBG
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: near Gander
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 December 1947
Flight: OO-CAR
Aircraft: Lockheed C-60A
Location: near Mitwaba, Belgian Congo
Summary: Double engine failure, loss of control
Date: 2 March 1948
Flight: OO-AWH
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3D
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 12 May 1948
Flight: OO-CBE
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4-1009
Location: near Magazini, Belgian Congo
Summary: Flew into a tornado, windshear
Date: 31 August 1948
Flight: OO-CBL
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Kimbwe , Belgian Congo
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 27 August 1949
Flight: OO-CBK
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Léopoldville , Belgian Congo
Summary: Loss of engine power, failed to gain height on takeoff
Date: 18 December 1949
Flight: OO-AUQ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Aulnay-sous-Bois , France
Summary: Wing separation, loss of control
Date: 24 July 1951
Flight: OO-CBA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-455
Location: near Gao Airport
Summary: Engine failure on takeoff
Date: 4 February 1952
Flight: Flight 425
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Kikwit, Belgian Congo
Summary: Propeller separation, fuselage penetration, loss of control
Date: 14 October 1953
Flight: OO-AWQ
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-12
Location: near Frankfurt
Summary: Loss of power on takeoff
Date: 19 December 1953
Flight: OO-AWO
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-12
Location: near Kloten Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 3 June 1954
Flight: OO-CBY
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: near Maribor , Yugoslavia
Summary: Attacked by MiG-15 fighter, forced landing
Date: 13 February 1955
Flight: Flight 503
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Mount Terminillo
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 18 May 1958
Flight: OO-SFA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: near Casablanca
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
Date: 15 February 1961
Flight: Flight 548
Aircraft: Boeing 707-329
Location: Brussels
Summary: Mechanical failure
Date: 13 July 1968
Flight: Flight 712
Aircraft: Boeing 707-329C
Location: near Lagos
Summary: Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Date: 8 May 1972
Flight: Flight 571
Aircraft: Boeing 707-329
Location: Lod International Airport
Summary: Hijacking
SAHSA (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 October 1989
Flight: Flight 414
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Tegucigalpa
Summary: Pilot error
Saratov Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 February 2018
Flight: Flight 703
Aircraft: Antonov An-148-100B
Location: near Stepanovskoye, Moscow Oblast
Summary: Pilot error, icing, loss of control
Saturn Airways (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 January 1967
Flight: N640NA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: near San Antonio International Airport
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 10 October 1970
Flight: N9248R
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
Location: near Fort Dix
Summary: Weather, spatial disorientation, pilot error
Date: 23 May 1974
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Location: near Springfield, Illinois
Summary: Metal fatigue, wing separation, loss of control
Saudia (13 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 September 1959
Flight: HZ-AAF
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Jeddah
Summary: Pilot error, stall, forced landing
Date: 13 June 1964
Flight: HZ-AAN
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Red Sea , 63 mi off Jeddah
Summary: CFIT
Date: 24 June 1967
Flight: HZ-AAM
Aircraft: Douglas C-47
Location: near Khalif Nseir
Summary: ?
Date: 8 July 1968
Flight: HZ-AAZ
Aircraft: Convair CV-340-68
Location: 3 mi S of Dhahran
Summary: Poor visibility, aborted approach
Date: 10 November 1970
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Damascus
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 19 August 1980
Flight: Flight 163
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Location: Riyadh
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown, burned out on the ground
Date: 22 December 1980
Flight: Flight 162
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Location: over Qatar
Summary: Explosive decompression
Date: 12 November 1996
Flight: Flight 763
Aircraft: Boeing 747-168B
Location: Delhi
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76
Date: 2 June 1997
Flight: Flight 770
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Location: Tambaram Air Force Station
Summary: Pilot error, landed at wrong airport
Date: 23 August 2001
Flight: Flight 3830
Aircraft: Boeing 747-368
Location: Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Summary: Hydraulic system failure, ran off runway
Date: 25 March 2008
Flight: Flight 810 (leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-357
Location: Zia International Airport
Summary: Fuel leak, in-flight fire
Date: 16 September 2018
Flight: Flight 931 (leased from Air ACT)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-428FER
Location: Frankfurt International Airport
Summary: Fatigue, wing flap fell off on landing
Date: 1 February 2020
Flight: Flight 919 (operated by Air ACT)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-412F (SCD)
Location: King Fahad International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike on takeoff
Saudia Cargo (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 November 2017
Flight: Flight 916 (operated by Air ACT)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-428FER
Location: Aachen Airport
Summary: Runway excursion on takeoff
Seaboard World Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 July 1968
Flight: Flight 253A
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Burevestnik, Kuril Islands
Summary: Forced landing
Date: 16 October 1969
Flight: N6834
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
Location: Stockton Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, runway overrun
Shanxi Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 October 1988
Flight: B-4218
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14P
Location: Linfen
Summary: Crash on takeoff
Siberia Airlines (now S7 Airlines ) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 October 2001
Flight: Flight 1812
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Black Sea
Summary: Accidental shoot down
Date: 14 January 2002
Flight: Flight 852
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-204-100
Location: Omsk Airport
Summary: Double engine failure, skidded off runway
Date: 24 August 2004
Flight: Flight 1047
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Location: Rostov Oblast
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Sichuan Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 January 2003
Flight: Flight 434
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ-145LR
Location: near Chengdu
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 14 May 2018
Flight: Flight 8633
Aircraft: Airbus A319-100
Location: over Xiaojin County
Summary: Windshield failure, uncontrolled decompression
SilkAir (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 December 1997
Flight: Flight 185
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Location: Palembang
Summary: Deliberate crash (disputed)
Singapore Airlines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 26 March 1991
Flight: Flight 117
Aircraft: Airbus A310
Location: Singapore
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 31 October 2000
Flight: Flight 006
Aircraft: Boeing 747-412
Location: Taipei
Summary: Ground collision
Date: 27 June 2016
Flight: Flight 368
Aircraft: Boeing 777-312ER
Location: Changi Airport
Summary: Oil leak, in-flight fire
Date: 29 November 2017
Flight: 9V-SQK
Aircraft: Boeing 777-212ER
Location: Changi Airport
Summary: Contact with burning ground vehicle
Skyways (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 February 1949
Flight: G-AJPL
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: near Castel Benito Airport
Summary: Fuel exhaustion, double engine failure, loss of altitude
Date: 15 March 1949
Flight: G-AHFI
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: near Gatow
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 2 February 1953
Flight: G-AHFA
Aircraft: Avro York I
Location: North Atlantic
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 26 June 1954
Flight: G-AGNY
Aircraft: Avro York C.I
Location: Kyritz
Summary: Engine separation, loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 1 April 1958
Flight: G-ALDV
Aircraft: Handley Page Hermes 4/A
Location: Meesden Green
Summary: Jammed elevator, loss of control
Slick Airways (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 February 1947
Flight: NC59486
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46E
Location: Denver
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 21 August 1947
Flight: NC59488
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46E
Location: Hanksville, Utah
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 16 May 1948
Flight: NC56489
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46E
Location: near Port Columbus International Airport
Summary: Turbulence, rudder failure, loss of control
Date: 9 October 1949
Flight: Flight 11-8
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46E
Location: near Cheyenne Regional Airport
Summary: Turbulence, icing, loss of control
Date: 4 March 1953
Flight: Flight 162-3
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F
Location: near Bradley Field
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 3 February 1963
Flight: Flight 40Z
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 10 March 1964
Flight: Flight 12
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: near Logan International Airport
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 August 1924
Flight: F-ADTP
Aircraft: Farman F.61 Goliath
Location: near Schiphol Airport
Summary: Engine failure, forced landing
Date: 5 May 1927
Flight: F-ADTN
Aircraft: Farman F.61 Goliath
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 23 May 1928
Flight: F-AEIE
Aircraft: Farman F.63bis Goliath
Location: Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport
Summary: Crashed on takeoff
Date: 9 July 1930
Flight: F-ADTQ
Aircraft: Farman F.63bis Goliath
Location: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
Summary: Mechanical failure, loss of control
South African Airways (SAA) (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 June 1937
Flight: ZS-AKY
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3msa1
Location: Rand Airport
Summary: Loss of power, crash on takeoff
Date: 28 March 1941
Flight: ZS-AST
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-08-01 Lodestar
Location: Elands Bay , South Africa
Summary: CFIT
Date: 15 October 1951
Flight: ZS-AVJ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mount Ingeli
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 April 1954
Flight: Flight 201 ( Yoke Yoke , operated by BOAC)
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 1
Location: Mediterranean Sea off San Lucido
Summary: Metal fatigue, structural failure
Date: 6 March 1962
Flight: Flight 512
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: near Seymour
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 13 March 1967
Flight: Flight 406 Rietbok
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 818
Location: East London , South Africa
Summary: Unknown (possible pilot incapacitation and loss of control)
Date: 20 April 1968
Flight: Flight 228 Pretoria
Aircraft: Boeing 707-344C
Location: Windhoek
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 28 November 1987
Flight: Flight 295 Helderberg
Aircraft: Boeing 747-244B Combi
Location: Indian Ocean, near Mauritius
Summary: In-flight fire, in-flight breakup, loss of control
South Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 February 2013
Flight: Flight 8971
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Donetsk Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error, loss of control
Southeast Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 January 1959
Flight: Flight 308
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Holston Mountain
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Southern Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 14 November 1970
Flight: Flight 932
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Summary: Unexplained descent, CFIT
Date: 4 April 1977
Flight: Flight 242
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: New Hope, Georgia
Summary: Water ingestion, double engine failure
Southwest Airlines (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 5 March 2000
Flight: Flight 1455
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3T5
Location: Burbank, California
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 24 May 2003
Flight: Flight 2066
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3H4
Location: Amarillo International Airport
Summary: Crew error, weather, runway excursion
Date: 8 December 2005
Flight: Flight 1248
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: Chicago
Summary: Weather, runway overrun, ground collision
Date: 13 July 2009
Flight: Flight 2294
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3H4
Location: near Charleston, West Virginia
Summary: Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization
Date: 1 April 2011
Flight: Flight 812
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3H4
Location: Yuma International Airport
Summary: Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization
Date: 22 July 2013
Flight: Flight 345
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: La Guardia Airport
Summary: Pilot error, landed nose-first, nosegear failure
Date: 4 August 2016
Flight: Flight 149
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3H4
Location: BWI Marshall Airport
Summary: Nosegear failure (during pushback)
Date: 27 August 2016
Flight: Flight 3472
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration
Date: 17 April 2018
Flight: Flight 1380
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: near Philadelphia
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration, explosive decompression
Date: 7 May 2020
Flight: Flight 1392
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
Summary: Collision with pedestrian on runway
Southwest Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 April 1951
Flight: Flight 7
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Refugio Pass, CA
Summary: CFIT
Spanair (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 August 2008
Flight: Flight 5022
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Madrid
Summary: Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff
Spantax (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 December 1965
Flight: EC-ARZ
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: El Ortigal de Arriba
Summary: Entered a spin after takeoff
Date: 5 January 1970
Flight: EC-BNM
Aircraft: Convair CV-990-30A-5
Location: Arlanda Airport
Summary: Pilot error, wind shear
Date: 3 December 1972
Flight: Flight 275
Aircraft: Convair CV-990-30A-5
Location: Tenerife , Canary Islands
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 13 September 1982
Flight: Flight 995
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10-30
Location: Málaga Airport
Summary: Landing gear tire failure, aborted take-off
Spencer Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 January 1947
Flight: VP-YFD
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Croydon Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Sriwijaya Air (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 August 2008
Flight: Flight 62
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Sultan Thaha Airport
Summary: Hydraulic failure, runway overrun on landing
Date: 9 January 2021
Flight: Flight 182 Citra
Aircraft: Boeing 737-524
Location: off Thousand Islands
Summary: Asymmetrical thrust setting due to a faulty autothrottle system
Sudan Airways (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 August 1986
Flight: ST-ADY
Aircraft: Fokker F27
Location: near Malakal
Summary: Shot down
Date: 8 July 2003
Flight: Flight 139 White Nile
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2J8C
Location: Port Sudan
Summary: Engine problems, pilot error
Date: 10 June 2008
Flight: Flight 109
Aircraft: Airbus A310-324
Location: Khartoum International Airport
Summary: Weather, runway overrun
Surinam Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 June 1989
Flight: Flight 764
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Location: Paramaribo , Suriname
Summary: Pilot error
Swissair (12 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 27 July 1934
Flight: CH-170
Aircraft: Curtiss AT-32C Condor II
Location: near Tuttlingen
Summary: Vibration, fatigue, wing separation
Date: 7 January 1939
Flight: HB-ITA
Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-115B
Location: near Senlis
Summary: CFIT
Date: 20 July 1939
Flight: HB-IXA
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 86Z-2
Location: Konstanz
Summary: Engine fire, loss of control
Date: 19 June 1954
Flight: HB-IRW Ticino
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-4
Location: English Channel off Folkestone
Summary: Crew negligence, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Date: 15 July 1956
Flight: HB-IMD
Aircraft: Convair CV-440-11
Location: Shannon Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 18 June 1957
Flight: HB-IRK
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: Bodensee
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 4 September 1963
Flight: Flight 306 Schaffhausen
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: Dürrenäsch
Summary: In-flight fire, hydraulic failure, loss of control
Date: 10 February 1967
Flight: HB-IMF
Aircraft: Convair CV-440-11
Location: Jura Mountains
Summary: CFIT
Date: 21 February 1970
Flight: Flight 330 Baselland
Aircraft: Convair CV-990-30A-6
Location: Würenlingen
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Date: 13 September 1970
Flight: Flight 100 Nidwalden
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-53
Location: Zarqa , Jordan
Summary: Hijacking, blown up on the ground
Date: 8 October 1979
Flight: Flight 316 Uri
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-62
Location: Athens
Summary: Crew error, runway overrun
Date: 2 September 1998
Flight: Flight 111 Vaud
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Location: off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
Summary: In-flight fire, electrical and hydraulic failure, spatial disorientation, loss of control
TAAG Angola Airlines (6 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 June 1980
Flight: D2-TYC
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40K
Location: near Matala
Summary: Possibly shot down
Date: 16 May 1981
Flight: D2-EAS
Aircraft: Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
Location: near Menongue Airport
Summary: Shot down
Date: 29 November 1982
Flight: D2-TAB
Aircraft: Antonov An-26
Location: Monte Bibala
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 November 1983
Flight: Flight 462
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2M2
Location: near Lubango
Summary: Structural failure (official) Possible shoot down (unofficial)
Date: 14 April 1997
Flight: D2-TFP
Aircraft: Fokker F27-600
Location: Maya Maya Airport
Summary: Loss of control on takeoff
Date: 28 June 2007
Flight: D2-TBP
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2M2
Location: M'Banza Congo Airport
Summary: Landed short of runway, right gear collapse
TACA (now Avianca El Salvador ) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 May 1988
Flight: Flight 110
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3T0
Location: New Orleans
Summary: Weather, design failure
Date: 6 April 1993
Flight: Flight 510
Aircraft: Boeing 767-2S1ER
Location: Guatemala City
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 30 May 2008
Flight: Flight 390
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Tegucigalpa
Summary: Runway overrun in bad weather
TAESA Lineas Aéreas (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 November 1999
Flight: Flight 725
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Uruapan
Summary: Failure to use checklists, spatial disorientation
TAG Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 January 1970
Flight: Flight 730
Aircraft: de Havilland Dove 6A
Location: Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio
Summary: Wing failure
Tajik Air (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 June 1993
Flight: 26035
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: 63 mi from Tbilisi
Summary: Severe turbulence, probable loss of control
Date: 28 August 1993
Flight: 87995
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
Location: near Khorugh
Summary: Overloading, failure to take off, runway overrun
Date: 15 December 1997
Flight: Flight 3183
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-1
Location: near Sharjah Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
TAM Airlines (now LATAM Airlines Brasil ) (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 February 1979
Flight: PP-SBB
Aircraft: Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante
Location: Agudos
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 June 1984
Flight: PP-SBC
Aircraft: Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante
Location: Rio das Ostras
Summary: VFR in IMC, CFIT
Date: 12 February 1990
Flight: PT-LCG
Aircraft: Fokker F27-200
Location: Bauru
Summary: Pilot error, ground collision (car)
Date: 31 October 1996
Flight: Flight 402
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Congonhas
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Date: 9 July 1997
Flight: Flight 283
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Suzano
Summary: Bombing
Date: 15 September 2001
Flight: Flight 9755
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Belo Horizonte
Summary: Right engine disintegration, explosive decompression
Date: 30 August 2002
Flight: Flight 3804
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Araçatuba
Summary: Fuel starvation , emergency gear-up landing in a field
Date: 30 August 2002
Flight: Flight 3499
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: Viracopos-Campinas International Airport
Summary: Hydraulic system problems, emergency gear-up landing
Date: 8 August 2006
Flight: Flight 3040
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Location: São Paulo
Summary: Passenger door opened and separated
Date: 17 July 2007
Flight: Flight 3054
Aircraft: Airbus A320-233
Location: Congonhas
Summary: Pilot error, improper training, bad weather and short runway
TAP Air Portugal (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 November 1977
Flight: Flight 425
Aircraft: Boeing 727-282
Location: Madeira
Summary: Overran runway due to poor weather and short runway
Date: 2 September 2022
Flight: Flight 149
Aircraft: A320 Neo
Location: Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, crashed into vehicles when landing
Tara Air (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 December 2010
Flight: 9N-AFX
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 310
Location: Okhaldhunga District
Summary: CFIT
Date: 24 February 2016
Flight: Flight 193
Aircraft: Viking Air Twin Otter 400
Location: Dana, Myadgi District
Summary: Weather, VFR in IMC, loss of situational awareness, CFIT
Date: 29 May 2022
Flight: Flight 197 (operated for Yeti Airlines)
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: Sanosware, Thasang
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain
TAROM (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 24 February 1962
Flight: YR-IMB
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: near Paphos, Cyprus
Summary: Loss of power, belly landing
Date: 13 June 1963
Flight: YR-ILL
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14P
Location: near Békéssámson , Hungary
Summary: Entered a dive
Date: 9 October 1964
Flight: YR-ILB
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-14P
Location: near Cugir
Summary: Windshear, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup
Date: 4 February 1970
Flight: Flight 35
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Vladeasa mountains
Summary: Premature descent, CFIT
Date: 7 December 1970
Flight: YR-BCA
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-424EU
Location: near Kogalniceanu Airport
Summary: CFIT
Date: 29 December 1974
Flight: YR-AMD
Aircraft: Antonov An-24RV
Location: Lotrului Mountains
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
Date: 7 August 1980
Flight: YR-TPH
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154B-1
Location: Nouadhibou Airport
Summary: Crew error, water ditching
Date: 13 August 1991
Flight: Flight 785A
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18V
Location: Retezat Mountains
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 31 March 1995
Flight: Flight 371 Muntenia
Aircraft: Airbus A310-324
Location: Baloteşti
Summary: Misread instruments, loss of control
Date: 30 December 2007
Flight: Flight 3107 Constanţa
Aircraft: Boeing 737-38J
Location: Otopeni
Summary: ATC errors, poor visibility, ground collision (car)
TARS (now TAROM) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 November 1947
Flight: YR-TAI
Aircraft: Lisunov Li-2P
Location: Plouznice, Czech Republic
Summary: Spatial disorientation, CFIT
Date: 9 December 1949
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Beograd Airport
Summary: Hijacking
TAT European Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 March 1988
Flight: Flight 230
Aircraft: Fairchild Hiller FH-227B
Location: Fontainebleau , France
Summary: Electrical failure, loss of control
Date: 23 March 1991
Flight: F-GCPZ
Aircraft: Fairchild Hiller FH-227
Location: Pleurtuit Airport
Summary: Burned while parked
Tatarstan Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 November 2013
Flight: Flight 363
Aircraft: Boeing 737-53A
Location: Kazan International Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Texas International Airlines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 6 February 1969
Flight: N1304T
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-15MC
Location: over Harlingen, Texas
Summary: Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28
Date: 11 January 1970
Flight: Flight 926
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-31
Location: Valley International Airport
Summary: Collision with obstacles on approach
Date: 27 September 1973
Flight: Flight 655
Aircraft: Convair 600
Location: Black Fork Mountain
Summary: Pilot error, deviation from route, poor CRM , CFIT
Date: 16 November 1976
Flight: Flight 987
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Stapleton Int'l Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, runway overrun
Date: 17 March 1980
Flight: N9103
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Ryan Field
Summary: Weather, runway overrun
Thai Airways Company (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 December 1967
Flight: Flight 002
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Chiang Mai Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot disorientation, loss of control
Date: 27 April 1980
Flight: Flight 231
Aircraft: HS 748-207 Srs. 2
Location: 9 mi NE of Bangkok
Summary: Windshear
Date: 15 April 1985
Flight: HS-TBB
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2P5
Location: near Phang Nga
Summary: CFIT
Date: 31 August 1987
Flight: Flight 365
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2P5
Location: Andaman Sea off Phuket
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Thai Airways International (9 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 June 1967
Flight: Flight 601 Chiraprapa
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: near Kai Tak Int'l Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 9 July 1969
Flight: HS-TGK Tepamart
Aircraft: Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Location: Bangkok Int'l Airport
Summary: Weather, possible windshear, heavy landing
Date: 10 May 1973
Flight: Flight 311 Srisubhan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-33
Location: Tribhuvan International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, runway overrun
Date: 26 October 1986
Flight: Flight 620 Sukhothai
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-601
Location: over Tosa Bay
Summary: Bombing
Date: 31 July 1992
Flight: Flight 311 Buri Ram
Aircraft: Airbus A310-304
Location: Langtang National Park
Summary: CFIT
Date: 22 October 1994
Flight: HS-THO Srichulalak
Aircraft: Airbus A300B4-103
Location: Bangkok Int'l Airport
Summary: Ground collision with a Thai Airways MD-11
Date: 11 December 1998
Flight: Flight 261 Phitsanulok
Aircraft: Airbus A310-204
Location: 4 mi SW of Surat Thani
Summary: Probable spatial disorientation
Date: 3 March 2001
Flight: Flight 114 Narathiwat
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4D7
Location: Don Mueang Int'l Airport
Summary: Fuel tank explosion (while parked)
Date: 8 September 2013
Flight: Flight 679 Song Dao
Aircraft: Airbus A330-321
Location: Suvarnabhumi Int'l Airport
Summary: Landing gear collapse, runway excursion
Tianjin Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 June 2012
Flight: Flight 7554
Aircraft: Embraer E190-100LR
Location: Hotan Airport
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Toa Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 February 1962
Flight: JA6158
Aircraft: de Havilland Heron 1B
Location: Mount Ohira
Summary: CFIT
Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 July 1971
Flight: Flight 63
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11A-217
Location: Yokotsu Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 28 May 1975
Flight: Flight 621
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11-125
Location: Itami Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, runway excursion
Date: 10 January 1988
Flight: Flight 670
Aircraft: NAMC YS-11-109
Location: Miho Airport
Summary: Icing, runway overrun
Trans Service Airlift (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 December 1995
Flight: 9Q-CCR
Aircraft: Lockheed L-188C Electra
Location: Jamba Airport
Summary: Overloading, loss of control
Transair Georgia (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 September 1993
Flight: 4L-65893
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Black Sea off Sukhumi
Summary: Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
Date: 23 September 1993
Flight: 4L-65001
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A
Location: Babusheri Airport
Summary: Destroyed on the ground by Abkhaz forces
TransAsia Airways (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 December 2002
Flight: Flight 791
Aircraft: ATR 72-202
Location: off Makung City
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 23 July 2014
Flight: Flight 222
Aircraft: ATR 72-500
Location: Husi, Penghu
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 4 February 2015
Flight: Flight 235
Aircraft: ATR 72-600
Location: Taipei
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error
TransAVIAexport Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 23 March 2007
Flight: EW-78849
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-76TD
Location: Mogadishu
Summary: Possible shootdown
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 3 September 1929
Flight: NC9649 City of San Francisco
Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Location: Mount Taylor, New Mexico
Summary: Lightning strike, CFIT
Date: 30 December 1929
Flight: Unknown
Aircraft: Travel Air 6000
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Summary: Crashed on approach
Transocean Air Lines (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 August 1949
Flight: N79998
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: 9 mi off Lurga Point
Summary: Poor CRM
Date: 5 November 1951
Flight: Flight 5763
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: Tucumcari Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error
Date: 30 December 1951
Flight: Flight 501
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46F Commando
Location: near Fairbanks, Alaska
Summary: Pilot error, spatial disorientation
Date: 20 March 1953
Flight: Flight 942
Aircraft: Douglas C-54G
Location: 12 mi SW of Alvarado, California
Summary: Loss of control for reasons unknown (possible wing icing)
Date: 12 July 1953
Flight: Flight 512 The Royal Hawaiian
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Pacific Ocean, 344 mi E of Wake Island
Summary: Undetermined
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) (3 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 December 1950
Flight: F-BELB
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: 10 mi S of Bangui Airport
Summary: Crew errors, CFIT
Date: 20 February 1956
Flight: F-BGOD
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: near Cairo
Summary: Pilot error, crew error, crew fatigue, improper approach
Date: 24 September 1959
Flight: Flight 307
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Location: Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Summary: CFIT
Trigana Air Service (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 November 1994
Flight: PK-YNM
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 100
Location: Mount Deyjay
Summary: CFIT
Date: 25 May 2002
Flight: PK-YPZ
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: 31 mi from Nabire
Summary: CFIT
Date: 17 November 2006
Flight: PK-YPY
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: Puncak Jaya
Summary: CFIT
Date: 11 February 2010
Flight: Flight 168
Aircraft: ATR 42-300
Location: near Sepingan Airport
Summary: Double engine failure, forced landing
Date: 16 August 2015
Flight: Flight 257
Aircraft: ATR 42-300
Location: Papua , Indonesia
Summary: Deviation from approach, CFIT
Tupolev (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 18 May 1935
Flight: CCCP-N20
Aircraft: Tupolev ANT-20
Location: over Moscow
Summary: Mid-air collision
Date: 14 January 1966
Flight: CCCP-45076
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134
Location: near Chkalovsky Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 3 June 1973
Flight: CCCP-77102
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-144S
Location: Goussainville, Val-d'Oise
Summary: In-flight breakup, loss of control
Date: 23 May 1978
Flight: CCCP-77111
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-144D
Location: Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Summary: Fuel leak, in-flight fire
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları) (20 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 17 February 1959
Flight: TC-SEV
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 794D
Location: near Gatwick Airport
Summary: Weather, CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 23 September 1961
Flight: Flight 835
Aircraft: Fokker F27-100
Location: Etimesgut, Ankara
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 8 March 1962
Flight: TC-KOP
Aircraft: Fairchild F-27
Location: Mt. Medetsiz
Summary: Spatial disorientation
Date: 3 February 1964
Flight: TC-ETI
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Ankara
Summary: Disregard of procedure
Date: 21 January 1972
Flight: TC-JAC
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-32
Location: near Adana Airport
Summary: Downwind during emergency landing
Date: 26 January 1974
Flight: Flight 301 Van
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: Cumaovası, Izmir
Summary: Wing icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 3 March 1974
Flight: Flight 981 Ankara
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: Ermenonville
Summary: Design error, mechanical failure (faulty cargo door)
Date: 30 January 1975
Flight: Flight 345 Bursa
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: Sea of Marmara
Summary: Possible downwind during landing
Date: 19 September 1976
Flight: Flight 452 Antalya
Aircraft: Boeing 727-2F2
Location: near Isparta
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 23 December 1979
Flight: TC-JAT Trabzon
Aircraft: Fokker F28-1000
Location: Çubuk, Ankara
Summary: Deviation from course
Date: 13 October 1980
Flight: Flight 890 Diyarbakır
Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
Location: Diyarbakır
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 16 January 1983
Flight: Flight 158 Afyon
Aircraft: Boeing 727-2F2
Location: Esenboğa Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, crash short of runway
Date: 29 December 1994
Flight: Flight 278 Mersin
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Y0
Location: Van
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 7 April 1999
Flight: Flight 5904 Trakya
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Q8
Location: Ceyhan
Summary: Weather, possible icing, crew error
Date: 8 January 2003
Flight: Flight 634 Konya
Aircraft: Avro RJ100
Location: Diyarbakır
Summary: CFIT
Date: 3 October 2006
Flight: Flight 1476
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Y0
Location: Papola Casale Airport
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 25 February 2009
Flight: Flight 1951 Tekirdağ
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Location: near Schiphol, Amsterdam
Summary: Instrument failure, stall, loss of control
Date: 5 January 2011
Flight: Flight 1754
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8F2
Location: Atatürk Airport
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 25 April 2015
Flight: Flight 1878 Gümüşhane
Aircraft: Airbus A320-232
Location: Atatürk Airport
Summary: Hard landing leading to fire, landing gear collapse and runway excursion
Date: 16 January 2017
Flight: Flight 6491 (leased from MyCargo Airlines)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-412F
Location: near Manas International Airport
Summary: CFIT
Ukraine International Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 January 2020
Flight: Flight 752
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8KV
Location: near Shahriar , Iran
Summary: Accidental shootdown
Union des Transports Aériens (UTA) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 October 1964
Flight: F-BHMS
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Mount Alcazaba
Summary: Undetermined
Date: 19 September 1989
Flight: Flight 772
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Location: Sahara Desert
Summary: Terrorist bombing
Union des Transports Africains de Guinée (UTA) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 December 2003
Flight: Flight 141
Aircraft: Boeing 727-223
Location: Bight of Benin
Summary: Overloading, failed to take off
United Airlines (68 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 10 October 1933
Flight: Trip 23
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Chesterton, Indiana
Summary: Bombing
Date: 23 February 1934
Flight: NC13357
Aircraft: Boeing 247
Location: Parley's Canyon, Utah
Summary: Poor visibility, weather, CFIT
Date: 20 December 1934
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Boeing 247
Location: Western Springs, Illinois
Summary: Icing, loss of power
Date: 7 October 1935
Flight: Trip 4
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: near Silver Crown, Wyoming
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 30 October 1935
Flight: NC13323
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Cheyenne
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 27 December 1936
Flight: Flight 34
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Rice Canyon, California
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 9 February 1937
Flight: Flight 23
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: off San Francisco
Summary: Loss of control due to co-pilot dropping microphone
Date: 17 October 1937
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-197
Location: Haydens Peak, Wyoming
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 24 May 1938
Flight: Flight 9
Aircraft: Douglas DST-A-207A
Location: Cleveland
Summary: In-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 29 November 1938
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-191
Location: off Point Reyes, California
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Date: 4 November 1940
Flight: Flight 16
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-197
Location: Bountiful Peak, Utah
Summary: Weather, loss of radio communication, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 4 December 1940
Flight: Flight 21
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197C
Location: Chicago
Summary: Possible icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 12 January 1941
Flight: NC16072
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Date: 1 May 1942
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Douglas DST-A-207A
Location: Salt Lake City
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 2 August 1943
Flight: 41-24027
Aircraft: Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Location: Whenuapai , New Zealand
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 31 January 1946
Flight: Flight 14 Mainliner Tacoma
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-194H
Location: Elk Mountain
Summary: Deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 8 October 1946
Flight: Flight 28 Mainliner Lake Michigan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: near Cheyenne
Summary: Loss of altitude on approach
Date: 11 November 1946
Flight: Flight 404 Mainliner Elko
Aircraft: Douglas C-53D (DC-3)
Location: Cleveland , Ohio
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 29 May 1947
Flight: Flight 521 Mainliner Lake Tahoe
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: LaGuardia Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 October 1947
Flight: Flight 608 Mainliner Washington D.C.
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Bryce Canyon, Utah
Summary: Design flaw, in-flight fire
Date: 17 June 1948
Flight: Flight 624 Mainliner Utah
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Aristes, Pennsylvania
Summary: False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers
Date: 28 April 1951
Flight: Flight 129
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: near Fort Wayne, Indiana
Summary: Windshear
Date: 30 June 1951
Flight: Flight 610 Mainliner Overland Trail
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Crystal Mountain, Colorado
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 24 August 1951
Flight: Flight 615 Mainliner Omaha
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: near Decoto, California
Summary: Pilot error, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 12 September 1951
Flight: Flight 7030 Mainliner Oahu
Aircraft: Boeing Stratocruiser 10–34
Location: off Redwood City, California
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 4 December 1951
Flight: Flight 16
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Stapleton Int'l Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 26 August 1953
Flight: Flight 314
Aircraft: Convair CV-340-31
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Summary: Mid-air collision with an American Airlines Convair 240
Date: 4 April 1955
Flight: N37512 Mainliner Idaho
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Long Island MacArthur Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 6 October 1955
Flight: Flight 409 Mainliner Capistrano
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Medicine Bow Peak
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 1 November 1955
Flight: Flight 629 Mainliner Denver
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Summary: Bombing
Date: 30 June 1956
Flight: Flight 718 Mainliner Vancouver
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Grand Canyon
Summary: Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Date: 21 April 1958
Flight: Flight 736
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Arden, Nevada
Summary: Mid-air collision with USAF F-100 fighter
Date: 16 December 1960
Flight: Flight 826 Mainliner Will Rogers
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-11
Location: over Staten Island
Summary: Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Date: 11 July 1961
Flight: Flight 859
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-12
Location: Stapleton Int'l Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Date: 23 November 1962
Flight: Flight 297
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Howard County, Maryland
Summary: Bird strike , loss of control
Date: 9 July 1964
Flight: Flight 823
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: near Parrottsville, Tennessee
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown, loss of control
Date: 16 August 1965
Flight: Flight 389
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22
Location: Lake Michigan off Chicago
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 11 November 1965
Flight: Flight 227
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22
Location: Salt Lake City International Airport
Summary: Crashed short of the runway, pilot error
Date: 11 January 1969
Flight: Flight 459
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cuba
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 18 January 1969
Flight: Flight 266
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22C
Location: Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles
Summary: Mechanical failure, total loss of electrical power, spatial disorientation
Date: 25 June 1969
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Location: over Riverside, California
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 19 July 1970
Flight: Flight 611 City of Bristol
Aircraft: Boeing 737-222
Location: Philadelphia Int'l Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error, runway overrun on takeoff
Date: 8 December 1972
Flight: Flight 553 City of Lincoln
Aircraft: Boeing 737-222
Location: Chicago
Summary: Approach landing stall, pilot error
Date: 18 December 1977
Flight: Flight 2860
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: near Kaysville, Utah
Summary: Electrical failure, pilot error, ATC error
Date: 28 December 1978
Flight: Flight 173
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61
Location: Portland, Oregon
Summary: Fuel exhaustion, pilot error
Date: 11 January 1983
Flight: Flight 2885
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Aircraft upset, crew error
Date: 24 February 1989
Flight: Flight 811
Aircraft: Boeing 747-122
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Cargo door opened—explosive decompression
Date: 19 July 1989
Flight: Flight 232
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Summary: Manufacturing error, engine failure
Date: 3 March 1991
Flight: Flight 585
Aircraft: Boeing 737-291
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Summary: Mechanical failure, rudder reversion
Date: 28 December 1997
Flight: Flight 826
Aircraft: Boeing 747-122
Location: Pacific Ocean, 956 mi ESE of Tokyo
Summary: Severe turbulence
Date: 13 May 2001
Flight: N7274U
Aircraft: Boeing 727-222
Location: Eppley Airfield
Summary: Damaged by hailstorm
Date: 11 September 2001
Flight: Flight 175
Aircraft: Boeing 767-222
Location: World Trade Center , New York City
Summary: Terrorism, hijacking
Date: 11 September 2001
Flight: Flight 93
Aircraft: Boeing 757-222
Location: Stonycreek Township , Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Summary: Terrorism, hijacking
Date: 5 July 2007
Flight: Flight 955
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222ER
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, on-board fire
Date: 10 January 2010
Flight: Flight 634
Aircraft: Airbus A319-131
Location: Newark Liberty Int'l Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Date: 7 April 2010
Flight: Flight 663
Aircraft: Boeing 757-222
Location: en route from Washington, DC to Denver
Summary: Suspicious activity
Date: 7 April 2011
Flight: Flight 497
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l Airport
Summary: Electrical failure, runway overrun
Date: 13 February 2018
Flight: Flight 1175
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 15 June 2019
Flight: Flight 627
Aircraft: Boeing 757-224
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 20 February 2021
Flight: Flight 328
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Location: Over Broomfield, Colorado
Summary: Uncontained engine failure
Date: 7 March 2024
Flight: Flight 35
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Plane lost a main landing gear wheel; plane made emergency landing at a parking lot at Los Angeles International Airport where it hit and damaged several vehicles
Date: 8 July 2024
Flight: Flight 1001
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Los Angeles International Airport
Summary: Plane lost a main landing gear wheel
Date: 24 December 2024
Flight: Flight 202
Aircraft: Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Location: Kahului Airport
Summary: Body found in one of the landing gears upon landing
Date: 31 December 2024
Flight: Flight 2225
Aircraft: Boeing 757-324
Location: Albuquerque International Airport
Summary: Smoke in the cockpit
Date: 12 January 2025
Flight: Flight 1727
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 9
Location: O'Hare International Airport
Summary: Collision with a coyote on runway
Date: 24 January 2025
Flight: Flight 613
Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Summary: Mid-air jolt
Date: 28 January 2025
Flight: Flight 2143
Aircraft: Boeing 767-400
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport
Summary: Fire alarm triggered
Date: 2 February 2025
Flight: Flight 1382
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Summary: Engine failure
United Arab Airlines (now EgyptAir ) (10 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 September 1960
Flight: Flight 738
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 739B
Location: 17 mi off Elba
Summary: In-flight breakup
Date: 19 July 1962
Flight: Flight 869
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 4C
Location: Khao Yai Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 12 May 1963
Flight: SU-AJX
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Location: Az Zahweyyin, Egypt
Summary: CFIT
Date: 27 July 1963
Flight: Flight 869
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 4C
Location: 6 mi off Bombay Airport
Summary: Loss of control
Date: 18 March 1966
Flight: Flight 749
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: near Cairo
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 18 August 1968
Flight: SU-AOL
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: 180 km off Cyprus
Summary: Controlled flight into water
Date: 20 March 1969
Flight: SU-APC
Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-18D
Location: Aswan Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error, pilot fatigue
Date: 10 April 1969
Flight: ET-AAQ (leased from Ethiopian Airlines)
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 2 mi south of Suez
Summary: Shot down
Date: 19 July 1970
Flight: SU-ANZ
Aircraft: Antonov An-24B
Location: Cairo
Summary: Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Date: 2 January 1971
Flight: Flight 844
Aircraft: de Havilland Comet 4C
Location: 4 mi from Tripoli International Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, pilot error
UPS Airlines (8 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 31 January 1985
Flight: N568UP
Aircraft: Swearingen Expediter
Location: Corbin Airport
Summary: Overloading, failed to go-around, ran off runway
Date: 11 September 1998
Flight: Flight 774
Aircraft: Boeing 767-34AF
Location: Ellington Field
Summary: Weather, runway excursion
Date: 7 June 2005
Flight: Flight 6971
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Location: Standiford Field
Summary: Pilot error, nose gear failure
Date: 8 February 2006
Flight: Flight 1307
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-71
Location: Philadelphia
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown
Date: 3 September 2010
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Boeing 747-44AF (SCD)
Location: Dubai
Summary: In-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 14 August 2013
Flight: Flight 1354
Aircraft: Airbus A300F4-622R
Location: near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 6 June 2016
Flight: Flight 61
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Location: Incheon International Airport
Summary: Runway excursion
Date: 4 November 2025
Flight: Flight 2976
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Location: near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
Summary: Engine fire and separation, under investigation
Ural Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 15 August 2019
Flight: Flight 178
Aircraft: Airbus A321-211
Location: near Zhukovsky International Airport
Summary: Bird strikes, forced landing
Uruguayan Air Force (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 October 1972
Flight: Flight 571
Aircraft: Fairchild FH-227
Location: Border between Chile and Argentina
Summary: CFIT
US Airways (formerly USAir) (7 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 20 September 1989
Flight: Flight 5050
Aircraft: Boeing 737-401
Location: Flushing, Queens
Summary: Crew error
Date: 1 February 1991
Flight: Flight 1493
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Location: Los Angeles, California
Summary: Ground collision
Date: 22 March 1992
Flight: Flight 405
Aircraft: Fokker F-28
Location: Flushing, Queens
Summary: Ice buildup, pilot error, inadequate deicing procedures
Date: 8 September 1994
Flight: Flight 427
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Location: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Summary: Mechanical failure
Date: 2 July 1994
Flight: Flight 1016
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Summary: Wind shear, crew error
Date: 9 June 2005
Flight: Flight 1170
Aircraft: Boeing 737-3B7
Location: Logan International Airport
Summary: Near collision
Date: 15 January 2009
Flight: Flight 1549
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Hudson River , New York
Summary: Bird strike, loss of power to both engines
US-Bangla Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 12 March 2018
Flight: Flight 211
Aircraft: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Location: Tribhuvan International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, spatial disorientation, loss of situational awareness
UTair Aviation (now Utair ) (5 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 November 2002
Flight: RA-26012
Aircraft: Antonov An-26B
Location: Antalya Airport
Summary: Weather, poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 17 March 2007
Flight: Flight 471
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Location: Kurumoch Airport
Summary: Hard landing, structural failure
Date: 16 January 2010
Flight: VQ-BAC
Aircraft: Boeing 737-500
Location: Vnukovo International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 2 April 2012
Flight: Flight 120
Aircraft: ATR 72–201
Location: Roschino International Airport
Summary: Crew error, wing icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 1 September 2018
Flight: Flight 579
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
Location: Sochi International Airport
Summary: Pilot error, windshear, runway overrun
ValuJet Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 May 1996
Flight: Flight 592
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Location: Everglades
Summary: In-flight fire
Varig (16 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 28 February 1942
Flight: PP-VAL Mauá
Aircraft: Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Location: Porto Alegre Airport
Summary: Crashed after takeoff
Date: 2 August 1949
Flight: PP-VBI
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46D
Location: Jaquirana
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 4 June 1954
Flight: PP-VBZ
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46A
Location: São Paulo–Congonhas Airport
Summary: Crew error, crash on takeoff
Date: 7 April 1957
Flight: PP-VCF
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46A
Location: Bagé Airport
Summary: In-flight fire, wing separation, loss of control
Date: 18 October 1957
Flight: PP-VCS
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Salgado Filho International Airport
Summary: Crew error, possible engine failure, ground turbulence
Date: 12 April 1960
Flight: PP-CDS
Aircraft: Douglas C-53
Location: Federal Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 27 November 1962
Flight: Flight 810
Aircraft: Boeing 707-441
Location: La Cruz Peak
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown
Date: 22 December 1962
Flight: PP-VCQ
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-2
Location: near Brasília
Summary: Unexplained descent
Date: 1 July 1963
Flight: PP-VBV
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Passo Fundo Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error
Date: 5 March 1967
Flight: Flight 837
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-33
Location: Roberts International Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 15 July 1968
Flight: PP-VBJ
Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Super C
Location: Gravatá
Summary: CFIT
Date: 9 June 1973
Flight: PP-VLJ
Aircraft: Boeing 707-323C
Location: Galeão International Airport
Summary: Crew error, loss of control
Date: 11 July 1973
Flight: Flight 820
Aircraft: Boeing 707-345C
Location: Orly International Airport
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 30 January 1979
Flight: Flight 967
Aircraft: Boeing 707-323C
Location: 125 mi off Japan
Summary: Unexplained disappearance
Date: 3 January 1987
Flight: Flight 797
Aircraft: Boeing 707-379C
Location: Abidjan
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 3 September 1989
Flight: Flight 254
Aircraft: Boeing 737-241
Location: Mato Grosso
Summary: Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Varney Air Lines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 January 1931
Flight: NC741K
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4
Location: Bluff Mountain
Summary: CFIT
Date: 26 November 1931
Flight: NC10338
Aircraft: Boeing 40B-4
Location: Pasco, Washington
Summary: Poor visibility
Date: 1 May 1935
Flight: NC891E
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5C
Location: near Walsenburg, Colorado
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 28 September 1936
Flight: NC176W
Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5C
Location: Walsenburg, Colorado
Summary: Engine failure, CFIT
VASP (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 May 1982
Flight: Flight 376
Aircraft: Boeing 737-2A1
Location: Brasília
Summary: Weather conditions
Date: 8 June 1982
Flight: Flight 168
Aircraft: Boeing 727-212 Advanced
Location: Fortaleza
Summary: CFIT
Vladivostok Air (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 4 July 2001
Flight: Flight 352
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Budarovka , Russia
Summary: Pilot error
Vnukovo Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 29 August 1996
Flight: Flight 2801
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M
Location: Operafjellet , Norway
Summary: CFIT
Voepass (formerly Passaredo) (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 9 August 2024
Flight: Flight 2283
Aircraft: ATR 72-500
Location: Vinhedo , Brazil
Summary: Unknown
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 13 November 2020
Flight: Flight 4066
Aircraft: Antonov An-124
Location: Tolmachevo Airport
Summary: Uncontained engine failure on takeoff, runway overrun
Walcot Air Line (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 21 July 1930
Flight: G-AAZK
Aircraft: Junkers F.13ge
Location: near Meopham , Kent
Summary: Stall, loss of control
West Caribbean Airways (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 16 August 2005
Flight: Flight 708
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: near Machiques
Summary: Poor CRM, updrafts, stall, loss of control
West Coast Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 October 1966
Flight: Flight 956
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Wemme, Oregon
Summary: Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Date: 10 March 1967
Flight: Flight 720
Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Summary: Crashed after takeoff due to an icing accident
Western Airlines (16 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 1 September 1935
Flight: NC13314
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Burbank, California
Summary: Engine failure, loss of altitude
Date: 15 December 1936
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: near Salt Lake City
Summary: CFIT
Date: 12 January 1937
Flight: Flight 7
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: near Newhall, California
Summary: CFIT
Date: 15 December 1942
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-191
Location: near Fairfield, Utah
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 24 April 1946
Flight: NC33621
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-367
Location: near Hollywood, California
Summary: Improper maintenance, engine failure, pilot error
Date: 13 November 1946
Flight: Flight 23
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: 14 mi S of Lebec, California
Summary: Radio problems, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 24 December 1946
Flight: Flight 44
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: 50 mi E of San Diego
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 20 April 1953
Flight: Flight 636
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: San Francisco Bay
Summary: Optical illusion, pilot error, controlled flight into water
Date: 29 June 1953
Flight: N15569
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Los Angeles International Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, loss of control
Date: 26 February 1954
Flight: Flight 34
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-1
Location: 19 mi ENE of Wright, Wyoming
Summary: Weather, loss of control for reasons unknown
Date: 25 July 1957
Flight: N8406H
Aircraft: Convair CV-240-1
Location: over Daggett, California
Summary: Bombing
Date: 31 March 1971
Flight: Flight 366
Aircraft: Boeing 720-047B
Location: Ontario International Airport
Summary: Poor visibility, rudder failure, loss of control
Date: 2 June 1972
Flight: Flight 701
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Algeria
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 31 March 1975
Flight: Flight 470
Aircraft: Boeing 737-247
Location: Casper Airport
Summary: Runway overrun
Date: 31 July 1979
Flight: Flight 44
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Buffalo, Wyoming
Summary: Pilot error, landed at wrong airport
Date: 31 October 1979
Flight: Flight 2605
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: Juarez International Airport
Summary: Poor CRM, runway confusion, collision with truck on runway
Widerøe (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 11 March 1982
Flight: Flight 933
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Location: Barents Sea off Gamvik
Summary: Clear-air turbulence, pilot error, structural failure, loss of control
Date: 6 May 1988
Flight: Flight 710
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102
Location: Torghatten
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 12 April 1990
Flight: Flight 839
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Location: Værøy
Summary: Windshear, structural failure, loss of control
Date: 27 October 1993
Flight: Flight 744
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Location: Berg, Overhalla
Summary: Crew error, CFIT
World Airways (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 19 September 1960
Flight: Flight 830
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: near Agana Naval Air Station
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 23 January 1982
Flight: Flight 30H
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF
Location: Logan International Airport
Summary: Weather, runway excursion
Wuhan Airlines (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 8 October 1992
Flight: B-4211
Aircraft: Avia 14M
Location: Huajia
Summary: Engine failure, CFIT
Date: 22 June 2000
Flight: Flight 343
Aircraft: Xian Y-7-100
Location: Hanyang District , Wuhan
Summary: Lightning strike, windshear
Xiamen Airlines (now XiamenAir ) (2 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 2 October 1990
Flight: Flight 8301
Aircraft: Boeing 737-247
Location: Guangzhou Baiyun Int'l Airport
Summary: Hijacking, runway collision with a China Southwest Boeing 707 and China Southern Boeing 757
Date: 16 August 2018
Flight: Flight 8667
Aircraft: Boeing 737-85C
Location: Ninoy Aquino Int'l Airport
Summary: Pilot error, skidded off runway
YAK-Service (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 7 September 2011
Flight: RA-42434
Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42D
Location: near Yaroslavl
Summary: Pilot error
Yemenia (1 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 30 June 2009
Flight: Flight 626
Aircraft: Airbus A310-324
Location: Moroni, Comoros Islands
Summary: Crew error, stall, loss of control
Yeti Airlines (4 incidents)
Incidents by year
Date: 25 May 2004
Flight: Flight 117
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: near Lukla
Summary: Pilot negligence, crew errors, CFIT
Date: 21 June 2006
Flight: 9N-AEQ
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: near Jumla Airport
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 8 October 2008
Flight: Flight 101
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Location: Tenzing–Hillary Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 15 January 2023
Flight: Flight 691
Aircraft: ATR 72-500
Location: near Pokhara International Airport
Summary: Stall on approach due to accidental feathering of propellers
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Airlines
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- Is LOT Polish Airlines safe?
Aircraft
- Is Airbus A320 safe?
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- Is ATR 72-202 safe?
- Is ATR 72-212 safe?
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- Is Boeing 777-222 safe?
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