Aeroflot accidents and incidents

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Aeroflot accidents and incidents
An Aeroflot Airbus A310-300 at Charles de Gaulle Airport. This aircraft is similar to the one involved in the crash of Flight 593, occurred on 23 March 1994.

Following is a list of accidents and incidents Aeroflot experienced all through its history.

1940s

1946

An ex-Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 at Monino Air Force Museum, Moscow, Russia. (1994)

• 5 November: An Aeroflot – Turkmenistan division Lisunov Li-2, registration CCCP-L4181, that was being ferried from Voronezh Airport to Vnukovo Airport, crashed in the outskirts of Moscow due to fuel exhaustion while in a holding pattern. A crew of 5 perished in the accident.^[1]

1948

• 12 October: An Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1450, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Baku–Tbilisi–Sochi passenger service under the airline's Uzbek division, crashed near Yevlakh amid inclement weather when trying to return to Bina International Airport, following navigation difficulties owing to poor reception of the radio beacon while en route its second leg, killing all 10 occupants of the aircraft.^[2]
• 22 November: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-L4463, that was operating a domestic scheduled Zyryanka–Srednekolymsk passenger service under the airline's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crash-landed on the frozen waters of the Kolyma River and sank, killing 23 of the 36 occupants of the aircraft.^[3]
• 1 December: An Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1465, that was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Novosibirsk–Omsk–Moscow passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed shortly after takeoff from Severny Airport, just after the flight engineer reduced power on the engines disregarding airspeed readings, causing the aircraft to descend until it impacted terrain. Once over land, one of the wings separated from the fuselage; the aircraft made a half turn, and a blade of a propeller that broke off cut through the fuselage, mortally wounding a passenger.^[4]
• 23 December: A Douglas TS-62, tail number CCCP-L861, that was operating a Moscow-Vnukovo Airport–Moscow-Bykovo Airport ferry flight under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, was involved in a mid-air collision 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Vnukovo, in poor visibility conditions, with an Ilyushin Il-12 that had departed from Khodynka Aerodrome bound for Tashkent. The latter aircraft lost both engines in the collision, while the TS-62 had its tail sheared off, subsequently crashing and catching fire. All 12 occupants of both aircraft were killed in the accident.^[5]

1949

• 29 April: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-L4464, that was flying the Yakutsk–Kirensk route under the carrier's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, went some 100 km (62 mi) off course. Having failed in establishing 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 (4,300 ft) high mountain, 117 km (73 mi) east of Kirensk, with the loss of 14 lives, out of 24 occupants of the aircraft.^[6]

1950s

1950/1951/1952/1953/1954/1955/1956/1957/1958/1959

Date	Location	Aircraft	Tail number	Airline division	Aircraft damage	Fatalities	Description	Refs
01950-07-3030 July 1950	Karaganda	Il-12	CCCP-Л1803	Kazakhstan	W/O	&1000000000000002500000025/25	Crashed on approach to Karaganda Airport. The aircraft had departed the same airport for a domestic scheduled passenger service when the crew decided to fly it back due to the failure of the port engine.	[7]
01951-08-1212 August 1951	Vilyuysk	Li-2	CCCP-Л4314	Yakut	W/O	&100000000000000020000002	Crashed.	[8]
01951-12-2727 December 1951	Namtsev	Li-2	CCCP-Л4228	Yakut	W/O	&1000000000000002000000020/20	The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yakutsk–Vilyuysk passenger service when it force-landed 90 kilometres (56 mi) out of Yakutsk due to a double engine failure caused by fuel exhaustion. The aircraft collided with trees and was destroyed by fire.	[9]
01952-05-033 May 1952	Khandyga	Li-2	CCCP-Л4602	Yakut	W/O	&100000000000000040000004	Crashed.	[10]
01952-10-055 October 1952	Skvoritsy	Il-12	CCCP-Л1328	Northern	W/O	&1000000000000003100000031/31	Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision near Skvoritsy. 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 the same airport bound for Minsk as Flight 381, with three passengers and a crew of four aboard. All occupants on both aircraft perished in the accident.	[11][12]
		TS-62	CCCP-Л1055	Northern	W/O
01955-08-066 August 1955	Voronezh	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	W/O	&1000000000000002500000025/25	Crashed and burst into flames under unspecified circumstances. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Stalingrad–Moscow passenger service.	[13]
01956-04-2222 April 1956	Sukhumi !Off Sukhumi	Il-14	CCCP-Л1718	Moscow	W/O	&100000000000000060000006/6	The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi-Kutaisi cargo service as Flight 227. Shortly after take-off from Sukhumi Airport the aircraft climbed to just 60 metres (200 ft) and began descending until it struck the surface of the Black Sea.	[14]
01956-04-2626 April 1956	East Berlin	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	W/O	&100000000000000030000003/6	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.	[15]
01956-08-2020 August 1956	Gizhiga	An-2	CCCP-Л3488	Magadan	W/O	&100000000000000030000003/4	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.	[16]
01957-08-1515 August 1957	Copenhagen	Il-14P	CCCP-Л1874	Moscow	W/O	&1000000000000002300000023/23	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.	[17]
01958-06-2727 June 1958	Byelaya Loch	An-2	CCCP-Л5643	Magadan	W/O	&100000000000000020000002/6	The aircraft struck a hill, stalled, and crashed out of Seymchan during a survey flight.	[18]
01958-08-1515 August 1958	Chita	Tu-104A	CCCP-Л5442	Moscow	W/O	&1000000000000006400000064/64	While en route a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Irkutsk passenger service, 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.	[19]
01958-10-1717 October 1958	Kanash	Tu-104A	CCCP-42362	Moscow	W/O	&1000000000000008000000080/80	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 ft), stalled and entered a vertical dive. The crew was able to correct the angle of descent a bit at 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), but it was too late. The aircraft crashed 27 km (17 mi) west of Kanash.	[20]
01959-01-1818 January 1959	Stalingrad	Il-14P	CCCP-41863	Azerbaijan	W/O	&1000000000000002500000025/25	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 determined, but the aircraft may have been shot down. The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Moscow-Voronezh-Stalingrad-Baku passenger service as Flight 205.	[21]
01959-08-1010 August 1959	Yakutiya	Li-2	CCCP-54795	Yakut	W/O	&100000000000000090000009	Crashed.	[22]
01959-10-2323 October 1959	Moscow	Il-14P	CCCP-41806	Azerbaijan	W/O	&1000000000000002800000028/29	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 domestic scheduled Baku-Makhachkala-Astrakhan-Stalingrad-Moscow passenger service as Flight 200.	[23]
01959-11-1616 November 1959	Lvov	An-10	CCCP-11167	Ukraine	W/O	&1000000000000004000000040/40	Crashed on approach to Sknyliv Airport, 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) out of the airfield, when the crew selected 45 degrees of flaps but the nose suddenly pitched down. The crew could not regain control and the aircraft crashed. It was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Lvov passenger service.	[24]

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

See also

	Aviation portal
	Russia portal
	Soviet Union portal

• Transport in the Soviet Union

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