Aeroflot accidents and incidents


Founded in 1923, Aeroflot, the flag carrier and largest airline of Russia , has had a high number of fatal crashes, most occurring during the Soviet era. According to the Aircraft Crashes Record Office, 8,231 passengers have died in Aeroflot crashes, about five times more than any other airline. From 1946 to 1989, the carrier was involved in 721 incidents. However, from 1995 to 2017, the carrier was involved in 10 incidents. In 2013, AirlineRatings.com reported that five of the ten aircraft models involved in the highest numbers of fatal accidents were old Soviet models.
Following is a list of accidents and incidents Aeroflot experienced all through its history.

1930s–40s

DateLocationAircraftTail numberAirline divisionAircraft damageFatalitiesDescriptionRefs
26 06 1935LazarevSavoia-Marchetti S.55PСССР-Л840Far EastW/O12/12Struck a mountain while flying too low after the pilot became disorientated. The aircraft was operating a Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky–Khabarovsk passenger service.
06 08 1937HerinaDouglas DC-2-152URSS-M25InternationalW/O6/6Crashed 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.
12 11 1937ChardzhouPS-9CCCP-Л167TurkmenistanW/O11/11Four to five minutes after an uneventful takeoff, at, the right engine quit. The aircraft began to turn right and the pilot corrected it. The pilot decided to return to Chardzhou and performed a left turn. Concerned that the aircraft might not reach the airport, the pilot performed a right turn, but because the right engine was not working, this caused a loss of control. The aircraft entered a dive at and crashed and burned out; the engine failure was probably caused by improper maintenance. The aircraft was operating a Chardzhou–Urgench passenger service.
7 8 1940NovosibirskPS-84CCCP-Л3409W/O18/21Crashed in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Moscow–Omsk–Novosibirsk–Irkutsk passenger service.
23 11 1940Ordzhonikidze KraiPS-84CCCP-Л3405GeorgiaW/O4Struck a mountain in bad weather. The aircraft was operating a Rostov-on-Don–Mineralnye Vody passenger service.
14 3 1941BegovatG-2CCCP-Л1496UzbekistanW/O6/6While flying at, the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The aircraft lost some altitude and the pilot had to climb back to their initial altitude, however the aircraft stalled and crashed while climbing. The aircraft was operating a Tashkent–Fergana cargo service.
25 04 1941MoscowURSS-CW/O0/3Crashed on takeoff in a snowstorm.
27 8 1941Kizyl-ArvatG-2CCCP-Л1996UzbekistanW/O6/9The crew was informed that their destination airport was lit when actually it was not. 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 and crashed. The aircraft was operating a Tashkent-Ashkhabad cargo service in support of the Central Asian Military Division.
3 10 1941Vyazma-DvoyevkaPS-84CCCP-Л3926W/O1Crashed on takeoff. The crew attempted to take off at night from a runway; the aircraft was also overloaded by. After lifting off the runway the aircraft lost height and crashed after, killing a passenger. The wreckage was destroyed to prevent it from falling into German hands.
14 11 1941AkchernyaPS-84CCCP-Л3488W/O14/14The aircraft drifted off course by 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 afterwards.
29 11 1941Saratov AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3989W/O1/4Crashed 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 aileron control cables were cross-wired by mistake.
9 12 1941Khvoinaya AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3922W/O5/6Struck a treetop north of Khvoinaya Airport, crashed into a forest and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Khvoinaya–Leningrad cargo service.
18 12 1941Khodynka FieldLockheed Model 14-H Super ElectraCCCP-Л3453MoscowW/O2/3Stalled and crashed while making a left turn at a height of following engine failure during a test flight.
26 12 1941DmitriyevkaG-2CCCP-Л3043KazakhstanW/O26/34After takeoff from Alma–Ata 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. Near Dmitriyeva the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft crashed and burned out. The aircraft was operating an Alma-Ata–Karaganda–Kazan passenger service. This accident is the deadliest involving the G-2.
29 12 1941Chardzhou AirportG-2CCCP-Л2010UzbekistanW/O7/36Shortly after takeoff from Chardzhou, the pilot became disoriented and failed to hear the warnings from the co-pilot. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and struck the ground from Chardzhou and came to rest in the Amu Darya River.
13 1 1942SmelovkaPS-84CCCP-Л3438W/O2/6While returning from behind German lines a fire started inside the cabin and spread quickly. The five crew bailed out at an altitude of. Of these five, one was seriously injured and another died. The sole passenger failed to bail out and also died.
25 1 1942Molotov AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3479W/O0/9While 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. The aircraft crashed and broke up. The aircraft was operating a Krymskaya-Kuibyshev-Molotov service.
4 3 1942GryadkiPS-84CCCP-Л3471MAGONW/O0The propellers were bent while landing behind enemy lines. The next morning the aircraft was burned by the Germans.
4 3 1942GryadkiPS-84CCCP-Л3497MAGONW/O0/5Struck by PS-84 CCCP-Л3996 when it was attempting to take off from an airstrip behind German lines, killing two from CCCP-Л3996; all on board CCCP-Л3497 survived. Both aircraft were later burned by the Germans.
8 3 1942Samarkand RegionG-2CCCP-Л1497UzbekistanW/O23/23The 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. Tashkent Airport managed to get in contact with the aircraft who requested weather conditions in Tashkent who then requested the location of the aircraft, but received no response. The aircraft transmitted its location several times, but could not receive a reply due to radio interference. The crew radioed having passed Nurata, but this was the last contact with the flight. The aircraft was found two days later in the Nuratau Mountains, northeast of Dzhush. The aircraft, operating an Urgench–Tashkent passenger service, had struck a mountain from the top, probably while flying too low in poor weather.
22 3 1942MedynPS-84CCCP-Л3975MAGONW/O6/6The aircraft disappeared while flying from Monino to an area behind German lines.
19 4 1942MedynPS-40CCCP-Л3541W/O3/3The aircraft disappeared while being ferried from Tashkent to Novosibirsk. 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 personnel did not know of the flight plan and also did not check up on the crew. Forty minutes after the aircraft took off from Alma-Ata, a sandstorm erupted between Dzhambul and Frunze. The wreckage was found in 1943 in the mountains near Karzhantau Saylyk, northeast of Tashkent. The crew had become disoriented and the aircraft struck a mountain.
12 5 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3999MAGONW/O27/27Shot down while returning to Kubinka from Bolshoye Veregovo, behind German lines.
26 5 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3935MAGONW/O0/7Shot down by an enemy fighter. The aircraft crashed and burned out.
6 6 1942Kubinka AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3952MAGONW/O1/6Burned out during an air raid.
12 6 1942LeningradPS-84CCCP-Л3933MAGONW/O0/3Crashed on takeoff following right engine failure.
13 6 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3961MAGONW/O0/6During 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.
14 6 1942VyazmaPS-84CCCP-Л4001MAGONW/O6/6Disappeared during a mission near Vyazma.
18 6 1942Khodynka FieldPS-84CCCP-Л3423MoscowW/O13The aircraft took off with right engine problems. The engine began to vibrate, and the crew attempted to correct this by adjusting the altitude mixture control. The engine then failed, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft struck a telegraph pole along a rail line and crashed on the rails near the Moscow-Butyrskaya tovarnaya railway station and burned out.
18 6 1942YeletsPS-84CCCP-Л3484MAGONW/O5/7While 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 and crashed.
19 6 1942NovosibirskPS-84CCCP-Л3447W/O1/4Crashed shortly after takeoff due to engine failure. The mechanic made an error in managing the fuel system, causing the left engine to quit.
26 6 1942IventsevoPS-84CCCP-Л3948MAGONW/O4/4While 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 aircraft crashed nose-down and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Stockholm-Kalinin cargo service.
28 6 1942Sevastopol AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3997MAGONW/O0/6While taxiing the aircraft ran into a bomb crater, collapsing the landing gear and damaging the propellers. The aircraft was burned a few days later.
6 7 1942KhlevnoyePS-84CCCP-Л3945MAGONW/O0/8Crashed following a Luftwaffe attack.
6 7 1942KhlevnogoPS-84CCCP-Л3954MAGONW/O0/8The pilot became disorientated and flew too close to the German line. German fighters opened fire on the aircraft, shooting it down.
8 7 1942YeletsPS-84CCCP-Л3437MAGONW/O0/6Shot 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.
11 7 1942NovokhoperskPS-84CCCP-Л3981MAGONW/O0/6Struck by German fire and crashed and burned out.
16 7 1942Monino Air BasePS-84CCCP-Л3460W/OCrashed on takeoff. The engines had not been warmed up before takeoff.
16 7 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3945UzbekistanW/OCrashed due to "technical ignorance" of the crew.
23 7 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3461Azov-Black SeaW/OCrashed due to pilot errors.
27 7 1942PaskovaykaPS-84CCCP-Л3983MAGONW/O0/33Struck by German ground fire and crashed.
30 7 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3459KazakhstanW/OCrashed on landing.
1 8 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3419MoscowW/OStruck by enemy fire and force-landed in a swamp.
5 8 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3432MoscowW/OStruck an obstacle after landing in poor visibility.
10 8 1942Stalingrad AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3492W/ODestroyed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid.
10 8 1942Stalingrad AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3426MAGONW/O0Burned out during fueling at Stalingrad Airport during a Luftwaffe bombing raid.
12 8 1942ZhirkovPS-84CCCP-Л3921W/O6/6Shot down while on an ammunition air-drop mission for a Soviet army unit surrounded by German troops near Zhirkov.
13 8 1942Verkhnyaya Akhtuba AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3945MAGONW/O3/7While 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.
13 10 1942PS-84CCCP-Л3462MoscowW/OCrashed during a ferry flight.
17 11 1942KrasnoyarskPS-84CCCP-Л3965W/O20/20Shortly after takeoff the aircraft entered a nose-spin due to overloading and fuselage and wing icing. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Kirensk passenger service.
8 12 1942Mount Menshy BratLi-2CCCP-Л5805UzbekistanW/O8/8The 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.
14 12 1942TashkentANT-20bisCCCP-Л760UzbekistanW/O36/36Crashed after a passenger took the controls and disengaged the autopilot. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chardzhou-Tashkent passenger service.
22 12 1942YanaulPS-84CCCP-Л3903UralW/O10/12En route to Sverdlovsk, the crew encountered severe icing conditions while flying through clouds at. The crew diverted to Yanaul, but the crew abandoned the approach and performed a go-around. The aircraft stalled in a steep turn during the go-around and crashed near a meat-processing plant. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service.
MoscowPS-84CCCP-Л3420W/OWritten off during a test flight at Vnukovo Airport.
23 1 1943MyakininoPS-84CCCP-Л3443W/O5/10While on approach to Moscow, the crew could not locate Vnukovo Airport. The crew diverted to Khimki but were not allowed 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. The aircraft was operating a Khvoinaya-Moscow cargo service.
2 3 1943Mount Ketan-DagLi-2CCCP-Л3495W/O2/6Caught in a downdraft, the aircraft struck the side of Mount Ketan-Dag, northeast of Yerevan. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Tbilisi passenger service.
5 3 1943BerdigestyakhPS-84CCCP-Л3913W/O3/11While en route to Olyokminsk from Yakutsk the aircraft encountered heavy snow while flying at. Both engines lost power, causing a loss of altitude. The aircraft crashed in a forest.
27 3 1943near Khodynka AerodromePS-84CCCP-Л3440W/O2/14Shortly 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 parked aircraft. The left wing hit the ground and the aircraft crashed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Khvoinaya passenger service.
11 5 1943MolotovPS-84CCCP-Л3931W/O1/5The 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 the roofs of two houses and crashed in the outskirts of Molotov, damaging a third house.
20 5 1943SochiPS-84CCCP-Л3909W/O6/6Struck a mountainside near Sochi 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 not divert to Sukhumi also due to poor weather.
27 5 1943Zavodskoy AirfieldDC-3-196URSS-BMoscowW/O1/20The 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, however the aircraft stalled and crashed into an earthen wall. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Baku–Saratov–Moscow passenger service.
3 6 1943BryanskLi-2CCCP-Л4024W/O7/7Struck by German anti-aircraft artillery fire and crashed while operating a supply mission for partisans on the Bryansk front.
30 7 1943ZhukovkaPS-84CCCP-Л3489W/O1/6While 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.
30 7 1943Mogilev RegionPS-84CCCP-Л3912W/O5/7Caught 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.
8 8 1943Balashov AirfieldPS-84CCCP-Л3982W/O6/6Crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was carrying three Klimov M-105 engines. During takeoff one of the engines broke loose, breaking through the cabin floor and trapping the control cable of the horizontal stabilizer which ran under the floor. The pilot tried to steer the aircraft with the stabilizer trim tabs, but the aircraft did not respond. The aircraft crashed in the steppe some from takeoff and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Balachov-Kursk cargo service.
21 8 1943AkhtyrkaLi-2CCCP-Л4034W/ODisappeared while on a flight from Oboyan to an area behind German lines, from Mirgorod. The aircraft was last seen flying over the front line near Akhtyrka.
22 8 1943RechitsaPS-84CCCP-Л3956W/O5/6Thirty minutes after takeoff an engine failed at. The crew attempted to return to their destination, but the aircraft crashed in a forest.
27 8 1943Vitebsk RegionLi-2CCCP-Л4047W/O6/6Disappeared following an attack at, southwest of Nevel, by a Luftwaffe fighter. Neither the aircraft nor the crew have been found.
28 8 1943Khvoinaya AirportPS-84CCCP-Л3959W/O2The aircraft returned to Khvoinaya due to poor weather at their destination. Weather at Khvoinaya was poor as well, with a storm in the area. During the first attempt to land the crew performed a go-around. The crew was then blinded by lightning and became disoriented, causing the aircraft to bank left and crash.
14 9 1943ToropaPS-84CCCP-Л4012W/O6/6The aircraft was returning from a supply flight for partisans in Belarus when it was attacked by a Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter. An in-flight fire resulted, and the aircraft crashed near the front line.
19 9 1943Yakhnovo AirfieldPS-84CCCP-Л4008W/O17/17While 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 to switch the fuel tanks. Altitude was lost and the aircraft crashed in a swamp.
20 9 1943Li-2CCCP-Л4029MoscowW/O5/5The inexperienced crew deviated from the flight route by 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 in an approach pattern to land at Tashla.
24 10 1943AshaJunkers Ju 52/3mCCCP-Л37MoscowW/O5/5Crashed and burned out.
18 12 1943RamenyeDouglas C-47ACCCP-Л825W/O14/14While 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 in a meadow near Ramenye.
21 12 1943Vnukovo AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4032W/O3/7During 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 from the airport.
13 1 1944SvorynC-47ACCCP-Л837W/O0/18The 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 because the accident occurred behind German lines.
12 2 1944NovoyuryevkaLi-2CCCP-Л4068W/O6/6Stalled at and crashed shortly after takeoff and burned out. It appeared that the trim tabs of the elevator were not removed before takeoff. The aircraft was operating a Gorky-Kuibyshev cargo service.
14 2 1944C-47ACCCP-Л846W/O5/5The aircraft disappeared while flying from Kudrovo to an area behind German lines.
17 2 1944TartuC-47ACCCP-Л847W/O6/6The aircraft disappeared while flying from Kudrovo to the area of Tartu to paradrop a reconnaissance team behind German lines.
27 2 1944Li-2CCCP-Л4076W/OThe aircraft 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.
4 3 1944Vnukovo AirportC-47ACCCP-Л875W/O0/5The 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 gaining sufficient altitude, the aircraft hit a parked Bell P-39Q Airacobra, crashed in a revetment and burned out.
8 3 1944NovoyuryevkaLi-2CCCP-Л4064W/O8/8The 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.
20 3 1944YanovshchinaPS-84CCCP-Л3990W/O7/8The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter while on a supply flight from Staraya Toropa to partisans behind German lines.
11 4 1944KolomyyaC-47ACCCP-Л853W/O0Overran 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.
14 4 1944RechitsaC-47ACCCP-Л877W/O0The aircraft was shot down when it flew over the Dnepr River bridge.
18 5 1944PloskinC-47ACCCP-Л833W/O3/6While 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.
30 5 1944Novy DvorDouglas C-47CCCP-Л843W/O8/8The aircraft was operating a supply flight for the "V.Z Korzh" partisan group in Starobinsk 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 late and bounced on landing. The pilot then performed a go-around, but the aircraft struck trees and crashed on the southern edge of the landing strip.
27 6 1944Lake PalikC-47ACCCP-Л882W/O2/5While 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.
13 7 1944AvgustovaC-47ACCCP-Л876W/O6/6En 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.
20 7 1944Kok-SuJu 52/3mCCCP-Л40West SiberiaW/O6/6The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Kuibyshev 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 flight path to avoid bad weather. Over mountains the aircraft could not gain altitude and it stalled and crashed at.
30 9 1944Vyatskiye PolyanyPS-84CCCP-Л3436Far EastW/O0/19The 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 the approach and performed a go-around. Airspeed was lost while trying to "hop" over a rail line, and the aircraft crashed behind the rail line, destroying three wooden huts.
11 11 1944BuilyaC-47ACCCP-Л835W/O1/15The 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, bounced, touched down a second time and crashed in an anti-aircraft artillery trench.
13 11 1944StanislavLi-2W/O4/8While 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.
15 11 1944Off MemelC-47CCCP-Л928W/O7/7The aircraft disappeared over the Baltic Sea while on a flight from Polan to NKGD target No. 36 in bad weather.
25 11 1944Off Absheron PeninsulaLi-2CCCP-Л4111W/O7/7Crashed in the Caspian Sea during a training flight.
7 12 1944OrlovkaLi-2CCCP-Л4161W/O16/16The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kishinov -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.
21 12 1944C-47ACCCP-Л870W/O6/6The 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.
13 1 1945Zavodskoy AirfieldC-47ACCCP-Л866W/O6/6While 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.
14 1 1945StalinabadJu 52/3mCCCP-Л46TajikistanW/O3/3Twenty 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. The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad-Kulob cargo service.
22 1 1945ShelkovskayaC-47BCCCP-Л963AzerbaijanW/O6/6While 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 the Terek Ridge. The aircraft was unable to gain sufficient altitude and struck a mountain slope. The aircraft was operating a Baku-Makhachkala-Grozny-Simferopol service.
22 1 1945Minsk-1 AirportC-47ACCCP-Л901W/O0/6Crashed 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 aircraft was operating a Moscow-Minsk-Kaunas-Šiauliai cargo service.
4 3 1945MuldenC-47ACCCP-Л915W/O5/5The aircraft was being ferried from Wordmitt to Insterburg when it crashed and was destroyed by fire, north of Mulden, after one of the wings contacted trees while it was flying too low.
15 3 1945Chardzhou AirportJu 52/3mCCCP-Л41TurkmenistanW/O0/7The aircraft was being flown from Ashkhabad 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 as he was not able to make out the landing sign as he was blinded by the sun. While in a left turn the aircraft lost altitude and speed and crashed into trees and an irrigation canal from the airport, breaking off the landing gear, flaps, ailerons and both outer engines.
1 4 1945TurovetsLi-2CCCP-Л4038W/O0/9The 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 forced landing in difficult terrain near Turovets, some east of Skoromokhi, after which the aircraft burned out. The engines had been serviced with winter-grade oil, too thin for the warmer springtime temperatures.
19 4 1945KielcePS-84CCCP-Л3976W/O11/13Struck trees on a mountain slope and crashed after the aircraft deviated from the planned course. The aircraft operated on a Kraków-Minsk-Moscow flight in support of the People's Commissariat for Lines of Communications.
3 5 1945GleiwitzLi-2W/ODamaged on landing when the aircraft struck three parked Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-2s.
23 5 1945Bedi-KhoPR-5CCCP-Л3396TajikistanW/O6/6The pilot decided to cut the route short, taking the aircraft over mountainous terrain as a result. While flying through a valley the aircraft encountered downdrafts and the aircraft struck the side of a mountain in the Vakhsh ridge and crashed in the valley. The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad–Khorog shuttle flight.
4 12 1945Severny AirportC-47BCCCP-Л950UralW/O16/16The 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-Krasnoyarsk-Novosibirsk-Moscow passenger service.
Taldi-KurganJu 52/3mWest SiberiaW/O4/4The aircraft was being ferried from Alma-Ata to Novosibirsk when it crashed into mountains during a thunderstorm after being re-engined.
14 01 1946NetrubezhLi-2CCCP-Л4150UkraineW/O22/22While en route between Kharkov and Moscow, the aircraft encountered icing conditions at a height of. 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 spin, but while the pilot was trying to recover, the aircraft broke apart at a height of. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kharkov-Moscow passenger service.
27 01 1946GereldeLi-2CCCP-Л4131UzbekistanW/O0The 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 passenger and asked the passengers for more vodka. Now drunk, the pilot entered the cockpit, commented on the co-pilot, and later took control. The pilot then put the aircraft into a dive, but the co-pilot was able to pull out. The aircraft went into another dive at which the co-pilot and flight engineer took control, but the propellers had hit the ground. The aircraft climbed to but both engines lost power and a forced landing was carried out during which the aircraft broke up. All four crew and all passengers escaped uninjured.
31 01 1946SolntsevoC-47ACCCP-Л854MoscowW/O3/5The 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, but performed a go-around as the landing gear was not locked in time after being lowered. During climbout for the go-around, the right engine overheated and also failed. The aircraft entered a spin and crashed in a forest.
6 2 1946Darvaza AirportJu 52/3mCCCP-Л35TurkmenistanW/O6/6Stalled and crashed while on approach following the failure of the left horizontal stabilizer.
20 2 1946Minsk-1 AirportPS-84CCCP-Л4162W/O0/5Struck the ruins of a building and broke apart following an aborted takeoff when the aircraft had already lifted off.
22 3 1946Chukotka National DistrictLi-2YakutW/OStruck a mountainside while flying low between mountain ranges. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Anadyr-Uelkal passenger service.
22 3 1946BakovkaC-47ACCCP-Л893W/O5/5Crashed 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.
2 4 1946Mount GuramC-47ACCCP-Л924W/O6/6Struck a mountain after the crew took a shortcut while en route to Rostov. The wreckage was found on 20 July 1946 some to the right of the planned route. The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Rostov passenger service.
28 4 1946KazanJu 52/3mCCCP-Л27West SiberiaW/O0Force-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.
31 10 1946TashauzLi-2CCCP-Л4278TurkmenistanW/O0/16While on final approach to Tashauz the left wing caught fire. The aircraft landed and all on board were able to escape before the aircraft burned out. The left rear fuel tank was not properly closed following refueling at Ashgabat, and fuel spilled into the left wing itself during the flight. When the engines were throttled down shortly before landing, the fuel vapors ignited, starting the fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Ashgabat-Tashauz passenger service.
5 11 1946Vnukovo AirportC-47BCCCP-Л946W/O13/26The 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 past a landing sign. The aircraft was flying low and engine power was sharply increased. The aircraft went into a steep climb, lost speed and crashed from the landing sign.
5 11 1946Odintsovsky DistrictLi-2CCCP-Л4181TurkmenistanW/O5/5The aircraft was being ferried from Voronezh Airport to Vnukovo Airport, when it crashed in the outskirts of Moscow due to fuel exhaustion while in a holding pattern.
5 11 1946Vnukovo AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4207LithuaniaW/O1/26Crashed due to fuel exhaustion after repeated approach attempts while in a holding pattern. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Vilnius-Moscow passenger service.
9 11 1946UfaLi-2CCCP-Л4145PrivolzhskW/O6/7Ninety-five minutes after takeoff, the left engine was shut down due to low oil pressure. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at Ufa. When the aircraft descended through clouds, the pilot realized that the aircraft was off course, and attempted to land at the airport. The pilot increased power to the right engine, and it overheated. The aircraft started to lose altitude, and the pilot turned towards the Belaya River. The aircraft struck trees on the river bank, crashed in a forest, and burned out. The aircraft was operating a Kuibyshev-Ufa–Sverdlovsk passenger service as Flight 236.
4 12 1946MashhadLi-2W/O24Crashed.
5 3 1947Caucasus MountainsDouglas C-47BCCCP-Л952GeorgiaW/O23/23Radio contact with the flight was lost 63 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 mountain. The aircraft was operating a Tbilisi-Moscow passenger service as Flight 34.
22 4 1947VolochankaC-47CCCP-Л1204KrasnoyarskW/O9/34The 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 caused a loss of electric power, as the generator on the other engine was not working. The crew continued on the remaining engine, but a return to Kosisty was not possible due to poor weather. The crew flew towards Khatanga, but were unable to locate the airport and continued to Volochanka. Five hours into the flight the crew encountered icing conditions, but changed course and left for better weather conditions. The number one engine overheated and failed and the pilot then force-landed the aircraft in tundra on the Taymyr Peninsula. Three days after the accident, nine people left the crash site to seek help and were never seen again; the pilot's body was found in a bog southwest of the crash site in 1953. The remaining 25 survivors were rescued on 13 May 1947 by an Li-2. In 2016, the aircraft was salvaged and transported by water to Krasnoyarsk for restoration and will eventually be on display at the future Museum of the Exploration of the Russian North in Krasnoyarsk.
16 5 1947KhabarovskC-47ACCCP-Л1048Far EastW/O22/22While on approach in bad weather, the aircraft struck a tower of a broadcast station and crashed.
16 6 1947Leninabad AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4088KazakhstanW/O3/7Crashed 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. The aircraft, operating a Leninabad –Alma-Ata cargo service, was overloaded by.
21 06 1947Karkinyts'ka GulfLi-2CCCP-Л4138UkraineW/O8/29Ditched in the Black Sea following a loss of engine power.
1 7 1947MoscowIl-12PCCCP-Л1317MoscowW/O4/6The 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.
6 8 1947Severo-Vostochny BankLi-2CCCP-Л4017W/O4/6During a training flight, the aircraft stalled and crashed following a loss of speed while performing a left turn at.
19 9 1947Vnukovo AirportIl-12PCCCP-Л1332MoscowW/O0/0Struck by a crashing North American B-25 that lost control during an emergency landing. Both aircraft burned out.
24 11 1947Koltsovo AirportIl-12PCCCP-Л1356MoscowW/O0/6The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk–Moscow passenger service with several intermediate stops. On takeoff from Sverdlovsk the aircraft was overloaded by and not properly de-iced. The aircraft failed to lift off and overran the runway, struck some bushes, ran into a hole and broke apart.
18 12 1947Teply StanC-47CCCP-Л997W/O1The 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.
18 12 1947KrasnoyarskIl-12PCCCP-Л1343MoscowW/O7/25Fifteen 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 attempt the aircraft stalled at a height of and crashed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger service as Flight 6.
30 12 1947ChrysostomLi-2CCCP-Л4214MoscowW/O6/6Struck a mountain in the Taganai range of the Ural Mountains at. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Chelyabinsk-Kazan-Moscow service.
21 4 1948ChitaC-47BCCCP-Л1215East SiberiaW/O3/6The aircraft took off in bad weather on a rescue mission for an Li-2 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 gain sufficient altitude. The left propeller struck tree tops and the left stabilizer struck a power pole. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into an embankment of a former rail line.
23 4 1948Khabarovsk AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4437Far EastW/O1/16Swerved 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.
24 4 1948MamakchanaLi-2CCCP-Л4460East SiberiaW/O28/29The 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. The aircraft lost height in a snowstorm and crashed onto the ice of the river.
22 5 1948MagadanC-47BCCCP-Л1073Far EastW/O8/9The 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 aircraft to descend to. Communication with the flight was later lost, and the aircraft crashed into the slope of the Marchekanskaya sopka mountain near Magadan from the top.
31 7 1948TurukhanskPBN-1 NomadCCCP-Л789KrasnoyarskW/O3/20After 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 before losing speed and nosing down into the water. The bow collapsed and broke off. The aircraft sank at a 50–60 degree angle; three passengers drowned. The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk-Podkamennaya Tunguska River-Turukhansk-Valek passenger service.
2 9 1948NovosibirskIl-12CCCP-Л1465MoscowW/O1/20Crashed 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 coming to rest. A propeller blade broke off and penetrated the fuselage, killing one passenger. The aircraft was due to operate the second leg of a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk-Novosibirsk-Omsk-Moscow passenger service as Flight 6.
4 9 1948Bykovo AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4498MoscowW/O6/24Immediately 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 aircraft finally crashed in a garden and caught fire. Crew fatigue was blamed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Kharkov-Simferopol passenger service as Flight 253.
9 9 1948Baymakovo AerodromeIl-12CCCP-Л1427Buguruslan AFTCW/O4/4During 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 dive and crashed near the airport.
30 9 1948Balkhash AirportLi-2CCCP-Л4304KazakhstanW/O15/15En 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 from the airport; wreckage was found on 10 October 1948. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata–Balkhash–Karaganda–Kostanay–Chelyabinsk–Kazan–Moscow passenger service as Flight 60.
12 10 1948YevlakhIl-12CCCP-Л1450UzbekistanW/O10/10The 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.
12 10 1948ParshinoLi-2TCCCP-Л4658East SiberiaW/O4/4Crashed 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 fuel system.
25 10 1948SamurskayaLi-2CCCP-Л4500GeorgiaW/O18/18The 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 flew into the side of a mountain at. The wreckage was located several months later, in August 1949.
18 11 1948LeninabadLi-2CCCP-Л4275TajikistanW/O4/5Between Jizak and Leninabad 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. The aircraft was operating a Stalinabad-Leninabad-Lyubertsy cargo service.
22 11 1948RyzhovoLi-2CCCP-Л4463YakutW/O23/26The 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 the final turn to land, the aircraft lost speed, stalled and crashed through the ice on the frozen river from the airstrip.
23 12 1948MoscowIl-12PCCCP-Л1731UzbekistanW/O12/12Both 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 tail sheared off.
23 12 1948MoscowTS-62CCCP-Л861MoscowW/O12/12Both 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 tail sheared off.
30 12 1948near MinskTS-62CCCP-Л1017MoscowW/O3/4The 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-400 in Moscow for more extensive repairs. The flight to Moscow was delayed until 30 December; the aircraft took off in poor weather but crashed five minutes later in a field in a right bank. Investigation revealed that the right aileron was jammed and although it was initially thought that improper repairs were the cause, it was quickly determined that this was not the case.
09 01 1949KazanLi-2CCCP-Л4261UralW/O3/4Crashed after takeoff due to a loss of engine power caused by carburetor icing. The aircraft was operating a Sverdlovsk-Kazan-Moscow cargo service.
19 01 1949StalinoIl-12PCCCP-Л1381MoscowW/O10Crashed after takeoff following engine problems. At, the left engine began to lose power. The aircraft then started to turn to the right, and went into a dive. The crew pulled out of the dive, but the left wing struck a power pole. The aircraft then veered left and struck a house, killing both residents inside and all on board the aircraft except the co-pilot. The aircraft was operating a Stalino -Kiev-Moscow passenger service.
29 01 1949Nizhnaya Pesha AirportLi-2TCCCP-Л4491NorthernW/O3/4Crashed 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 and crashed.
03 02 1949Ju 52/3mCCCP-Л54East SiberiaW/O0/2Crashed into a mountain slope after flying through snow.
12 03 1949Mount Bel-AutyLi-2CCCP-Л4335TajikistanW/O11/11The 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 Mount Bel-Auty at, fell down a cliff, and came to rest at. Wreckage was found on 8 May 1949.
29 4 1949Li-2CCCP-Л4464YakutW/O14/24Went some 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 mountain, east of Kirensk.
13 5 1949NovosibirskIl-12PCCCP-Л1791MoscowW/O25/25Lost 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 cloud into rain and hail, and continued to lose altitude until it struck the ground. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Omsk-Novosibirsk-Krasnoyarsk passenger service as Flight 17.
21 7 1949MargaIl-12PCCCP-Л1714MoscowW/O13/14En 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 tree on a hill and then the aircraft crashed in a forest and was destroyed by fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow-Krasnoyarsk-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk passenger service as Flight 5.
1 8 1949Naberezhniye ChelnyLi-2CCCP-Л4354NorthernW/O2/8While 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 a domestic scheduled Yanaul-Kazan passenger service.
20 8 1949PolukotelnikovoIl-12CCCP-Л1434GeorgiaW/O8/11The 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. Near Oboyan the aircraft flew into severe turbulence and heavy rain and was caught in a strong downdraft. Altitude was lost and the aircraft crashed in a field.
25 8 1949Kabansky DistrictIl-12PCCCP-Л1844InternationalW/O14/14The aircraft descended to from 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 on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal; the cause of the descent was never determined. The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic non-scheduled Alma Ata-Krasnoyarsk-Chita passenger service. Government members of the self-proclaimed Second East Turkestan Republic were on board and were heading to Beijing for talks with Mao Zedong concerning the independence of the region.
20 9 1949SavasleykaIl-12CCCP-Л1462KazakhstanW/O3/4During 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 hill, crashed and broke apart. The aircraft was operating the first leg of a Moscow-Sverdlovsk-Karaganda cargo service.
30 12 1949SverdlovskLi-2CCCP-Л4704MoscowW/O3/6Shortly 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 a Moscow-Sverdlovsk-Omsk-Vladivostok cargo service as Flight 1.

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