Aircraft accident near Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport (CCCP-91554)

Incident Overview and Flight Progression Thirty minutes after departing Bukhara Airport, the aircraft's right engine stopped due to a failure in cylinder number 2. The crew notified air traffic control and elected to continue the flight to Tashkent on the remaining engine, maintaining an altitude of 2,400 meters. The single-engine flight lasted one hour and 39 minutes before the crew inadvertently reduced the power on the left engine. At a height of 100 meters, the crew attempted to restart the right engine, but the propeller went into a pitch position, creating high drag. The aircraft subsequently lost altitude and crashed in a cotton field located 34 km south of Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport. ## Casualties and Official Findings The crash resulted in 29 people being wounded and nine passengers being killed. One day later, two additional passengers died from their injuries. The official investigation determined that the probable cause was the failure of the second cylinder on the right engine due to poor manufacturing. Additionally, a series of omissions, errors, and wrong decisions by the flying crew led to a difficult and uncontrollable situation.