1 fatality

Disappearance of aircraft during flight between Novy Oskol and Oboyan (CCCP-P115)

Novy Oskol, RussiaFlight

On March 19, 1943, a Polikarpov Po-2 (registration CCCP-P115) operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines was involved in an aviation accident near Novy Oskol, Russia in flight. One person was killed. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A).

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An aircraft operating a route between Novy Oskol and Oboyan failed to return to base after the pilot deviated from the planned procedure. The vehicle was subsequently lost without trace.

What happened

The incident involved an aircraft conducting an operational flight between Novy Oskol and Oboyan. During this operation, the pilot did not execute the standard return-to-base procedure following the leg of the journey. Consequently, the aircraft failed to rejoin its intended route or report back to the originating airfield.

Search efforts for the missing vehicle proved unsuccessful. The aircraft was declared lost without trace, with no wreckage or survivors located in the subsequent investigation area. There are no confirmed reports of distress signals or visual sightings that led to a recovery operation.