CCCP-75519

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • January 9, 1968AccidentHull loss

    While on approach to Karaganda Airport, the crew was instructed by ATC to divert to Tselinograd as the airfield was closed to traffic. The pilot ignored this message and decided to continue the descent. After it passed through the last cloud layer, the aircraft was too low and the captain decided to make a go-around when the airplane struck the ground and came to rest 700 meters short of runway threshold. All occupants survived while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Probable cause (offic

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