CCCP-L2483

Safety history

• November 11, 1942Accident

  The airplane departed Baku-Bina Airport at 1245LT on a special flight to Tbilisi. On board were five crew members and a technician from the Air Force. About 15 minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 800 metres in clouds, the airplane hit the slope of a mountain (900 metres high) located near the city of Shamakhi, just above the Dzheirankechmaz River. The passenger and the copilot were injured while four other crew members were killed. The copilot died the following day from in

  ПС-35 · 5 fatalities

  The accident was caused by the pilot's failure to follow a safe flight path. The flight took place over mountainous, cloud-covered terrain, instead of over flat ground where the cloud height would have allowed a visual flight. What's more, the route chosen by the pilot was not foreseen in the weather forecast he had been given. Full accident record

• December 15, 1941Accident

  When weather conditions improved, the crew was cleared for takeoff and departed Kuybyshev Airport at 1127LT on a flight to Sverdlovsk. The pilot continued the flight at an altitude of 50 metres and once he arrived over the village of Sok-Karmala, he encountered foggy conditions. In low visibility, the airplane impacted trees, lost height and crashed 135 metres further, bursting into flames. The flight engineer was seriously injured and the pilot was killed. Probable cause (official findings): F

  ПС-40 · 1 fatalities

  Failure of the pilot who continued the flight at an unsafe altitude in insufficient visibility caused by foggy conditions until the airplane collided with obstacles. Full accident record