26 Mar Antonov An-12 – The Antonov 12 prototype ground looped on landing during a demonstration flight, sustaining severe damage. It is not certain if the Ant... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2T – CCCP-L3803 Flew into the side of a mountain in the Zapadnyye Saledy range at an elevation of 600 m. The airplane had encountered adverse weather w... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2T – CCCP-05643 An Antonov 2 biplane was destroyed in an accident during a survey flight out of Seimchan. The airplane touched a hill, stalled and cras... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-12 – CCCP-L1364 The Il-12 impacted a hill, while descending through rain and heavy clouds towards the destination Magadan. Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-18A – CCCP-L5821 During a test-flight the no. 2 engine flamed out. The Kuznetsov NK-4 engines were not fitted with a feathering system. The crew tried t... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-10 – CCCP-L7256 The aircraft crashed on its first flight. When engine no. 1 overheated and failed shortly after take-off, the automatic engine control ... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-104 – CCCP-L5414 The Tu-104 was on a ferry flight to Vnukovo (VNO) when bad weather forced the crew to divert to Savasleika Air Base due to bad weather ... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-12 – CCCP-L1309 The aircraft operated on a scheduled service from Khabarovsk to Moscow with intermediate stops. It was parked on the apron at Khabarovs... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-14P – YR-PCC The Romanian Government Il-14 struck treetops in fog and crashed while approaching Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VKO). Three crew members and... Continue reading