Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 15 March 1945
Aircraft Type: Junkers Ju-52/3m
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Turkmenistan
Registration Number: CCCP-L41
Location: 4 km from Chardzhou Airport (CRZ) –
ÿ Turkmenistan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Aircraft engine(s)Aircraft engine(s)
Category: Accident
A Ju-52 aircraft, operating on a positioning flight from Ashkhabad to Alma-Ata, experienced a catastrophic engine failure near Repetek, resulting in a collision with an irrigation canal and trees. The pilot initiated a left turn, leading to a loss of altitude and speed, culminating in a crash landing.A Ju-52 aircraft, operating on a positioning flight from Ashkhabad to Alma-Ata, experienced a catastrophic engine failure near Repetek, resulting in a collision with an irrigation canal and trees. The pilot initiated a left turn, leading to a loss of altitude and speed, culminating in a crash landing.
Description
Force-landed after one engine failed. The Ju-52 operated on a positioning flight from Ashkhabad to Alma-Ata for overhaul by ARM-405. While en route near Repetek on the leg from Ashkhabad to Chardzhou (now Trkmenabat) the right engine failed. The pilot decided to go around on landing at Chardzhou as he was not able to make out the landing T, being blinded by flying against the sun. The aircraft lost height and speed while flying a left turn and the aircraft collided with an irrigation canal and trees 4 km from the airfield. The landing gear separated, as well as the flaps and ailerons. Both outer engines broke off before the plane came to rest.
Source of Information
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