Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 18 May 1935
Aircraft Type: Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky
Owner/operator: Tupolev Design Bureau
Registration Number: CCCP-I20
Location: Moscow –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35
Component Affected: The Ant-20 plane.The Ant-20 plane.
Category: Accident
A large Ant-20 plane experienced a catastrophic collision with a Polikarpov I-5 fighter during a demonstration flight over Moscow. The fighter pilot’s poorly executed loop maneuver caused the collision, resulting in the crash of the Ant-20 and the deaths of the pilot, two flight crew members, and 33 passengers.A large Ant-20 plane experienced a catastrophic collision with a Polikarpov I-5 fighter during a demonstration flight over Moscow. The fighter pilot’s poorly executed loop maneuver caused the collision, resulting in the crash of the Ant-20 and the deaths of the pilot, two flight crew members, and 33 passengers.
Description
The giant ANT-20 plane took off for a demonstration flight over Moscow along with some smaller planes. As a result of a poorly executed loop maneuver around the plane performed by an accompanying Polikarpov I-5 fighter, both planes collided and the Maxim Gorky crashed into a low-rise residential neighborhood. The fighter pilot was killed, along with the two flight crew members and 33 passengers on the ANT-20.
Primary Cause
Poorly executed loop maneuver by the Polikarpov I-5 fighter.Poorly executed loop maneuver by the Polikarpov I-5 fighter.Share on:
