1942 Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash
.jpg) CCCP-L760, the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 14, 1942 |
| Summary | Loss of control |
| Site | Outside of Tashkent |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev PS-124 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-L760 |
| Flight origin | Urgench, Uzbek SSR |
| Stopover | Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR |
| Destination | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| Passengers | 26 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 36 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 14 December 1942, a Tupolev ANT-20bis aircraft operated by Russian airline Aeroflot crashed during a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Urgench to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. All 36 people on board died, and the accident was due to a loss of control.[1]
Flight
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On 12 December the aircraft flew from Urgench to Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat) with 85 passengers and 1,925 kg (4,244 lb) of cargo, piloted by I. I. Govyaz. Two days later at 11:50, the aircraft took off for Tashkent with 26 passengers and 10 crew, flying at 500 m (1,600 ft). Two hours and 10 minutes into the flight, the aircraft suddenly pitched down and entered a steep dive, crashing into the ground at an 80° angle in the steppe 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the "Pakhta-Aral" state farm (86 km (53 mi) southwest of Tashkent Airport). None of the 36 on board survived.[2][unreliable source?][3][4]
Investigation
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It was revealed that Govyaz had allowed a passenger, pilot Kozlov, to take control of the aircraft. Co-pilot Tropikov was supposed to supervise Kozlov while Govyaz left the cockpit. A switch for the trimmer of the horizontal stabilizer was on the pilot's seat armrest. Kozlov activated the trimmer by mistake, raising the stabilizer and putting the aircraft into a dive. Due to confusion and the low altitude, neither Kozlov nor Tropikov had time to react before the aircraft crashed.[3]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Loss of control Accident Tupolev ANT-20bis CCCP-L760, Monday 14 December 1942". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Катастрофа ПС-124 Узбекского управления ГВФ в районе Ташкента" [Accident of PS-124 of the Uzbek Department of the Civil Air Fleet in the Tashkent region] (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Пассажирский самолет ПС-124" (Document). Авиация и космонавтика, № 03. 2011.
- ^ Duffy, Paul; Kandalov, Andrei (1996). Tupolev - The Man and His Aircraft. ISBN 9781560918998.
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