Tatarstan Airlines

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Sole on board, the copilot decided to make an illegal survey flight for crop spraying operations in the region of Kholodnyy Klyuch. En route, he encountered low patches of fog and suffered a spatial disorientation. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on the ground. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

PZL-Mielec AN-2

The crew was completing a crop-spraying flight in Sukharevo, about 23 km southwest of Nizhnekamsk. While cruising at low altitude, the engine lost power due carburetor icing. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with a high voltage power line and crashed. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Antonov AN-24

The aircraft departed Nizhnevartovsk on a charter flight to Bugulma, carrying four crew members and 37 employees from an oil company. Weather conditions in Bugulma were poor with clouds down to 80 metres, icing conditions and a visibility of 800 metres. At an altitude of 1,100 metres on approach, the crew encountered icing conditions but did not consider it necessary to activate the deicing systems. Still descending to the altitude of 900 metres, the icing alarm sounded in the cockpit but the captain decided to continue the approach in such configuration. After the crew selected the flaps down to an angle of 30°, he was cleared to land when the aircraft became unstable and departed the approach path to the right. After the aircraft crossed the permissible deviation limit, the crew was instructed by ATC to initiate a go-around procedure. The captain increased engine power and initiated a go-around maneuver when the aircraft adopted a high angle of attack then stalled and pitched down to an angle of 75-80°. At a speed of 260 km/h, the aircraft struck the ground 802 metres short of runway and was destroyed upon impact. The wreckage was found 598 metres to the right of the extended runway centerline and all 41 occupants were killed.

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Based at Tenki after being dispatched for a local spraying mission, the single engine aircraft was stolen by the copilot who was intoxicated. He took off in the afternoon with two other unauthorized people and later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the Kuybyshev Reservoir. The wreckage was not recovered. Two dead bodies were later found in the Kama River. The third occupant was never found.