Ulyanovsk - Ulyanovsk

On January 27, 1962 at 06:17 PM, Ulyanovsk - Ulyanovsk experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-10, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 92.9%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (10 pilots under supervision and four instructors) were involved in a local training flight at Ulyanovsk-Baratayevka Airport. After takeoff, while climbing by night at an altitude of 150 meters, the crew raised the undercarriage when the engine number four failed. The crew tried to feather the propeller that went into auto-rotation. Due to high drag, the airplane banked right, lost height and crashed in a huge explosion 1,090 meters past the runway end. A crew member was seriously injured while 13 other occupants were killed. The airplane was completely destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-11148, MSN 9 4 008 01, year of manufacture 28.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.3150°, 48.4034°.