03 Black

On September 3, 1971 at 12:00 AM, 03 Black experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-95, operated by Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP, with the event recorded near Russia All Russia.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a training mission and was scheduled to return to the Fedotovo-Kipelovo Airbase located west of Vologda. En route, Colonel Ivan Gladkov ordered the crew to divert to an airbase located near his house. On approach by night, the crew encountered foggy conditions and failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck trees and crashed short of runway. All 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 03 Black, MSN 63MRTs003, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.8339°, 37.6218°.