Kaliningrad - Kaliningrad

On May 16, 1972 at 12:30 PM, Kaliningrad - Kaliningrad experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-24, operated by Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP, with the event recorded near Svetlogorsk Kaliningrad oblast.

The flight was categorized as meteorological / weather and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 35 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 437.5%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 27.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was engaged in a weather survey mission over the Baltic sea and was carrying two passengers and a crew of six. While returning to his base at Kaliningrad-Khrabrovo Airport, the crew failed to set the altimeter properly, causing the aircraft to approach the land at an insufficient altitude. In low clouds, the pilot-in-command did not realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck trees, lost height and crashed in flames 200 meters further onto a school. The airplane was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire as well as the school building. All eight occupants on board the aircraft were killed as well as 27 people on the ground, 23 children and three adults. Two other children were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 05, MSN 9 9 1 13 02, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.9418°, 20.1551°.