CCCP-48094

On August 30, 1977 at 12:00 AM, CCCP-48094 experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-8, operated by MSP - Ministerstvo Sudostroitelnoi Promyshlennosti, with the event recorded near Bratsk Irkutsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a flight on behalf of the MSP – Ministerstvo Sudostroitelnoi Promyshlennosti (Soviet Ministry of Naval Construction). While cruising by night, the pilot informed ATC that he lost the artificial horizon. Shortly later, control was lost and the airplane entered a dive. It partially disintegrated during the descent and eventually crashed in a pasture. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all seven occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-48094, MSN 0A3410, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.1517°, 101.6335°.