Balashov - Balashov

On August 13, 1933 at 07:17 AM, Balashov - Balashov experienced a crash involving Polikarpov U-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Balashov Saratov oblast.

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.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Balashov on a local training flight, carrying one instructor and one cadet. On approach, at an altitude of about 250 metres, it collided with a second Aeroflot Polikarpov U-2. Registered CCCP-Sh90, this airplane was also completing a local training flight at Balashov with two crew members on board and just took off. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield, killing all four occupants, among them both instructors Butenko and Korovine.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-Sh480, MSN 2773, year of manufacture 1932.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.5547°, 43.1431°.