Yanaul – Sverdlovsk

On December 25, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Yanaul – Sverdlovsk experienced a crash involving Kalinin K-5, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ananino Sverdlovsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 crew departed Yanaul at 1000LT on a schedule service to Sverdlovsk. En route, weather conditions worsened and the visibility was very low due to thick fog. Approaching the village of Ananino, the airplane passed over houses at a height of about 4 metres. Then the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed in a field outside the village. The airplane was destroyed and the mechanic was killed. Seriously injured, the pilot was transferred to a local hospital but he died few hours later.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L544, MSN 34, year of manufacture 1930.