Tashkent – Fergana

On March 14, 1941 at 10:50 AM, Tashkent – Fergana experienced a crash involving Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Bekobod Tashkent Province (Toshkent viloyati).

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Tashkent to Fergana, carrying a load of three tons of jam, clothes, leather goods and wooden boot-block for a total weight of 3,339 kilos. While cruising at an altitude between 200 and 250 meters, the aircraft encountered heavy winds and turbulences, lost height and crashed 6 km north of Bekobod. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1496, MSN 22 114, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.2151°, 69.2645°.