Tashkent – Ashgabat

On August 27, 1941 at 02:25 AM, Tashkent – Ashgabat experienced a crash involving Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Kyzyl-Arvat Balkan Province (Balkan welaýaty).

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a cargo flight from Tashkent to Ashgabat at night in support of the Central Asian Military District when the crew did not find Ashgabat Airport due to the black-out and the lack of bearings (although the HQ of the Central Asian Military District had assured that there would be lighting and bearings). The crew lost his orientation and flew to the northwest. At 0225LT, the pilot attempted a forced landing at Kyzyl-Arvat Airfield (Krasnovodsk district of Turkmenistan). On final, the aircraft crashed at a height of 70 meters into a hill located 3 km south of the airport. Four crew members and two passengers were killed while three other occupants were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1996, MSN 22 327, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.9722°, 56.2766°.