Almaty – Karaganda – Aktyubinsk – Kuybyshev – Kazan

On December 26, 1941 at 11:26 AM, Almaty – Karaganda – Aktyubinsk – Kuybyshev – Kazan experienced a crash involving Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Baiserke Almaty Province.

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

34 people were known to be on board, 26 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 76.5%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew left Almaty Airport at 1110LT on a flight to Kazan with high-ranking party and state officials of the Kazakh government on board. At the time of departure, weather conditions were poor with low clouds, turbulences, fog and severe icing. About sixteen minutes later, the captain decided to return to Almaty Airport and while completing a steep turn to the left at an altitude of 100-150 meters, the aircraft lost height and crashed in flames in a field located 6 km northwest of Dmitriyevka (now Baiserke). Five crew members and 21 passengers were killed while eight other occupants were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L3043, MSN 22 182, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4476°, 77.0565°.