Morozovski - Morozovski

On January 13, 1942 at 07:10 AM, Morozovski - Morozovski experienced a crash involving GVF PS-84, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Smelovka Tambov oblast.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew left Morozovski at 0315LT on a supply mission to a site behind the German lines. On the return leg, a fire emerged in the cabin and spread rapidly. All 5 crew members bailed out at a height of some 350 meters (1 of them was killed and 1 seriously injured) while the sole passenger (an Air Force officer) did not manage to bail out and was killed. The aircraft crashed near Smelovka, about 5 km east of Verkhnyaya Tarasovka.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L3438, MSN 7 5 15, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5286°, 40.9436°.