Khvoynaya – Moscow

On January 23, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Khvoynaya – Moscow experienced a crash involving GVF PS-84, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Moscow Moscow oblast.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful cargo flight from Khvoynaya and while approaching the Moscow area, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with fog and snow falls. As the pilot was unable to localize the Airport of Vnukovo, he decided to divert to Khimki but was unable to land there so completed several circuits above the northwest area of Moscow. Eventually, while flying at low height in bad visibility, the airplane hit a barn and crashed in a field located at the border of the sovkhoz owned by the '16th Party Congress'. Three crew members and two passengers were killed while five other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L3443, MSN 7 5 25, year of manufacture 6.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.8918°, 37.3520°.