Ashgabat – Darvaza

On September 6, 1946 at 12:05 PM, Ashgabat – Darvaza experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Darvaza Dasoguz Province (Dasoguz 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.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a cargo flight from Ashgabat to Darvaza, carrying a load of various goods for a total weight of 2,400 kilos. On final approach to Darvaza Airport, the aircraft adopted a high nose attitude and then stalled before crashing in a desert area located one km short of the runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L35, MSN 6445, year of manufacture 0.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.2526°, 58.4396°.