1942 Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash

Fatal crash of the Tupolev ANT-20bis in 1942 transport RU Катастрофа АНТ-20бис July 2024 Tupolev ANT-20bis (14260526127).jpg CCCP-Л760, the aircraft involved Accident 1942 12 14 Crew errors, loss of control 86 km mi on southwest of Tashkent Aeroflot Urgench, Uzbek SSR Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR Tashkent, Uzbek SSR Tupolev PS-124 СССР-Л760 26 10 36 0 On 14 December 1942, a Tupolev ANT-20bis aircraft operated by Soviet airline Aeroflot crashed during a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Urgench to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. All 36 people on board died, and the accident was due to a loss of control.Loss of control Accident Tupolev ANT-20bis CCCP-L760, Monday 14 December 1942 https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/341225 2024-07-12 Aviation Safety Network Aircraft The ANT-20bis involved in the accident was built in 1938 to replace the ANT-20, which crashed in 1935. Equipped with more powerful Mikulin M-34FRNV engines, this allowed six engines instead of eight and eliminated the two engines above the fuselage. Passenger capacity increased to 64 as a result. Designated PS-124 (because it was built at Plant No. 124), it first flew on 15 May 1939. The aircraft was ferried to Moscow and after passing tests, it was registered as CCCP-Л760 and transferred to Aeroflot. The PS-124 operated on the Moscow–Kharkov–Rostov-on-Don–Mineralnye Vody route until it was transferred to Aeroflot's MAGON (Moscow Special Purpose Air Group) division in December 1940. At this point it was re-engined with Mikulin AM-35 engines. Due to World War II, the aircraft was transferred to Aeroflot's Uzbek division, serving Central Asian routes. On the day of the crash, the aircraft had a total operating time of 272 hours.http://www.tupolev.ru/ant-20_(maksim_gorkiy) АНТ-20 (МАКСИМ ГОРЬКИЙ) ANT-20 (MAKSIM GOR'KIY) Tupolev dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160724170842/http://www.tupolev.ru/ant-20_(maksim_gorkiy) 24 July 2016Kostenko Igor 1978 Авиагиганты второй пятилетки Aviation giants of the second five-year plan Tekhnika Molodezhi 7 39 RussianKotelnikov Vladimir Пассажирский самолет ПС-124 Passenger aircraft PS-124 Aviatsiya i Kosmonautika 2011 3 Flight On 12 December the aircraft flew from Urgench to Chardzhou (now Türkmenabat) with 85 passengers and 1925 kg lb on of cargo, piloted by I. I. Govyaz. Materials of the investigation of the crash of CCCP-Л760 Uzbek Directorate of Aeroflot 14 December 1942 Two days later at 11:50, the aircraft took off for Tashkent with 26 passengers and 10 crew, flying at 500 m ft on. Two hours and ten minutes into the flight, the aircraft suddenly pitched down and entered a steep dive, crashing into the ground at an 80° angle in the steppe 3 km mi 0 off on northeast of the "Pakhta-Aral" state farm (86 km mi on or southwest of Tashkent Airport). None of the 36 on board survived.Duffy Paul Kandalov Andrei Tupolev - The Man and His Aircraft 1999 Moscow Rabochy 5-239-02089-2 Investigation Govyaz had allowed a passenger, Kozlov (also a pilot), to take control of the aircraft. Co-pilot Tropikov was to look after Kozlov while Govyaz left the cockpit. Kozlov somehow managed to activate the trimmer for the horizontal stabilizer, increasing its angle and sending the aircraft into a dive. Neither Kozlov nor Tropikov were able to regain control of the aircraft due to confusion and the aircraft's low altitude. See also Aeroflot Flight 593 List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft References External links Profile of the crash at the Flight Safety Network (ASN) Profile of crash at airdisaster.ru Aeroflot Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1942 Category:1942 disasters in the Soviet Union Category:History of Tashkent Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Uzbekistan