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1962 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 415
Accident
An Antonov An-10, similar to the one involved in the accident
Date	28 July 1962 (1962-07-28)
Summary	CFIT due to ATC error
Site	21 km southeast of Sochi Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-10A
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-11186
Flight origin	Snilow Airport
Stopover	Simferopol Airport
Destination	Adler/Sochi Airport
Occupants	81
Passengers	74
Crew	7
Fatalities	81
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 415 (Russian: Рейс 415 Аэрофлота Reys 415 Aeroflota) was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Lviv to Sochi with a stopover in Simferopol. On 28 July 1962 the Antonov An-10 operating the route crashed near Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was an Antonov An-10A with four Ivchenko AI-20K engines, registered CCCP-11186 to the Ukraine division of Aeroflot. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had sustained 1,358 flight hours and 1,059 pressurization cycles.

Passengers and crew

74 passengers and seven crew members were aboard Flight 415. The cockpit crew consisted of the following:

Captain Boris Martyashev
Copilot Vladimir Sergeev
Navigator Grigory Karavay
Flight Engineer Vasily Kozyrev
Radio Operator Peter Shmygal

Nuclear physicist Natan Yavlinsky, designer of tokamak devices, was on the flight with his family.

Description of accident

At 14:37 the An-10 departed from Simferopol Airport and proceeded on the route at an altitude of 6000 meters. At 15:06 the flight was passed over to Sochi air traffic control. At 15:29 the crew of the An-10 contacted air traffic control and were instructed to proceed on a bearing of 240° and given information regarding the weather; mild winds at 3–4 m/s were present. The controller failed to inform the flight crew about the cloudcover at approximately 600 meters on the mountains nearby. Shortly thereafter the aircraft was given permission to decrease altitude to 500 meters. At 15:37 the crew reported they were at the new assigned altitude and still on a bearing of 240°; to which the controller responded with by ordering the flight to change course to a bearing of 60°; after which the air traffic controller was replaced when shifts were changed. When the air traffic controller noticed the aircraft approaching the mountains, he ordered the flight to change course to the left by 20°, when in fact it would have taken a minimum of 60° to avoid the mountains. At 15:41 and at an altitude of 500 meters, the aircraft crashed into the 700 meter tall mountain, killing all 81 people aboard the plane.

Causes

Numerous errors were responsible for the crash, including but not limited to:

The unsatisfactory flight plan, which established the flight approaching the airport at a bearing of 240° from the side of the mountains;
The approach configuration itself, which was not approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Insufficient preparation for the flight to Sochi Airport by the crew, resulting in their following the air traffic controller’s instructions which put them on a dangerous course, causing the flight to enter the clouds and crash into the mountain.
The vicinity of the approach of aircraft to the mountains, specifically the distance of separation between incoming flights and the mountains.

Aftermath

After the crash the approach by the mountains was banned. All incoming aircraft to Sochi Airport now carry out approach over the sea.

References

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 10A CCCP-11186 Adler/Sochi Airport (AER)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
"An-10A c/n 0402003". Scramble Soviet Transport Database.
"Авиакатастрофа Ан-10А близ аэропорта Адлер. 1962". avia.pro. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
"Это тоже был багаж Явлинского, приобретенный еще на ХЭМЗе - Ядерное о…". archive.is. 2015-04-15. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2018-11-21.

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Accidents and
incidents

1940s	G-2 Alma-Ata crash ANT-20bis crash CCCP-Л1450 crash Flight 17
1950s	Il-12 Karaganda crash Il-12 Novosibirsk crash Kemerovo mid-air collision Flight 229 Flight 783 Flight 10 Flight 136 Flight 214 Flight 229 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 11 Flight 10 Flight 105 Flight 04 Flight 365 Flight 164 Il-12 Lazo crash Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight F-28 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight N-63 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight X-167 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 Flight 2420 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight E-15 Flight A-53 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 6515 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight F-637 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight F-77 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	Flight E-35D CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962)
Feb 25 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accidentMar 1 American Airlines Flight 1Mar 4 Caledonian Airways Flight 153Mar 8 Turkish Airlines crashMar 16 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739May 6 Channel Airways Dakota accidentMay 12 Godthab Catalina crashMay 22 Continental Airlines Flight 11Jun 3 Air France Flight 007Jun 22 Air France Flight 117Jun 30 Aeroflot Flight 902Jul 7 Alitalia Flight 771Jul 19 United Arab Airlines Flight 869Jul 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301Jul 28 Aeroflot Flight 415Sep 3 Aeroflot Flight 03Sep 18 Aeroflot Flight 213Sep 23 Flying Tiger Line Flight 923Nov 23 United Air Lines Flight 297Nov 23 Malév Flight 355Nov 27 Varig Flight 810Nov 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512Dec 14 Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation crashDec 19 LOT Vickers Viscount accident
1961 ◄ ► 1963

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962)

Feb 25 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accidentMar 1 American Airlines Flight 1Mar 4 Caledonian Airways Flight 153Mar 8 Turkish Airlines crashMar 16 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739May 6 Channel Airways Dakota accidentMay 12 Godthab Catalina crashMay 22 Continental Airlines Flight 11Jun 3 Air France Flight 007Jun 22 Air France Flight 117Jun 30 Aeroflot Flight 902Jul 7 Alitalia Flight 771Jul 19 United Arab Airlines Flight 869Jul 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301Jul 28 Aeroflot Flight 415Sep 3 Aeroflot Flight 03Sep 18 Aeroflot Flight 213Sep 23 Flying Tiger Line Flight 923Nov 23 United Air Lines Flight 297Nov 23 Malév Flight 355Nov 27 Varig Flight 810Nov 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512Dec 14 Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation crashDec 19 LOT Vickers Viscount accident

1961 ◄ ► 1963

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union in the 1960s
1960	Aeroflot Flight 315 (February 1960) U-2 incident (May 1960) Aeroflot Flight 207 (June 1960) RB-47 shootdown incident (July 1960) Aeroflot Flight 036 (August 1960) Austrian Airlines Flight 901 (September 1960)
1961	Aeroflot Flight 068 (March 1961) Aeroflot Flight 245 (17 December 1961) Mineralnye Vody Aeroflot Il-18 crash (31 December 1961)
1962	Aeroflot Flight 902 (June 1962) Aeroflot Flight 415 (July 1962) Aeroflot Flight 03 (3 September 1962) Aeroflot Flight 213 (18 September 1962)
1963	Aeroflot Flight 191 (March 1963) Aeroflot Flight 25 (April 1963) Aeroflot Flight 012 (July 1963) Aeroflot Flight 366 (21 August 1963) Aeroflot Flight 663 (24 August 1963)
1964	Aeroflot Flight 721 (September 1964)
1965	Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 (January 1965) Aeroflot Flight 542 (7 March 1965) Aeroflot Flight 513 (8 March 1965) Khanty-Mansiysk Aeroflot An-24 crash (20 March 1965) Aeroflot Flight 99 (November 1965)
1966	Aeroflot Flight 302 (16 February 1966) Aeroflot Flight 065 (17 February 1966) Aeroflot Flight 2723 (April 1966)
1967	Aeroflot Flight 5003 (January 1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 (November 1967) Aeroflot Flight L-51 (December 1967)
1968	Aeroflot Flight 1668 (January 1968) Aeroflot Flight 15 (February 1968) Death of Yuri Gagarin (March 1968) Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A (July 1968)
1969	Yukhnov mid-air collision (23 June 1969) Aeroflot Flight F-28 (28 June 1969) Aeroflot Flight N-826 (3 August 1969) Aeroflot Flight 1770 (26 August 1969)
1950–1959 ◄ 1960–1969 ► 1970–1979

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