Aeroflot Flight 415

Aeroflot Flight 415
Accident
An Antonov An-10, similar to the one involved in the accident
Date	28 July 1962 (1962-07-28)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Passengers and crew

74 passengers and seven crew members were aboard Flight 415. The cockpit crew consisted of the following:^[3]

Captain Boris Mertyashev
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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Causes

Numerous errors were responsible for the crash, including but not limited to:^[5]

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.^[5]

References

^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 10A CCCP-11186 Adler/Sochi Airport (AER)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
^ "Антонов Ан-10А Бортовой №: СССР-11186". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Катастрофа Ан-10А Украинского управления ГВФ близ а/п Адлер". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-13.

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Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 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 N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 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 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 3519 Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 821 Flight 1492

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962

Feb 25

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Mar 1

American Airlines Flight 1

Mar 4

Caledonian Airways Flight 153

Mar 8

Turkish Airlines crash

Mar 16

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

May 6

Channel Airways Dakota accident

May 12

Godthab Catalina crash

May 22

Continental Airlines Flight 11

Jun 3

Air France Flight 007

Jun 22

Air France Flight 117

Jun 30

Aeroflot Flight 902

Jul 7

Alitalia Flight 771

Jul 19

United Arab Airlines Flight 869

Jul 22

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301

Jul 28

Aeroflot Flight 415

Aug 1

Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash

Sep 3

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Sep 18

Aeroflot Flight 213

Nov 23

United Air Lines Flight 297

Nov 27

Varig Flight 810

Nov 30

Eastern Air Lines Flight 512

Dec 19

LOT Vickers Viscount accident

1961 ◄ ► 1963

Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union

1930s	Osoaviakhim-1 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim
1940s	1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
1950s	1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash Aeroflot Flight 04 1958 Aeroflot Tu-104 Kanash crash Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aeroflot Flight 120 Aeroflot Flight 200
1960s	Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) U-2 incident Aeroflot Flight 207 RB-47 shootdown incident Aeroflot Flight 036 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Aeroflot Flight 068 Aeroflot Flight 245 Aeroflot Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962) Aeroflot Flight 191 Aeroflot Flight 03 Aeroflot Flight 25 Aeroflot Flight 012 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aeroflot Flight 663 Aeroflot Flight 721 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Aeroflot Flight 542 Aeroflot Flight 513 Aeroflot Flight 99 Aeroflot Flight 065 Aeroflot Flight 2723 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 Aeroflot Flight L-51 Aeroflot Flight 15 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight N-826
1970s	Aeroflot Flight U-45 Aeroflot Flight 1661 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair Aeroflot Flight 3630 Aeroflot Flight 244 22 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash 31 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aeroflot Flight 1912 Malév Flight 110 Aeroflot Flight 773 Aeroflot Flight N-63 Aeroflot Flight 2174 Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Aeroflot Flight 217 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Aeroflot Flight 6263 Aeroflot Flight 141 Aeroflot Flight 630 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 Aeroflot Flight 6551 Aeroflot Flight 109 Aeroflot Flight A-13 Aeroflot Flight 3932 Aeroflot Flight 964 Aeroflot Flight 19 Aeroflot Flight 2022 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash 1974 Surgut mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2003 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976) Aeroflot Flight 909 Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aeroflot Flight 418 1976 Anapa mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2415 Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aeroflot Flight 3843 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977) 1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking Aeroflot Flight B-2 Aeroflot Flight 6709 Korean Air Lines Flight 902 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Iranian Chinook shootdown Aeroflot Flight 1080 Aeroflot Flight 1691 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5484
1980s– Dec. 1991	Aeroflot Flight 4225 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash Aeroflot Flight 498 1981 Armenia mid-air collision 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 811 Aeroflot Flight 3603 Aeroflot Flight 8641 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Aeroflot Flight 601 Aeroflot Flight 3352 Aeroflot Flight 3519 Aeroflot Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5143 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Aeroflot Flight 2306 Aeroflot Flight 6502 Aeroflot Flight U-505 Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aeroflot Flight 699 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988) 1988 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash An-24 crash in Navoiy

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