Aeroflot accidents and incidents

Template:Infobox aviation Following is a list of accidents and incidents Aeroflot experienced all through its history. Events reportedly including at least one fatality are listed within the “Fatal accidents” section; each one of them entailed the hull-loss of the aircraft involved, unless specified. Despite some accidents/incidents included in the “Non-fatal hull-losses” section were labelled as such, some of them could have led to fatalities, yet they were not informed.

Accidents involving fatalities

1940s

1946

An ex-Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 at Monino Air Force Museum, Moscow, Russia. (1994)

• 5 November: An Aeroflot–Turkmenistan division Lisunov Li-2, registration CCCP-L4181, that was being ferried from Voronezh Airport to Vnukovo Airport, crashed in the outskirts of Moscow due to fuel exhaustion while on holding pattern. A crew of 5 perished in the accident.

1948

• 12 October: An Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1450, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Baku–Tbilisi–Sochi passenger service under the airline's Uzbek division, crashed near Yevlakh amid inclement weather when trying to return to Bina International Airport, following navigation difficulties owing to poor reception of the radio beacon while en route its second leg, killing all 10 occupants of the aircraft.
• 22 November: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-L4463, that was operating a domestic scheduled Zyryanka–Srednekolymsk passenger service under the airline's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crash-landed on the frozen waters of the Kolyma River and sank, killing 23 of the 36 occupants of the aircraft.
• 1 December: An Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1465, that was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Novosibirsk–Omsk–Moscow passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed shortly after take-off from Severny Airport, just after the flight engineer reduced power on the engines disregarding airspeed readings, causing the aircraft to descend until it impacted terrain. Once over land, one of the wings separated from the fuselage; the aircraft made a half turn, and a blade of a propeller that broke off cut through the fuselage, mortally wounding a passenger.
• 23 December: A Douglas TS-62, tail number CCCP-L861, that was operating a Moscow-Vnukovo Airport–Moscow-Bykovo Airport ferry flight under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, was involved in a mid-air collision 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Vnukovo, in poor visibility conditions, with an Ilyushin Il-12 that had departed from Khodynka Aerodrome bound for Tashkent. The latter aircraft lost both engines in the collision, while the TS-62 had its tail sheared off, subsequently crashing and catching fire. All 12 occupants of both aircraft were killed in the accident.

1949

• 29 April: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-L4464, that was flying the Yakutsk–Kirensk route under the carrier's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, went some 100 km (62 mi) off course. Having failed in establishing the aircraft position, the crew decided to descend. The airplane began a descent having no visual contact with the ground, and struck a 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) high mountain, 117 km (73 mi) east of Kirensk, with the loss of 14 lives, out of 24 occupants of the aircraft.

1950s

1950

• 30 July: An Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1803, that had departed from Karaganda Airport and was scheduled to operate a domestic passenger service under the airline's Kazakhstan division, crashed on approach to the airport of departure after the crew decided to fly the aircraft back owing to a failure in the port engine. All 25 passengers and crew lost their lives in the accident.

1951

• 12 August: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-L4314, crashed in Vilyuysk when operating for the carrier's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate. The accident resulted in 2 fatalities.
• 27 December: A Lisunov Li-2, registration CCCP-L4228, that was operating a Yakutsk–Vilyuysk flight under the company's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, experienced an en-route-flameout in both engines as it ran out of fuel. The crew made a force-landing 90 km (56 mi) away from the city of departure; in doing so, the aircraft collided with trees and burned out. Fourteen passengers and a crew of 6 lost their lives.

1952

• 3 May: A Lisunov Li-2, CCCP-L4602, crashed near Khandyga while it was operating a flight for the airline's Yakut Civil Aviation Directorate. There were 4 reported fatalities.
• 5 October: Two aircraft operating for the airline's Northern division were involved in a mid-air collision over the village of Skvoritsy, in the rural-urban fringe of Leningrad. One of the aircraft was about to complete a domestic scheduled Minsk–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 376 with an Ilyushin Il-12, registration CCCP-L1328; there were 24 people aboard —19 passengers and a crew of 6—. The airplane, on approach to Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport, collided with a Douglas TS-62, CCCP-L1055, that had departed from the same airport and was due to operate the opposite route as Flight 381; this aircraft had 7 occupants on board, 4 of them passengers. All occupants of both aircraft perished in the accident.

1955

• 6 August: An undisclosed aircraft that was operating a domestic scheduled Stalingrad–Moscow passenger service, crashed and burst into flames at Voronezh, killing all 25 occupants aboard.

1956

• 22 April: An Ilyushin Il-14, registration CCCP-L1718, that was due to operate the Sukhumi–Kutaisi leg of a Moscow–Tbilisi cargo service under the airline's Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 227, plunged into the Black Sea shortly after take-off from Sukhumi Airport. All six occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 26 April: There were three reported fatalities when an Aeroflot aircraft, probably an Ilyushin Il-12, crashed in Bohnsdorf, Berlin, after it struck a church tower on approach to Schönefeld Airport, inbound from Warsaw, in foggy conditions.

1957

• 15 August: An Ilyushin Il-14P, tail number CCCP-L1874, that was operating the last leg of an international scheduled Moscow–Riga–Copenhagen passenger service under the airline's Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 103, hit a chimney of a power plant on approach to Kastrup Airport and crashed into the harbour of Copenhagen, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) northwest of the airport. Twenty-three people lost their lives.

1958

• 27 June: An Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-L5643, that was operating a survey flight under the carrier's Magadan Civil Aviation Directorate, struck a hill and crashed out of Seymchan after stalling, with the loss of two lives, out of 6 occupants of the aircraft.
• 15 August: A Tupolev Tu-104A, tail number CCCP-L5442, encountered a turbulent upstream at 10,800 m (35,400 ft), while en route a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Irkutsk passenger service under the airline's Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate. The aircraft ascended to 12,000 m (39,000 ft), where it stalled. The stall led to a spin that ended up with the airplane crashing near Chita. There were no survivors among the 64 passengers and crew aboard.
• 17 October: A Tupolev Tu-104A, registration CCCP-42362, that was operating a non-scheduled Beijing–Omsk–Moscow passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, was unable to land at Vnukovo Airport because of the fog, and the crew headed the aircraft to Sverdlovsk. While flying at an altitude of 10 km (33,000 ft), a powerful upstream raised the airplane to about 12 km (39,000 ft), where it stalled and entered a vertical dive, crashing 27 km (17 mi) west of Kanash. There were 80 reported fatalities.

1959

• 18 January: An Ilyushin Il-14P, registration CCCP-41863, that was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Voronezh–Stalingrad–Baku passenger service under the carrier's Azerbaijani division as Flight 205, banked to the right on the final approach during the last stages of the second leg, crashing into a snowy field 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) away from Stalingrad, and catching fire. All 25 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 10 August: A Lisunov Li-2, registration CCCP-54795, operating under the airline's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed in Yakutiya, killing all 9 occupants of the aircraft.
• 23 October: An Ilyushin Il-14P, tail number CCCP-41806, that was operating a domestic scheduled Baku–Makhachkala–Astrakhan–Stalingrad–Moscow passenger service under the airline's Azerbaijani division as Flight 200, struck trees on final approach to Vnukovo Airport, crashing into a forest located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) away from the airport, and catching fire. Only one of the 29 occupants of the aircraft survived.
• 16 November: An Antonov An-10, registration CCCP-11167, that was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Lvov passenger service under the airline's Ukrainian division, crashed on approach to Sknyliv Airport after the nose suddenly pitched down and the crew did not regain control of the aircraft, killing all 40 people aboard.

1960s

1960

• 26 February: An Antonov An-10A, tail number CCCP-11180, that was operating a domestic scheduled Kiev–Lvov passenger service under the airline's Ukrainian division as Flight 315, crashed on approach to Sknyliv Airport due to the flaps being in a configuration that made them vulnerable to icing. 32 of the 33 people on board perished in the accident.

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-14 at Myachkovo Airport. (1994)

• 20 July: An Ilyushin Il-14, registration CCCP-61696, encountered heavy turbulence on its flightpath and broke up, crashing 100 km (62 mi) away from Syktyvkar. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad–Syktyvkar passenger service under the airline's Komi Civil Aviation Directorate, with 23 people aboard. All of them died.
• 17 August: An Ilyushin Il-18B, registration CCCP-75705, that was operating an international scheduled Cairo–Moscow passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed near Kiev after a fire that started in a starboard engine spread to the wing and reached the fuel tanks, which caused them to explode. All persons on board the aircraft, 27 passengers and 7 crew, perished in the accident.
• 2 September: An Aeroflot–Polar division Ilyushin Il-14, tail number CCCP-04200, that was operating a non-scheduled passenger service carrying researchers from Mys Schmidta back to Moscow, crashed into the terrain in bad weather while en route from Arkhangelsk to Cherepovets, 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Zikhnovo, leading to 18 casualties.
• 21 October: An Aeroflot–Far East Civil Aviation Directorate Tupolev Tu-104A, CCCP-42452, crashed near Ust-Orda on approach to an undisclosed airport in a premature descent. There were 3 reported fatalities.
• 4 December: An Ilyushin Il-14, registration CCCP-52091, experienced a fire on an engine while en route a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service under the Komi Civil Aviation Directorate. This situation prompted the crew to initiate a descent for an emergency landing, in which the starboard wing broke off. The aircraft crashed near Chernovo, killing all aboard —9 passengers and a crew of 5—.
• 26 December: An Aeroflot–Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate Ilyushin Il-18A, registration CCCP-75651, that was on a training flight and had departed from Kuybyshev Airport bound for Ulyanovsk Airport, crashed on approach to the latter airport, killing at least 3 occupants.

1961

• 13 March: An Aeroflot–West Siberia Tupolev Tu-104B, tail number CCCP-42438, crashed 9 km (5.6 mi) away from Sverdlovsk Airport while making an emergency landing following a double engine failure. A crew of 5 lost their lives.
• 10 July: On approach to Odessa Airport in heavy rain, a Tupolev Tu-104B, registration CCCP-42447, that was operating a passenger service under the Northern Civil Aviation Directorate, struck the approach light, crashing and killing 1 occupant of the aircraft, out of 85 passengers and crew on board.
• 31 October: The crew of an Ilyushin Il-14M, tail number CCCP-61712, that was operating a Yakutsk–Sangar cargo service under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, mistook the lights of Smorodinny for the lights of the destination city during a power blackout there. The aircraft descended until 150 m (490 ft), where it crashed into mountainous terrain. There were 5 reported fatalities.
• 17 December: An Ilyushin Il-18B, registration CCCP-75654, that was en route a domestic scheduled Vnukovo Airport–Sochi Airport passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 245, crashed in the Tarasovsky District, Rostov Oblast, after the flight engineer inadvertently modified the position of the flaps at a cruising altitude of 8,000 m (26,000 ft), causing the aircraft to dive uncontrollably. All 59 passengers and crew aboard lost their lives.
• 22 December: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-16154, crashed 95 km (59 mi) away from Oymyakon under unspecified circumstances, with the loss of 6 lives.

1962

• 27 January: The outer starboard engine of an Antonov An-10A, registration CCCP-11148, that was operating a training flight under the carrier's Ulyanovsk Flight School of Civil Aviation, did not feather during initial climb out, shortly after take-off from Baratayevka Airport. This caused the airplane to bank right and lose speed, eventually crashing into the ground, killing 13 of 14 occupants of the aircraft.
• 4 June: Shortly after take-off from Sofia Airport, a Tupolev Tu-104B, CCCP-42491, that was about to operate a Sofia–Moscow cargo service under the airline's Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, experienced the failure of the port engine. The crew decided to return to the airport of departure; in doing so, the aircraft flew too low through clouds and crashed into mountainous terrain. A crew of 5 died in the accident.
• 30 June: A Tupolev Tu-104A, registration CCCP-42370, operating a flight from Khabarovsk to Moscow under the airline's Far East Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed near Krasnoyarsk; all 84 on board died after the aircraft was accidentally shot down by a training missile.
• 6 July: Fourteen of 38 occupants of an Ilyushin Il-14, tail number CCCP-91554, that was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Bukhara–Tashkent passenger service under the Uzbek division as Flight 40, perished when the starboard wing broke off after hitting a fence, following the lose of height amid an engine failure, causing the aircraft to crash 34 km (21 mi) away from Tashkent Airport.
• 28 July: An Antonov An-10A, registration CCCP-11186, operating a flight from Lvov to Sochi under the airline's Ukraine division as Flight 415, crashed into a mountain at 2,000-foot (610 m), on approach to Sochi Airport inbound from Lvov; there were 81 fatalities.
• 2 September: A Tupolev Tu-104A, registration CCCP-42366, that was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service under the airline's Far East Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed and burst into flames 90 km (56 mi) away from Khabarovsk, after rolling and yawing several times at an altitude of 15,000 ft (4.6 km) before the aircraft became uncontrollable. A crew of 7 and 79 passengers perished in the accident.

1963

• 4 April: A failure in the pitch control mechanism of one of the starboard propellers of an Ilyushin Il-18, registration CCCP-75866, that had departed Sheremetyevo Airport bound for Krasnoyarsk under the Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 25, led to the crash of the aircraft 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of Rybno-Slobodsky District, Tatarstan. There were 67 reported fatalities.
• 24 August: An Avia 14P, tail number CCCP-61617, that was en route a domestic scheduled Kutaisi–Sukhumi passenger service under the airline's Georgian division as Flight 663, crashed into a hillside 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Kutaisi Airport, 13 km (8.1 mi) off the intended course. There were 32 reported fatalities.
• 20 October: All seven occupants of an Aeroflot (Polar Division) Ilyushin Il-14M, registration CCCP-04197, died when the aircraft flew into the slope of a glacier during a survey flight at Graham Bell Island; the crew lost spatial orientation in the polar night.

1964

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18V.

• 2 September: An Ilyushin Il-18V, tail number CCCP-75531, that was operating a domestic scheduled Khabarovsk–Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk passenger service under the Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 721, crashed on a hillside at 2,000 feet (610 m) while on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport following a premature descent. Ninety three people lost their lives.
• 28 November: An Ilyushin Il-14P, registration CCCP-41883, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tbilisi–Kutaisi–Krasnodar passenger service under the carrier's Georgian division as Flight F-51, crashed into a 980-metre (3,220 ft) high mountain near Surami while en route is first leg, after the actual airspeed was incorrectly reported to the crew, and the aircraft initiated the descent still over mountainous terrain amid a cloudy environment. Seven of 15 occupants of the aircraft lost their lives.

1965

• 8 March: Flight 448, a Tupolev Tu-124V, registration CCCP-45028, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev–Moscow passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed shortly after take-off from Kuybyshev Airport after the pilots lost control of the aircraft during climb out. All 25 occupants of the airplane perished in the accident.
• 20 March: An Aeroflot–Ural Antonov An-24, registration CCCP-46764, undershot the runway on landing at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport inbound from Tyumen, breaking up after hitting a snowdrift, and catching fire. There were 43 reported fatalities, out of 47 occupants aboard.
• 11 November: A Tupolev Tu-124V, tail number CCCP-45086, crashed on approach to Murmansk Airport following a premature descent. The aircraft was about to complete a domestic scheduled Moscow–Murmansk passenger service under the company's Northern Civil Aviation Directorate. There were 47 occupants aboard, of whom 32 lost their lives in the accident.

1966

• 1 January: A Lisunov Li-2 that was operating a domestic scheduled Darvaza–Ashgabat passenger service under the carrier's Turkmen division, experienced a failure on one of its engines during initial climb out after the crew mistakenly turned a valve of the fuel system, hit the ground and burst into flames. All 28 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 16 February: An Ilyushin Il-14M, tail number CCCP-52058, experienced a fire on one of its engines while en route a domestic scheduled Vorkuta–Syktyvkar passenger service under the Komi Civil Aviation Directorate. Even though the crew attempted to divert the aircraft to Pechora after the fire could not be extinguished, the burning engine detached from the wing, causing the aircraft to bank left, crashing moments later into a forest, 70 km (43 mi) north of this city. All 35 people on board perished in the accident.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-114 at the Monino Airfield. (1999)

• 17 February: A Tupolev Tu-114D, registration CCCP-76491, that was due to inaugurate the Moscow–Conakry–Accra–Brazzaville service, operating for the airline's International Civil Aviation Directorate, struck a snowdrift with the port main landing gear upon take-off from Sheremetyevo Airport. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft banking it to the right, causing the inner starboard propeller to hit the ground. The airplane broke out, crashing and catching fire. There were 21 reported fatalities, out of 48 occupants of the aircraft. This was the only fatal crash involving the Tu-114.
• 23 April: Flight 2723, an Ilyushin Il-14, CCCP-61772, that was due to operate the Baku–Makhachkala route under the airline's Azerbaijani division, ditched into the Caspian Sea near Baku when attempting to make and emergency landing at Bina International Airport, following an engine failure that was reported shortly after the flight departed the airport. There were 33 reported fatalities. The wreckage of the aircraft was never recovered.

1967

An Aeroflot Antonov An-12B at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. (1976)

• 14 January: An Antonov An-12B, tail number CCCP-04343, that had departed from Tolmachevo Airport under the airline's Directorate of Polar Aviation, crashed and exploded during an emergency landing following a fire in the cargo hold that broke out shortly after take-off, killing all six occupants.
• 6 March: The crew of an Aeroflot Polar Antonov An-12B, registration CCCP-11007, that was operating a Salekhard–Tarko-Sale cargo service, did not make a proper selection of the flaps before take-off; the airplane crashed into the banks of the Ob River, approximately a minute after rotation. Out of 6 occupants of the aircraft, 5 lost their lives.
• 12 March: One of the engines of an Ilyushin Il-14P, CCCP-61657, that was covering an Olekminsk–Yakutsk service under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, caught fire while en route. The aircraft crashed after it hit trees 86 kilometres (53.4 mi) away from Yakutsk when the crew tried to force-land the aircraft amid snowy weather in darkness. Fifteen of the 19 occupants of the airplane lost their lives in the accident.
• 12 October: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-16150, crashed at Aldan Airport with the loss of 4 lives.
• 4 November: There were 4 reported fatalities when an Ilyushin Il-18 crash-landed at an undisclosed airport in Moscow.
• 16 November: An engine of an Ilyushin 18V, registration CCCP-75538, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk–Tashkent passenger service under the carrier's International Civil Aviation Directorate, caught fire shortly after take-off from Koltsovo Airport. The propeller could not be feathered, causing the aircraft to crash upside down. There were 130 reported fatalities.
• 30 December: An Antonov An-24B, tail number CCCP-46215, that was operating a domestic scheduled Riga–Liepaya passenger service under the company's Latvian division, crashed on a missed approach to Liepaya Airport, killing 44 of 51 occupants aboard.

1968

• 6 January: An Aeroflot (Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate) Antonov An-24B, CCCP-47733, that was operating a scheduled domestic Olekminsk–Lensk passenger service, broke up at 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and crashed 92 kilometres (57 mi) from Olyokma, likely shot down by a missile. All 45 occupants of the airplane perished in the accident.

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18D at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden. (1971)

• 29 February: An Ilyushin Il-18D, registration CCCP-74252, broke up in-flight during an emergency descent, crashing and bursting into flames 160 km (99 mi) away from Bratsk, possibly due to a fuel leak. The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky passenger service under the airline's Far East Civil Aviation Directorate. Only a passenger whose seat was attached to a large portion of the fuselage survived the accident, out of 91 occupants aboard.

1969

• 24 March: An Aeroflot Antonov An-24, registration CCCP-46751, operating under the airline's Kazakstan division as Flight 2305, crashed shortly after takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport, killing 4 (1 crew, 3 passengers) of 31 on board. The right engine lost power after the landing gear was retracted, causing a loss of power and altitude. The aircraft hit trees and came down at Krasnoye Polye near the airport and broke in two; both pieces burnt out.
• 23 June: An Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-14M operating a flight from Moscow-Chernigov as Flight 831, collided with a Soviet Air Force An-12 at 3,000 m (9,800 ft), killing all 120 on board both aircraft.
• 3 August: An Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-24B, tail number CCCP-46248, had a blade of one of the port propellers separated from the engine en route a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk–Vinnitsa passenger service. The detached blade punctured the fuselage and severed the controls. The aircraft crashed near Preobrazhenka, killing all 55 occupants.
• 6 December: An Antonov An-12PL, registration CCCP-11381, that was about to complete a Syktyvkar–Khatanga cargo service under the airline's Polar division, crashed approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) away from the destination city, on approach to Khatanga Airport, due to icing conditions. All 8 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.

1970s

1970

• 28 January: An Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-47701, that was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Deputatskiy Airport–Batagay Airport passenger service under the carrier's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed 40 km (25 mi) away from Batagay on a premature descent to the airport of destination, killing all occupants aboard —29 passengers and a crew of 6—.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124V is seen here after take-off from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Sweden. (1967)

• 29 January: A Tupolev Tu-124V, tail number CCCP-45083, that was operating a domestic scheduled Leningrad–Murmansk passenger service under the Northern Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into a snow-covered hill 29 km (18 mi) away from Murmansk Airport on approach, sliding down the snowy slope. Five occupants of the airplane perished immeditely after the impact; another six occupants died from hypothermia while awaiting for the rescue teams.
• 6 February: Twenty two of 106 people aboard an Ilyushin Il-18V, CCCP-75798, died when the aircraft crashed into a mountain amid a cloudy environment while on approach to Samarkand Airport. The airplane was operating under the company's Uzbek division, covering the Tashkent–Samarkand route.
• 25 February: An Ilyushin Il-14, registration CCCP-61637, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Ust-Maya–Yakutsk passenger service under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed shortly after take-off from Ust-Maya Airport following a malfunction on one of its engines during initial climbout. Five people lost their lives in the accident.
• 1 April: All 45 occupants of an Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-47751, lost their lives when the aircraft crashed near Novosibirsk, after it collided with a balloon while en route a domestic scheduled passenger service thas was being operated under the West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate.
• 20 April: An Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-06333, operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar–Psebai passenger service under the airine's North Caucasus Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed on approach to Psebai Airport amid foggy conditions, killing all 14 occupants onboard.
• 15 May: An Antonov An-10A, tail number CCCP-11149, that was performing a training flight under the airline's Ulyanovsk Flight School of Civil Aviation, lost control after it made a go-around at Kishinev Airport with two shut-down engines, crashing and killing all 11 occupants aboard.
• 8 August: There was one reported fatality when an Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-10A, registration CCCP-11188, made an emergency landing at Chişinău Airport following the breakout of a fire on one of its engines while en route.

1971

• 22 January: An Antonov An-12B, registration CCCP-11000, operating a cargo flight from Omsk to Surgut under the airline's Komi Aviation Civil Directorate, crashed 15 km (9.3 mi) short of the runway due to an ineffective icing system, killing all 13 on board.

• 31 March: An Antonov An-10, registration CCCP-11145, that was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev–Voroshilovgrad passenger service under the carrier's Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed 13 km (8.1 mi) away from Voroshilovgrad Airport on approach, due to structural failure of the starboard outer wing, killing all 65 occupants of the aircraft.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden. (1972)

• 10 August: A Tupolev Tu-104B, registration CCCP-42490, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow–Simferopol passenger service under the carrier's Ukrainian division as Flight 773, crashed shortly after take-off from Vnukovo Airport following the detonation of an explosivie device, killing all 25 occupants aboard.
• 12 November: An Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-24B, CCCP-46809, that was flying the Kiev–Vinnytsia route, crashed during a go-around at Vinnytsia Airport, killing all 48 passengers and a crew of 4 onboard.
• 13 November: All five occupants of an Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-24B, tail number CCCP-46378, that was bound for Kerch, crashed on approach to Kerch Airport after it struck power lines.
• 1 December: An Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46788, lost height and crashed on final approach to Saratov Airport while operating a domestic scheduled passenger service under the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate. There were 57 reported fatalities.

1972

• 18 May: An Antonov An-10A, registration CCCP-11215, that was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Kharkiv passenger service under the company's Ukrainian division, crashed 24 km (15 mi) away from Kharkiv on approach to Kharkiv Airport when both wings separated from the fuselage, killing all 122 occupants of the aircraft. Aeroflot retired its An-10 fleet from service following this event.
• 31 August: A fire broke out in the cargo hold of an Ilyushin Il-18V, tail number CCCP-74298, while the aircraft was covering a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata Airport–Domodedovo Airport passenger service under the company's Kazakh division. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing at Magnitogorsk. During the descent, the airplane entered a spinning dive from an altitude of 2,400 m (7,900 ft), crashing near Smelovskiy. There were 101 occupants aboard; none of them survived the accident.
• 1 October: An Ilyushin Il-18V, registration CCCP-75507, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Adler–Moscow passenger service under the airline's Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into the Black Sea shortly after take-off from Sochi Airport, 4 km (2.5 mi) off the shore. There were 108 reported fatalities, of whom 100 were passengers.
• 13 October: An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62, tail number CCCP-86671, that was operating a non-scheduled Paris–Leningrad–Moscow passenger service under the International Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into a lake after several landing attempts into Sheremetyevo International Airport, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the airport; there were 176 fatalities.

1973

• 22 January: An Aeroflot–North Caucasus Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46276, crashed into the snow near Petukhovo, apparently after it was hit by a surface-to-air missile while en route to Perm Airport. There were 44 people on board. Despite few of them survived the accident, they later died because of the low temperatures before the rescue team reached the crash site.
• 24 February: An Ilyushin Il-18V, tail number CCCP-75712, that was operating a scheduled domestic Dushanbe–Leninabad passenger service under the airline's Tajik division, broke up en route at a height of 2,200 m (7,200 ft) and crashed 40 km (25 mi) from Ura-Tyube. All 79 occupants of the aircraft lost their lives.
• 28 February: All 32 occupants of a Yak-40, CCCP-87602, that was departing from Semipalatinsk bound for Ust-Kamenogorsk, operating a domestic scheduled passenger service under the Kazakh division, lost their lives when the aircraft failed to get airborne, falling back to the runway.
• 11 May: Flight 6551, an Ilyushin Il-18B, registration CCCP-75687, that was en route a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Novosibirsk passenger service under the carrier's Azerbaijani division, crashed 84 km (52 mi) south of Semipalatinsk, after it broke up at 5,000 m (16,000 ft), possibly due to a steep emergency descent. There were 63 reported fatalities.
• 18 May: A Tupolev Tu-104B, registration CCCP-42411, that was en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Chita passenger service under the East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate, was hijacked by a passenger who demanded to be flown to China. The explosive device this passenger held detonated, and the aircraft crashed east of Lake Baikal, 97 km (60 mi) west of Chita, killing all 82 occupants.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134A at Euroairport. (1975)

• 30 June: A Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65668, crashed into a house and broke in three after it failed to get airborne at Marka International Airport. The aircraft was due to operate a scheduled Amman–Beirut international passenger service under the airline's Armenian division. Two occupants of the aircraft lost their lives, as well as seven people on the ground.
• 18 August: An Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46435, that had departed Baku for a domestic scheduled passenger service under the airline's Azerbaijani division, experienced an engine failure after take-off. While returning to Baku Airport the aircraft hit a drilling rig at Neftyanyye Kamni, crashing 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Baku, and killing 56 of the 64 occupants of the airplane.
• 10 October: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-71209, that was due to fly a Tashauz–Darvaza cargo route under the company's Turkmen division, crashed soon after departing from Tashauz Airport, following a double engine failure. All 5 people aboard were killed.
• 13 October: A Tupolev Tu-104B, registration CCCP-42486, that was about to complete a domestic scheduled Tbilisi–Moscow passenger service under the carrier's Georgian division as Flight 964, crashed on approach to Domodedovo Airport. All 119 passengers and crew perished in the accident.
• 23 December: Strong vibrations created by a defective turbine blade in one engine caused the rupture of the fuel line, starting a in-flight fire in the airframe of a Tupolev Tu-124V, tail number CCCP-45044, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Lvov–Kiev passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate. The aircraft crashed near Vynnyky shortly after take-off from Sknyliv Airport, killing all 17 occupants on board.

1974/1975/1976/1977/1978/1979

Date	Location	Aircraft	Tail number	Airline division	Fate	Fatalities	Description of the event	Refs
1974	Antarctica	Li-2	CCCP-46357	Un­known	W/O	Un­known	Crashed.
6 January 1974	Mukachevo	An-24B	CCCP-46357	Ukraine	W/O	24/24	Was operating a domestic scheduled Ivano-Frankovsk–Uzhgorod passenger service when it attempted to land at the Mukachevo Air Base as the airport of destination was temporarily closed. On approach, the aircraft flew through clouds in icing conditions, yet the de-icing system was switched off; it lost longitudinal stability and crashed.
25 January 1974	Rostov-on-Don	An-24B	CCCP-46277	Privolzhsk	W/O	4/4	Crashed after take-off from Rostov Airport.
22 March 1974	Kirov	Li-2	CCCP-73960	Ural	W/O	Un­known	Crashed shortly after take-off from Kirov Airport due to an engine failure.
6 April 1974	Ust-Kuyga	Avia 14P	CCCP-52053	Yakut	W/O	0/18	Unintentional retraction of the landing gear.
9 April 1974	Kazan	Yak-40	CCCP-87369	Privolzhsk	W/O	Un­known	Crashed at Kazan Airport after an engire fire.
24 April 1974	Tashkent	Il-18E	CCCP-75405	Uzbekistan	W/O	1/115	The aircraft suffered a bird strike shortly after take-off from Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport and crashed.
27 April 1974	Leningrad	Il-18V	CCCP-75559	Leningrad	W/O	118/118	Crashed shortly after take-off from Pulkovo Airport, during initial climbout, following a failure of the outer starboard engine. An asymmetric retraction of the flaps, amid a strong vibration of the airframe, led to the loss of control of the aircraft, which was due to operate a domestic scheduled Leningrad–Krasnodar passenger service.
23 May 1974	Kiev	Yak-40	CCCP-87579	Ukraine	W/O	29/29	The aircraft crashed on approach to Zhulyany Airport inbound from Riga. Suspected flightcrew intoxication with carbon monoxide.
4 December 1974	Irkutsk	An-12B	CCCP-12985	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Both aircraft collided in the air when the An-2R, just departed Irkutsk Airport, crossed the path of the An-12B that was on a training flight. The accident was caused by air traffic controllers error, who cleared the An-2R for take-off.
		An-2R	CCCP-49342	East Siberia	W/O	13/13
14 December 1974	Bukhara	Yak-40	CCCP-87630	Tajikistan	W/O	7	Aborted take-off from Bukhara Airport, overrunning the runway and hitting a dike. Was due to operate a domestic scheduled Bukhara–Samarkand passenger service.
24 December 1974	Batoorino	An-2	CCCP-15890	West Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Crashed.
16 January 1975	Sam Neua	An-2	Un­known	Un­known	W/O	16/16	Crashed into a mountain at night near Sam Neua Airport.
28 January 1975	Zaporozhye	Yak-40	CCCP-87825	Ukraine	W/O	Un­known	Crashed at Zaporozhye Airport as it rotated at too low speed.
15 April 1975	Omsk	An-2TP	CCCP-70177	Kazakhstan	W/O	Un­known	Stalled following take-off from Omsk Airport, banking to the left, crashing, and catching fire.
28 April 1975	Poltava	An-24RV	CCCP-46476	Ukraine	W/O	Un­known	The aircraft descended below the glidepath and crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport.
20 May 1975	Un­known	An-2	CCCP-43908	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Destroyed on landing.
15 July 1975	Batumi	Yak-40	CCCP-87475	Armenia	W/O	41/41	Struck a mountain following a go-around at Chorokh Airport. Was operating a domestic scheduled Yerevan–Batumi passenger service.
15 August 1975	Krasnovodsk	Yak-40	CCCP-87323	Azerbaijan	W/O	23/28	Crashed on final approach to Krasnovodsk Airport after the airplane descended below the glideslope due to an incorrect position of the flaps. It was completing a domestic scheduled Baku–Krasnovodsk passenger service.
18 September 1975	Off Turukhansk	An-2V	CCCP-98302	Krasnoyarsk	W/O	3/3	Flew into a 410-metre (1,350 ft) high hill, 72 kilometres (45 mi) northwest of Turukhansk. The aircraft was operating a military service for the Soviet Air Force.
22 October 1975	Novgorod	Yak-40	CCCP-87458	Latvia	W/O	11/11	The airplane was operating a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar–Vologda–Novgorod–Riga passenger service. When it was about to complete its second leg, the flightcrew attempted an approach to Novgorod Airport, despite poor visibility. The aircraft went off course, and both the undercarriage and the wings contacted buildings, causing it to crash and catch fire. All 6 occupants aboard perished in the accident, plus 5 people on the ground.
17 November 1975	Gali	An-24RV	CCCP-46467	North Caucasus	W/O	38/38	Went off course when trying to avoid a thunderstorm while en route a domestic scheduled Tbilisi–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight 6274. Crashed into a mountain 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Gali.
20 November 1975	Kharkov	An-24B	CCCP-46349	Belarus	W/O	19/50	Hit trees on approach to Kharkov Airport, inbound from Rostov-on-Don, crashing into a hillside 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the airport. There was a discrepancy between the aircraft's barometric altimeter and the actual altitude.
3 January 1976	Sanino	Tu-124V	CCCP-45037	North Caucasus	W/O	61/61	Crashed shortly after take-off from Vnukovo Airport after the crew lost visual amid a cloudy environment and became disoriented. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow–Brest passenger service.
13 January 1976	Leningrad	An-24B	CCCP-47280	Ural	W/O	Un­known	Hit trees on approach to Smolnoye Airport when it descended below the glidepath, and crashed near Leningrad; the crew had disregarded the ground proximity warning system.
30 January 1976	Frunze Airport	Il-18V	CCCP-75558	Kyrgyzstan	W/O	6/6	Crashed after control was lost during a go-around. The aircraft was on a training flight.
9 February 1976	Irkutsk	Tu-104A	CCCP-42327	West Siberia	W/O	24/115	Suddenly banked some 20° right immediately after take-off from Irkutsk Airport; the aircraft hit the ground moments later with the right wing down forming an even greater angle relative to the horizon. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Novosibirsk passenger service as Flight 3739.
6 March 1976	Verkhnyaya Khava	Il-18E	CCCP-75408	Armenia	W/O	118/118	The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Yerevan passenger service as Flight 909, when it crashed on approach to Yerevan Airport. Due to an electrical failure, several instruments, including the heading indicator and the autopilot, were not functional at the time of the accident. There were 111 occupants aboard; another 7 people were killed on the ground.
10 March 1976	Saratov Airport	An-24RV	CCCP-46613	Privolzhsk	W/O	Un­known	Hard landing. Overran the runway and crashed.
24 March 1976	Ashgabat Airport	Il-14LIK	CCCP-61756	Kazakhstan	W/O	Un­known	Struck a mountain in a cloudy environment.
11 April 1976	Kazachinsk	An-2TP	CCCP-09675	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Crashed into mountaineous terrain amid bad weather. All crewmembers perished in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was not disclosed. The aircraft was leased from Aeroflot.
17 April 1976	Kursk	An-2SKh	CCCP-33170	Uzbekistan	W/O	Un­known	Stalled upon take-off and crashed.
15 May 1976	Chernigov	An-24RV	CCCP-46534	Ukraine	W/O	52/52	Entered the wake turbulence of a fighter, causing both the rudder to deflect sharply and the feathering of the propellers. The aircraft entered a spin, eventually crashing near Chernigov. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Kiev–Moscow passenger service.
16 May 1976	Semipalatinsk	An-2SKh	CCCP-79935	Kazakhstan	W/O	1/1	The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission, when it crashed after a steep turn near Semipalatinsk, killing the pilot, who was drunk.
1 June 1976	Bioko Island	Tu-154A	CCCP-85102	International	W/O	44/44	Crashed while en route its first leg into a 750-metre (2,460 ft) high mountain. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Luanda–Malabo–Kinshasa–Tripoli–Moscow passenger service as Aeroflot Flight 418.
12 June 1976	Nizhnevartovsk	An-2R	CCCP-32464	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Went off course on approach to Nizhnevartovsk Airport and crashed into mountaineous terrain 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away from Nizhnevartovsk. All crewmembers lost their lives in the accident, yet the number of fatalities was undisclosed.
20 June 1976	Engels	An-2R	CCCP-70819	Privolzhsk	W/O	Un­known	Un­known
26 June 1976	Kazan	An-2	CCCP-70764	Privolzhsk	W/O	1	Hit a transmission tower after it lost height due to a loss of power, crashing and burning up
30 June 1976	Valikhanovskiy District	An-2R	CCCP-70531	Central Region	W/O	Un­known	Experienced an inflight failure on one of the propeller blades owing to fatigue. Violent vibrations caused the engine mount to fail, leading to the shift of the powerplant to the left, and causing the propeller to cut through the spar, which damaged the port wingbox. The aircraft eventually entered a spin and crashed.
17 July 1976	Chita Airport	Tu-104A	CCCP-42335	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Failed to get airborne due to overloading.
23 July 1976	Sokolskoye	An-2R	CCCP-35088	Moscow SPiMVL	W/O	Un­known	Hit trees and crashed.
3 August 1976	Popovka	An-2R	CCCP-35088	Central Region	W/O	Un­known	Crashed under unspecified circumstances.
13 August 1976	Guryev Airport	An-24B	CCCP-47734	Kazakhstan	W/O	Un­known	Crashed short of the runway on landing.
9 September 1976	Black Sea	An-24RV	CCCP-46518	East Siberia	W/O	46/46	Head-on, mid-air collision, 37 km (23 mi) south of Anapa. The An-24RV was operating a passenger service between Donetsk and Adler as Flight 7957, with 46 people aboard. The Yak-40 was flying the Rostov-on-Don–Kerch route as Flight 31 with 14 passengers and a crew of 4 onboard.
		Yak-40	CCCP-87772	North Caucasus	W/O	18/18
26 September 1976	Novosibirsk	An-2	CCCP-79868	West Siberia	W/O	12	The pilot intentionally crashed the aircraft into a building where his former wife —from whom he had divorced— lived.
30 October 1976	Tashkent Airport	Il-18V	CCCP-75575	Uzbekistan	W/O	Un­known	Overran the runway on landing in bad weather.
28 November 1976	Moscow	Tu-104B	CCCP-42471	Northern	W/O	72/72	Crashed 29 km (18 mi) away from Sheremetyevo Airport amid inclement weather. Due to operate the Moscow–Leningrad route.
16 December 1976	Zaporozhye	Yak-40	CCCP-87638	Ukraine	W/O	5/5	Crashed during a training flight after stalling, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Zaporozhye.
17 December 1976	Ust-Kut	Yak-40	CCCP-88208	East Siberia	W/O	7/7	Crashed into trees shortly after take-off from Ust-Kut Airport, during initial climbout.
17 December 1976	Kiev	An-24	CCCP-46722	Ukraine	W/O	48/55	Flew below the glideslope amid reduced visibility on approach to Zhulyany Airport, eventually colliding with a concrete embankment. Operated a domestic scheduled Chernovtsy–Kiev passenger service.
18 December 1976	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Il-14M	CCCP-61752	Far East	W/O	8/10	Went off the approach course to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport while operating a research flight. Crashed into mountaineous terrain.
1976	Kiev	Tu-154	CCCP-85020	International	W/O	0	Hard landing.
1976	Borispol Airport	Tu-104A	CCCP-85020	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Undershoot the runway following in-flight engines shutdown.
13 January 1977	Alma-Ata	Tu-104A	CCCP-42369	Far East	W/O	96/96	The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic Khabarovsk–Novosibirsk–Dushanbe passenger service when it suffered a fire breakout on one of its engines. While dumping fuel to make an emergency landing at Alma-Ata Airport, the fire reached the fuel tanks, which exploded; the aircraft crashed 3.5 km (2.2 mi) away from the airport.
15 February 1977	Mineralnye Vody	Il-18V	CCCP-75520	Uzbekistan	W/O	77/77	Stalled following a missed approach procedure and crashed near Mineralnye Vody. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent-Yuzhniy Airport–Mineralnye Vody Airport passenger service.
6 March 1977	Un­known	An-2TP	CCCP-40572	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Veered off the runway, crashing into a building.
30 March 1977	Zhdanov	Yak-40	CCCP-87738	Ukraine	W/O	8/27	The starboard wing hit a pole while on final approach to Zhdanov Airport. The aircraft banked and stroke the ground before it broke up and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dnepropetrovsk–Zhdanov passenger service.
5 April 1977	Penyok	Il-14FKM	CCCP-61675	West Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Crashed into the ground, following the loss of rudder control.
7 May 1977	Tavda	An-2	CCCP-15925	Tyumen	W/O	Un­known	Collided 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Tavda. No further information is available.
		An-2	CCCP-44992	Ural	W/O
27 May 1977	Havana	Il-62M	CCCP-86614	International	W/O	68	Struck power lines on approach to José Martí International Airport, crashing and killing all but two of the 70 occupants of the aircraft, plus one more on the ground. The airplane was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Frankfurt–Lisbon–Havana passenger service.
8 July 1977	Off Sukhumi Airport	An-24RV	CCCP-46847	Kirovograd Flight School	W/O	6/7	Descended gradually until it crashed into the Black Sea, probably because the pilot became distracted with nearby storm activity. The aircraft was on a training flight from Sukhumi to Kirovograd.
20 July 1977	Vitim	Avia 14	CCCP-52096	East Siberia	W/O	Un­known	Attempted a tailwind take-off from Vitim Airport. The aircraft hit trees, stalled and crashed into a woodland.
18 August 1977	Ust-Kuyga	An-26	CCCP-26536	Yakut	W/O	0	Hard landing.
18 October 1977	Un­known	An-2	CCCP-55625	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Crashed under unspecified circumstances.
27 October 1977	Cape Chelyuskin	Il-14M	CCCP-04195	Krasnoyarsk	W/O	Un­known	Crashed after going off course on approach to Cape Chelyuskin Airport.
9 December 1977	Tarko-Sale	An-24RV	CCCP-47695	Tyumen	W/O	17/23	Crashed and caught fire upon take-off from Tarko-Sale Airport because of an incorrect position of the flaps. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Tarko-Sale–Surgut passenger service.
1977	Jurbarkas	An-2	CCCP-32032	Latvia	W/O	0	The collapse of the port main undercarriage upon crash landing led to an irreparable damage of the port wing.
1978	Un­known	An-12BP	CCCP-11125	Yakutsk	W/O	0	A vessel containing acid broke in the cargo hold while the aircraft was being loaded at some previous time.
1 February 1978	Krasnoye	An-2TP	CCCP-40570	Central Region	W/O	Un­known	Collided with another An-2TP, tail number CCCP-40563, owing to air traffic controllers error. Landed safely, without any reported fatality on board. All occupants of CCCP-40563 perished in the accident.
18 February 1978	Novosibirsk	Tu-154A	CCCP-85087	West Siberia	W/O	0	A fire that broke out in the passenger cabin engulfed the rear part of the airframe. The aircraft was standing on the apron at Tolmachevo Airport.
8 April 1978	Aldan	Yak-40	CCCP-87911	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Stalled upon take-off from Aldan Airport, and crashed.
19 May 1978	Maksatiha	Tu-154B	CCCP-85169	Azerbaijan	W/O	4/134	Crash-landed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from Maksatiha, Tver Oblast, following the stoppage of all three engines soon afterwards the flight engineer accidentally disconnected the automatic transferring of fuel to the sump tank. The aircraft was operating a Baku–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 6709.
18 June 1978	Un­known	An-2R	CCCP-02846	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Damaged beyond repair in an accident. No further details are available.
2 October 1978	Tbilisi	Yak-40	CCCP-87544	Privolzhsk	W/O	Un­known	Was operating a domestic scheduled Volgograd–Tbilisi passenger service. Experienced a hydraulic failure prior to land at Tbilisi Airport. The aircraft overran the runway following touchdown, hitting a concrete mast and breaking up in three.
7 October 1978	Sverdlovsk	Yak-40	CCCP-87437	Kazakhstan	W/O	38/38	Experienced the failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Koltsovo Airport, owing to icing. The aircraft lost height and crashed into a hill. Due to operate a domestic Sverdlovsk–Kostanay passenger service.
23 October 1978	Sivash	An-24B	CCCP-46327	North Caucasus	W/O	26/26	Experienced an engine flameout due to icing conditions while en route at 2,400 m (7,900 ft). The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger service between Krasnodar and Simferopol. Crashed at Sivash.
19 December 1978	Samarkand	An-24B	CCCP-46299	Uzbekistan	W/O	5/5	Crashed on approach to Samarkand Airport with only one engine working.
2 January 1979	Molodezhnaya Station	Il-14FKM	CCCP-04193	Central Region	W/O	4/7	Crashed upon take-off because of a failure on the port engine. The aircraft had 7 occupants aboard; 4 of them died in the accident.
15 January 1979	Minsk	An-24B	CCCP-46807	Ukraine	W/O	13/14	The aircraft that was operating a domestic scheduled Kiev–Minsk passenger service when it crashed 5.3 km (3.3 mi) northwest of Minsk-1 Airport, on approach, after control was lost following the loss of longitudinal stability; the pilot had prematurely switched off the de-icing system and the aircraft encountered icing conditions along its flight path when it flew through clouds.
18 January 1979	Belgorod	L-410M	CCCP-67210	Central Region	W/O	3/3	Crashed while operating a training flight.
12 March 1979	Un­known	An-2TP	CCCP-40594	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Broke through the icy surface of a lake and sank.
17 March 1979	Moscow	Tu-104B	CCCP-42444	Ukraine	W/O	58/119	A false fire alarm on one of the engines prompted the crew to fly the aircraft back to Vnukovo Airport. On approach to the airport in poor visibility, the airplane descended below the glideslope and one wing hit an electricity pylon, then contacted the top of a hill, and eventually crashed into a frozen field, where the airframe lost the wings and the cockpit. Cockpit- and wing-less, the fuselage slid for some 200 m (660 ft) over the snowy surface before coming to rest. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Moscow–Odessa passenger service.
20 March 1979	Chardzou	Yak-40	CCCP-87930	Turkmenistan	W/O	0/29	Entered the wake turbulence of a Mil Mi-6 and crashed at Chardzhou Airport.
22 March 1979	Liepaya	Tu-134A	CCCP-65031	Latvia	W/O	4/5	The aircraft was operating the last leg of an Omsk–Gorkiy–Liepaya cargo service when it went off its extended centerline on approach to Liepaya Airport as it descended below the glideslope in poor visibility, crashing and catching fire after hitting trees.
25 March 1979	Baykit	An-26	CCCP-26569	Ural	W/O	4/4	Hit trees on approach to Baykit Airport and crashed.
10 May 1979	Sochi	Il-18D	CCCP-75414	Ural	W/O	Un­known	Crashed at Sochi Airport after an aborted take-off.
19 May 1979	Ufa	Tu-134A	CCCP-65839	Moldova	W/O	0	Landed at Ufa Airport with its wheel brakes locked, veering off the runway and causing the fuel tank to rupture, subsequently catching fire.
31 May 1979	Tyumen	Tu-134A	CCCP-65649	Tyumen	W/O	0	The airplane experienced a tyre burst that ignited the hydraulic fluid upon touchdown at Tyumen Airport.
16 June 1979	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	An-2T	CCCP-44920	Un­known	W/O	0/1	Stolen by a drunk pilot at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport. The plane stalled in a low altitude maneuver and crashed upside down.
3 July 1979	Krasnaya Polyana	An-2M	CCCP-02330	Ukraine	W/O	Un­known	Collided with a transmission tower.
3 August 1979	Leningrad	L-410M	CCCP-67206	Central Region	W/O	14/14	Crashed on approach to Rzhevka Airport following an engine failure.
11 August 1979	Dneprodzerzhinsk	Tu-134AK	CCCP-65735	Un­known	W/O	178/178	Both aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision at an approximate altitude of 8,400 m (27,600 ft). The Tu-134AK had departed from Donetsk Airport and was en route to Minsk with 84 occupants aboard —77 passengers and a crew of 7—, while the other aircraft was operating the last leg of a domestic scheduled Chelyabinsk–Voronezh–Kishinev passenger service with 94 people onboard —88 passengers and six crewmembers—. All occupants of both aircraft lost their lives.
		Tu-134A	CCCP-65816	Moldavia	W/O
23 August 1979	Yeniseysk	An-12TB	CCCP-12963	Krasnoyarsk	W/O	11/16	The aircraft was en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk on a cargo service when it crashed 18 km (11 mi) away from Yeniseysk following the flameout of all engines due to fuel contamination.
29 August 1979	Kirsanov	Tu-124V	CCCP-45038	Privolzhsk	W/O	63/63	The crew lost control of the aircraft due to an extension of the flaps while en route from Borispol Airport to Kazan Airport. The airplane subsequently entered a spinning dive, disintegrating at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft) over Kirsanov because of the overstress the airframe underwent. It was operating a domestic scheduled Odessa–Kiev–Kazan passenger service.
3 September 1979	Amderma	An-24B	CCCP-46269	Northern	W/O	40/43	Inbound from Naryan-Mar, the aircraft undershot the runway at Amderma Airport and crashed.
13 October 1979	Un­known	An-2R	CCCP-70805	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Crashed in an open field and was consumed by fire.
27 October 1979	Un­known	An-2TP	CCCP-32322	Yakut	W/O	Un­known	Hard landing.
30 October 1979	Un­known	Il-14	CCCP-61683	Un­known	W/O	0	Destroyed by a fire that erupted aboard the ship the aircraft was being carried upon.
16 November 1979	Vologda	Yak-40	CCCP-87454	Leningrad	W/O	3/5	The aircraft was being ferried from Veliky Ustyug Airport to Vologda Airport when hit tree tops and crashed on approach to the airport of destination as it descended below the glideslope amid fog.
9 December 1979	Chersky	An-26	CCCP-26547	Yakut	W/O	7/7	Crashed into a hotel after control of the aircraft was lost shortly after take-off from Chersky Airport due to shifting cargo that was not properly secured in the cargo hold, putting the center of gravity beyond the acceptable limits.

1980s

1980

• 14 April: There were 2 reported fatalities when an Aeroflot–Krasnoyrask Antonov An-24B, tail number CCCP-47732, crashed on a forced landing attemtp, following the breaking of the starboard main undercarriage unit shortly after take-off from Krasnoyarsk Airport.
• 12 June: A Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-87689, that was operating a domestic scheduled Leninabad–Dushanbe passenger service under the airline's Tajik division, went off course and crashed into the slope of a mountain 44 km (27 mi) northwest of the city of destination, while on approach to Dushanbe Airport. There were 29 reported casualties.
• 7 July: All 163 occupants of a Tupolev Tu-154B-2, tail number CCCP-85355, lost their lives when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Alma-Ata Airport. The airplane was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata–Simferopol passenger service under the Kazakh division as Flight 4227; the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during climbout, causing the airplane to stall, crashing nose down 5 km (3.1 mi) away from the airport, and catching fire.
• 28 October: An Antonov An-12B, registration CCCP-11104, that was operating the last leg of an international scheduled Sofia–Mineralnye Vody–Tashkent–Kabul passenger service under the International Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 1531, crashed into mountaineous terrain on approach to Kabul Airport. There were 6 reported fatalities.

1981

• 7 February: An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104A, registration CCCP-42332, that was operating a military Pushkin Airport–Khabarovsk Airport service for the Soviet Navy, crashed upside down and caught fire soon after take-off, approximately 20 km (12 mi) south of Leningrad. The cause of the accident was determined to be an unevenly distribution of the passengers in their seats, as well as cargo not properly secured in the cargo hold, that shifted during take-off. The combination of both effects placed the center of gravity of the airplane beyond the certified limits. High-rank officers of the Pacific Fleet were aboard. Fatality figures are discrepant.
• 28 April: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-92864, started to descend after encountering snow squall lines on its flightpath at 1,500 m (4,900 ft), while en route from Batagay to Lazo. During the descent the aircraft struck a mountain, killing all 12 occupants aboard.
• 13 June: An Ilyushin Il-14, CCCP-41838, that was operating a domestic scheduled Ulan-Ude–Severomuysk passenger service, crashed into mountaineous terrain 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Ust-Barguzin, while attempting to land at this city's airport, after the airplane left the planned pathway due to bad weather. There were 52 reported fatalities.
• 1 August: Eleven people lost their lives when an Ilyushin Il-14M, registration CCCP-91517, that was covering the Magadan–Komsomolsk-on-Amur route under the company's Magadan Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into the terrain at Ostrov Utichiy in poor visibility conditions.
• 24 August: An Antonov An-24RV, registration CCCP-46653, was involved in a mid-air collision with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K. The commercial airliner was operating a domestic scheduled Komsomolsk-on-Amur–Blagoveshchensk passenger service under the Far East Civil Aviation Directorate, with 27 passengers and a crew of 5 aboard, when it collided at an altitude of 17,000 ft (5.2 km) with the military aircraft —that had 6 occupants on board— approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Zavitinsk. A sole passenger of the An-26 survived the accident.
• 29 August: A Yak-40, CCCP-87346, hit tree tops when it descended below the glideslope on approach to Zeya Airport amid poor weather, crashing and catching fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Chita–Zeya–Blagoveshchensk passenger service under the airline's Far East Civil Aviation Directorate. Three of 34 occupants of the airplane lost their lives.
• 18 September: A Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-87455, that was operating a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky passenger service under the East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate with 33 people onboard, collided with an Aeroflot–East Siberia Mil Mi-8 that had 7 occupants aboard, in a cloudy environment, 11 km (6.8 mi) away from Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky. All occupants of both the aircraft and the helicopter perished in the accident.
• 16 November: A Tupolev 154B-2, tail number CCCP-85338, operating a Krasnoyarsk–Norilsk passenger service under the Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate, descended below the glideslope on approach to Norilsk Airport, crashing 470 m (0.29 mi) ahead of the runway as it acquired excessive vertical speed, with the loss of 167 lives.
• 26 November: Two Aeroflot–Komi Antonov An-2 aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision. One of the airplanes, an Antonov An-2P, tail number CCCP-01808, was operating a domestic scheduled Ust-Kulom–Syktyvkar passenger service, with 15 occupants —12 passengers and 6 crewmembers— on board. The second aircraft, an Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-40564, was flying the opposite route. Both airplanes collided at an altitude of 200 m (660 ft), 12 km (7.5 mi) away from Ust-Kulom. The first aircraft crashed into a wooden area, killing all occupants onboard; CCCP-40564 landed safely, only sustaining a minor damage on one of its wings.
• 23 December: An Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk An-26, registration CCCP-26505, crashed short of the runway on approach to Yeniseysk Airport. There were 2 reported fatalities.

1982

• 7 January: Eighteen people lost their lives when an Aeroflot–Georgia Let L-410M, registration CCCP-67290, crashed into a hill near Gelendzhik under unspecified circumstances.
• 28 June: Flight 8641, a Yakovlev Yak-42, tail number CCCP-42529, that was operating a Leningrad–Kiev passenger service for the Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed near Mozyr while en route, following the failure of the horizontal stabiliser jackscrew due to metal fatigue. All 132 occupants of the airplane —124 passengers and a crew of 8— lost their lives in the accident.

An Aeroflot Il-62M at Orly Airport, Paris, France. (1977)

• 6 July: An apparent failure of both port engines, as indicated by the fire alarms in the cockpit, arose moments after an Ilyushin Il-62M, registration CCCP-86513, got airborne. Both left-hand side engines were then shut down. Despite the crew attempted to maintain altitude, the aircraft lost height and crashed 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) north of Sheremetyevo Airport. The airplane was due to operate an international scheduled Moscow–Dakar passenger service under the airline's International Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 411. All 90 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident. It was later revealed that the fire alarms were false.
• 14 August: Two Aeroflot–Georgia aircraft were involved in a ground collision at Babushara Airport. An outbound Tupolev Tu-134, tail number CCCP-65836, struck a Let L-410M, CCCP-67191, that had just entered the active runway with 11 people aboard. All occupants of the latter aircraft perished in the accident.
• 29 September: Flight 343, an Ilyushin Il-62M, tail number CCCP-86470, that was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Luxembourg–Havana–Lima passenger service under the International Civil Aviation Directorate, experienced a failure on one of the thrust reversers moments prior to touchdown at Findel Airport, causing the aircraft to yaw to the right, running off the runway, striking a building, sliding down a ravine, eventually coming to rest 2,200 m (7,200 ft) past the runway threshold. Seven of 77 occupants of the aircraft sustained deadly injuries in the accident.
• 23 December: An overloaded An-26, registration CCCP-26627, that was operating a Sukhumi–Rostov-on-Don–Krasnovodsk cargo service under the airline's Turkmen division, crashed and burned out shortly after take-off from Rostov-on-Don Airport when it hit trees during initial climbout. There were 16 reported fatalities.

1983

• 29 March: A Let L-410M, tail number CCCP-67190, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Poti–Sukhumi passenger service under the airline's Georgian division, had a failure on one of its engines immediately after take-off from Poti Airport, and the crew could not feather the propeller. Even though a forced landing was attempted, the aircraft crashed into a hillside, killing all 6 occupants.
• 19 April: A Yak-40, registration CCCP-87291, crashed into a mountain, 41 km (25 mi) away from Leninakan Airport, while en route a domestic scheduled Nalchik–Leninakan passenger service operated for the company's Georgian division, when the aircraft went off course and initiated the descent. There were 21 reported fatalities.
• 30 August: A Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65129, that was operating a domestic scheduled Kazan–Chelyabinsk–Alma-Ata passenger service under the company's Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into mountaineous terrain during the last stages of its second leg after a premature descent on approach to Alma-Ata Airport. All 90 occupants of the aircraft —83 passenger and a crew of 7— lost their lives.
• 24 December: An Antonov An-24RV, tail number CCCP-46617, that was covering the Talagi Airport–Leshukonskoye Airport route under the Arkhangelsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed on final approach to the airport of destination ahead of the runway threshold. There were 49 reported fatalities.

1984

• 28 January: An Antonov An-24RV, registration CCCP-47358, that was operating under the West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate, crash-landed at Izhevsk Airport when the pilot attempted to land the aircraft with a failure on one of the elevators. There were 4 reported fatalities. The plane sustained substantial damage, yet it was later repaired.
• 14 July: An Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-40827, crashed while performing a crop spraying mission for the North Caucasus Civil Aviation Directorate. Two of 3 occupants of the aircraft lost their lives, one of them being a passenger illegally taken aboard.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154B-1 at Zürich Airport. (1982)

• 11 October: A Tupolev Tu-154B-1, registration CCCP-85243, that was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnodar–Omsk passenger service under the airline's East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 3352, hit two snowplows while landing in poor visibility at Omsk Airport, catching fire. There were 179 souls aboard, of whom 174 lost their lives in the accident; there were also 4 casualties on the ground.
• 4 December: A Let L-410MA, CCCP-67225, crashed near Kostroma while en route a domestic scheduled passenger service under the Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, killing all 10 occupants on board.
• 23 December: A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, tail number CCCP-85338, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk passenger service under the carrier's Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate, had a failure on one of its engines shortly after take-off from Krasnoyarsk Airport. The engine caught fire, yet the flight engineer shut down the incorrect one. The fire propagated to the empennage, making the aircraft uncontrollable just before it could land safely. The death toll rose to 110.

1985

• 1 February: Ice ingestion during take-off from Minsk-2 International Airport led to the flameout of both engines of a Tupolev 134AK, registration CCCP-65910, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Minsk–Leningrad passenger service for the company's Belarusian division. The aircraft crashed during initial climbout, 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the airport, killing 58 of the 80 occupants on board.
• 3 May: A Tupolev Tu-134A, CCCP-65856, that was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Lvov passenger service under the airline's Estonian division with 79 people aboard, and was on approach to Sknyliv Airport, was involved in a mid-air, head-on collision with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26, registration CCCP-26492, that was carrying 15 people on board and had departed from the same airport. The collision occurred over Zolochiv at an approximate altitude of 13,000 ft (4,000 m), killing all occupants from both aircraft.
• 10 June: An Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-32028, that was performing a crop spraying mission under the Uzbek division, lost speed and crashed near Stavropol when the pilot tried to gain altitude and the aircraft banked steeply. Two of 3 occupants aboard were killed in the accident.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154B-2 at Euroairport. (1985)

• 10 July: A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, registration CCCP-85311, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Karshi–Orenburg–Leningrad passenger service under the airline's Uzbek division as Flight 7425, crashed near Uchkuduk while en route its second leg. The crew mistook in-flight vibrations due to low airspeed with engine surges and reduced power, leading to an even lower airspeed that eventually stalled the aircraft. All 200 occupants aboard perished in the accident.
• 11 October: A Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87803, that was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi–Poti passenger service under the carrier's Georgian division, crashed 97 km (60 mi) west of Kutaisi into mountaineous terrain, amid bad weather, when it was flying at a low altitude following air traffic controllers indications. Fourteen people lost their lives in the accident.

1986

An Ilyushin Il-14M at Rzhevka Airport. (1992)

• 17 February: An Ilyushin Il-14M, registration CCCP-41816, that was flying a cargo service within Antarctica between the Molodezhnaya Station and the Mirny Station under the carrier's Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, ran out of fuel as it encountered stronger-than-expected headwinds, crashing into the slope of the Philippi Glacier when attempting an emergency landing under whiteout conditions. All 6 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 2 March: An Antonov An-24B, tail number CCCP-46423, that was operating a domestic scheduled Cheboksary–Bugulma passenger service under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed on approach to Bugulma Airport following the feathering of one of the propellers. All 38 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 17 May: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Yak-40, registration CCCP-87928, that had undergone undercarriage repairs, was being tested. During a test pullout, the left wing broke off and its debris struck the tail, which also broke off. The aircraft crashed 19 km (12 mi) away from Khanty-Mansiysk, killing all 5 occupants aboard.
• 22 June: A Tupolev Tu-134A, tail number CCCP-65142, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Penza–Simferopol passenger service under the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, aborted take-off at Penza Airport, ending up in a ravine. A passenger died from a heart attack.
• 2 July: A Tupolev Tu-134AK, registration CCCP-65120, that was operating a domestic scheduled Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service under the airline's Komi Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed near Kopsa, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Syktyvkar after the aircraft hit trees when attempting a forced landing due to a fire in the cargo hold. Fifty four of 94 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.
• 20 October: A Tupolev Tu-134A, CCCP-65766, inbound from Ekaterinburg, made a hard landing at Kuybyshev Airport as it was operating a domestic scheduled flight under the North Caucasus Civil Aviation Directorate; the aircraft overran the runway, broke up and caught fire. There were 92 people and crew aboard, of whom 70 perished in the accident.
• 12 December: An Aeroflot–Belarus Tupolev Tu-134A, tail number CCCP-65795, that was operating an international scheduled Minsk–Berlin passenger service with 82 people aboard, hit trees on approach to Schönefeld Airport. The death toll rose to 72.

1987

• 16 January: Flight 505, a Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-87618, that was due to operate a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Shahrisabz passenger service undert the carrier's Uzbek division, crashed shortly after take-off from Yuzhny Airport as it encountered a wake vortex generated by the take-off of an Ilyushin Il-76 minutes before. There were 9 reported fatalities.
• 6 March: An Antonov An-26, registration CCCP-26007, that had departed Alma-Ata Airport for a cargo service under the Tajik division, struck a 2,370-metre (7,780 ft) high mountain 56 km (35 mi) away from Alma-Ata, with the loss of 9 lives.
• 19 June: Eight of 29 occupants of an Aeroflot–Ukraine Yakovlev Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87826, died when the aircraft aborted a go-around at Berdyansk Airport inbound from Odessa, overrunning the runway, hitting obstacles and catching fire.

1988

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154B-1 at Zürich Airport. (1982)

• 18 January: A Tupolev Tu-154B-1, tail number CCCP-85254, that was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Krasnovodsk passenger service under the airline's Turkmenistan division, had its empennage separated from the airframe on a hard landing at Krasnovodsk Airport, which also caused the aircraft to break up. The number of casualties rose to 11 —all of them passengers—, out of 143 occupants aboard.
• 24 January: Both the port and the starboard engines of a Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-87549, failed on take-off from Nizhnevartovsk Airport, causing the aircraft to lose speed during initial climbout, eventually stalling, losing altitude and hitting obstacles before the airframe broke up. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Nizhnevartovsk–Tyumen passenger service under the carrier's Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate. There were 31 people aboard, of whom 27 lost their lives in the accident.
• 27 February: A Tupolev Tu-134AK, registration CCCP-65675, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tyumen–Surgut passenger service under the airline's Byelorussian division, descended below the glideslope on approach to Surgut Airport, made a hard landing, broke up and caught fire, killing 20 of 51 people aboard.
• 19 April: A Let L-410UVP, tail number CCCP-67518, struck a hill amid bad weather while en route from Muya to Bagdarin under the East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate, killing al 17 occupants on board.
• 9 June: Both occupants of an Aeroflot–Tyumen Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-70121, lost their lives when the aircraft crashed and caught fire, 15.4 km (9.6 mi) away from Tobolsk, after it struck the top of a chimney.
• 26 August: An Antonov An-2P, registration CCCP-01788, operating a survey flight along the Lena River under the Yakut Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed near Kystatyam, killing one of the 4 occupants of the aircraft.
• 26 August: A Let L-410MU, tail number CCCP-67235, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Kirensk–Irkutsk passenger service under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into the slope of a mountain during approach to Irkutsk Airport, breaking up and catching fire, killing all 4 occupants aboard.
• 21 September: Both occupants of an Aeroflot–Far East Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-70848, lost their lives after the aircraft struck a 1,350-metre (4,430 ft) high mountain 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Aiykam.
• 4 October: An Antonov An-12BP, tail number CCCP-11418, that was operating a Tiksi–Batagay cargo service under the Yakut Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into a mountain on approach, 25 km (16 mi) away from Batagay. There were 6 fatalities.
• 7 December: A Let L-410UVP, registration CCCP-67127, tha was operating a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Kodinsk passenger service under the company's Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate, struck trees on a missed approach to the destination, crashing into the ground. Six of 14 occupants onboard perished in the accident.

1989

• 1 May: All 5 occupants of an Aeroflot–Privolzhsk Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-70225, died when the aircraft crashed as it was taking part of a Labour Day's demonstration at Sechenovo.
• 19 July: An Antonov An-26, registration CCCP-26685, that was on a survey flight along the shore of the East Siberian Sea under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, and had departed from Cape Schmidt bound for Pevek Airport, hit coastal cliffs with one of its wings and crashed. All 10 occupants of the airplane perished in the accident.

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-76TD at Euroairport. (1985)

• 20 October: An Ilyushin Il-76TD, tail number CCCP-76466, that was operating a cargo service between Ulyanovsk and Leninakan under the carrier's Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed into a mountain after the crew set the aircraft barometric altimeter erroneously. There were 25 reported fatalities.
• 21 November: An Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46335, that was flying the Perm–Tyumen route under the carrier's Ural division, collided with trees on approach to Tyumen Airport and crashed, killing 34 of 42 occupants of the airplane.
• 14 December: An Antonov An-2 crashed in foggy conditions at an undisclosed location in the Kazakh SSR, killing one of the 12 occupants of the aircraft.

1990s

1990

• 13 January: An Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65951, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tyumen–Ufa passenger service under the North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate, forced landed on snowy fields 3 km (1.9 mi) away from Pervouralsk. The accident yielded 27 fatalities —out of 71 occupants aboard—.
• 1 August: There were 47 casualties when a Yakovlev Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87453, struck a mountain amid cloudy conditions during approach to Stepanakert, inbound from Yerevan; the domestic passenger service was being operated under the carrier's Armenian division.
• 14 September: A Yakovlev Yak-42, CCCP-42351, that was operating a domestic scheduled Volgograd–Sverdlovsk passenger service under the North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate, broke up after it struck trees on approach to Koltsovo Airport. Four fatalities were reported, out of 128 occupants of the aircraft.
• 21 November: An Ilyushin Il-62, tail number CCCP-86613, that was operating under the International Civil Aviation Directorate, made a long touchdown at Yakutsk Airport; the thrust reversers were not used and the emergency brakes were applied instead, yet too late, making the airplane to run off the runway, going down into a ravine. One of the wings snapped off and exploded, killing all 176 occupants of the aircraft.

1991

• 23 March: An Antonov An-24RV, registration CCCP-46472, that was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Navoi passenger service under the airline's Uzbek division, broke up and caught fire after it hit a heap of iron and concrete on landing at Navoiy Airport. There were 34 fatalities, out of 63 occupants of the airplane.
• 23 May: A Tupolev Tu-154B-1, tail number CCCP-85097, that was operating a domestic scheduled Sukhumi–Leningrad passenger service under the Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate, performed a hard landing short of the runway of Pulkovo Airport, causing the main starboard undercarriage to collapse, and breaking up the airframe. There were 13 reported fatalities among the 178 occupants of the aircraft, as well as 2 casualties on the ground.
• 25 June: All 3 occupants of an Antonov An-2 that was dedicated to a cropspraying mission lost their lives when the pilot lost control of the aircraft, crashing in Rakovka.
• 25 June: Another Antonov An-2 that was on a cropspraying mission, this particular one under the company's Latvian division, crashed and burned out in the Ural region, within the Kazakh SSR territory, killing all 3 occupants.
• 30 June: Two pilots lost their lives when the Antonov An-2 they stole crashed during climbout in the Yeniseysky District.
• 15 July: There was one reported fatality when an Antonov An-2 crashed while attempting a forced landing, following an engine failure shortly after take-off from Uray Airport.
• 16 September: An Antonov An-74, tail number CCCP-74002, that was operating a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky–Lensk–Omsk–Kiev cargo service, lost height, crashing and burning out, shortly after take-off from Lensk Airport bound for Omsk Airport; the aircraft was overloaded and the crew had prematurely retracted the flaps. There were 13 reported casualties.
• 26 November: An Antonov An-24RV, tail number CCCP-47823, that was operating the Nizhnevartovsk–Bugulma route under the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed on approach to Bugulma Airport following an aborted go-around, likely because of icing on the stabilizer. All occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.

1992

An Antonov An-30 at Myachkovo Airport. (2001)

• 22 March: Owing to a pilot error, an Antonov An-30, tail number RA-30002, broke up in-flight at 17,700 ft (5.4 km), while en route a domestic scheduled Chokurdah–Tiksi passenger service under the Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, disintegrating and crashing 53 km (33 mi) west of Nizhneyansk, killing all 5 passenger and 5 crewmembers aboard.
• 20 July: A Tupolev Tu-154B, registration CCCP-85222, that was scheduled to operate a domestic Tbilisi–Mineralnye Vody passenger service under the airline's Georgia division, failed to get airborne on take-off from Novo Alexeyevka International Airport, overrunning the runway, breaking up and overturning, eventually crashing into a ravine. All 24 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident, as well as 4 people on the ground.
• 27 August: A Tupolev Tu-134A, tail number CCCP-65058, that was about to complete a domestic scheduled Donetsk–Ivanovo passenger service under the Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 2808, hit trees on approach to Ivanovo Airport in rain and mist, crashing, killing all 77 passengers and 7 crew on board.

1994

• 24 February: An Antonov An-12BP, RA-11118, that was operating a Saint Petersburg–Volgograd–Nalchik cargo service, crashed 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) short of the Nalchik Airport runway after control was lost, probably due to stalling over icing conditions on the horizontal stabilizer. There were 13 fatalities.
• 8 March: An Aeroflot–Russian International Airlines Ilyushin Il-86, registration RA-86119, was hit by a crashing Boeing 737-200 that was being flown for training purposes at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Eight people lost their lives.

An Aeroflot Airbus A310-300 similar to the one involved in the crash of Flight 593.

• 23 March: Flight 593, an Aeroflot–Russian International Airlines Airbus A310-304, registration F-OGQS, that was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Hong Kong passenger service, crashed en route near Mezhdurechensk, after the auto-pilot partially shut off when the captain's 15-year-old son was allowed to sit in the pilot seat and handle the controls. There were no survivors among the 75 occupants of the aircraft.

1995

• 16 June: An Antonov An-2P, registration RA-07743, that had departed Kherpuchi and was due to operate a domestic scheduled passenger service, crashed into trees while attemtping to return to the aerodrome of departure amid worsening weather conditions. There were 14 occupants on board; only one of them survided the accident.

CCCP-85164, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154B later registered RA-85164, is seen here at Zürich Airport in September 1979.

• 7 December: Aeroflot Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 3949, a Tupolev Tu-154B, RA-85164, that was operating a domestic Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk–Khabarovsk service, suddenly banked right while en route at an altitude of 9,600 m (31,500 ft) and started an uncontrollable dive, crashing 50 km (31 mi) west of Grossevichi. All 98 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.

2000s

2008

14 September: Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-505, crashed at Perm due to pilot error, killing all 88 on board.

Incidents involving fatalities

1960s

1960

• 21 August: There was one reported fatality on a hijacking episode aboard an undisclosed aircraft.

1970s

1978

• 6 May: There was one reported fatality when an Ashgabat–Mineralnye Vody flight was hijacked.
• 30 November: An undisclosed aircraft that was covering the Krasnodar–Baku route was hijacked; there was one fatality.

1980s

1983

• 5 July: There was one reported fatality aboard an undisclosed aircraft at Leningrad following the hijacking of a flight that was covering the Moscow–Tallinn route.
• 12 August: A Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65807, was hijacked while en route a Tbilisi–Leningrad passenger service under the airline's Georgian division. Some of the hijackers entered the flight deck opening fire as they tried to gain control of the aircraft, yet the crew performed violent maneuvers, eventually keeping the hijackers off the cockpit. Although the airplane landed safely at Tbilisi Airport and there were no casualties by that time, it was later stormed by security forces and 8 occupants —3 hijackers among them— were killed amid the gunfire. The airframe was written off owing to the deformation it underwent during the sharp maneuvers.

1988

• 8 March: A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, registration CCCP-85413, that was en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Leningrad passenger service under the East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate, was hijacked by a family who demanded to be flown to the United Kingdom. Russian troops stormed the airplane while making a refuelling stop at Pulkovo Airport. As a result, 5 of the hijackers were killed, along with 3 passengers and an air hostess. The airframe sustained major damages on its empennage during the raid, and was written off.

1990s

1991

• 4 March: An Antonov An-24, operating a domestic scheduled Arkhangelsk–Kotlas–Leningrad passenger service, was hijacked en route to the final destination. The hijacker demanded to be flown to Sweden, threatening to blow up the airplane with a grenade he held if his demands were not met. The aircraft eventually landed at Pulkovo Airport, where the hijacker agreed to release all other occupants of the airplane, yet he refused to surrender. The grenade exploded, and the hijacker died because of his injuries.

Non-fatal hull-losses

1960s

1960

• 19 February: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-98332, was destroyed in an emergency landing at an undisclosed airport.
• 12 August: An Aeroflot–Ural Ilyushin Il-18A, CCCP-75648, crashed on final approach to Koltsovo Airport.

1961

• 1 February: An Aeroflot–Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate Tupolev Tu-104A, registration CCCP-42357, overshoot the runway in a long touchdown at Vladivostok Airport.

1963

• 2 April 1963: An Aeroflot (Polar Division) Antonov An-12, registration CCCP-11338, ran off the snowy runway at Magadan Airport after the pilot failed to correctly align the aircraft for take-off.

1970s

1970

• 5 March: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-58340, veered off the runway on take-off from Ust-Kut Airport, with no reported fatalities.
• 3 September: An Aeroflot–Tajikistan division Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed 70 km (43 mi) away from Leninabad.
• 16 October: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-84777, crashed on take-off from Leshukonskoye Airport. The aircraft was overloaded, having its center of gravity beyond the aft limit.

1973

• 3 May: A Lisunov Li-2, tail number CCCP-04244, fell through the ice in Antarctica while taxiing for take-off. The aircraft was deliberately destroyed for security reasons, as it was carrying secret communication equipment.

1980s

1980

• 1 March: An Aeroflot–International Tupolev Tu-154A, registration CCCP-85103, resulted damaged beyond economical repair after a hard landing at Orenburg Airport.
• 3 April: An Aeroflot–Yakut An-2, tail number CCCP-16027, crashed into a forest at an undisclosed location.
• 13 April: Both the fuselage and the wings of an Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2T, registration CCCP-62479, resulted damaged by wheel studs when the aircraft performed a hard landing on skis at an undisclosed location.
• 18 April: An Aeroflot–Moscow Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46220, crashed on take-off from Bykovo Airport.
• 18 July: A Yakovlev Yak-40 crash-landed near Arkhangelsk after the engines shut off on approach to an undisclosed airport.
• 15 September: An Aeroflot–Arkhangelsk Ilyushin Il-14P, tail number CCCP-41831, crash-landed near Bereznik following asymmetric power on approach to Bereznik Airport.
• 8 October: A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, registration CCCP-85321, that was completing a domestic scheduled Barnaul–Chita passenger service under the company's Far East division, approached to Chita Airport well above the glideslope. Despite the crew performed a steep descent the aircraft made a long landing. The tail broke off as a consequence of the dive maneuver; the landing gears resulted damaged as well.

1981

• 6 January: An Aeroflot–Latvia Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65698, resulted damaged beyond economical repair following a brake failure on landing at Sochi Airport.
• 18 February: An Aeroflot–Yakut Let L-410M, tail number CCCP-67273, was destroyed by a fire that broke out in the flight deck at an unknown location.
• 21 May: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-35198, crashed into a forest at an undisclosed location.
• 13 June: A Tu-154, tail number CCCP-85029, overran the runway at Bratsk Airport while operating for the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate.
• 13 June: Following an engine failure, an Aeroflot–Latvia Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-07712, lost height, colliding with an oil storage tank, crashing and burning. The accident occurred near Saldus.
• 28 June: A Tupolev Tu-134A, tail number CCCP-65871, that was flying from Kiev to Simferopol under the carrier's Ukrainian division, experienced the burst of a tyre during touchdown at Simferopol Airport; its debris punctured a fuel tank, starting a fire.
• 16 September: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2TP, CCCP-40523, landed on soft terrain and sank, breaking off the engine.
• 18 December: Having departed from Chokurdah Airport, the crew of an Aeroflot–Magadan Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-92858, lost their way as they flew the wrong heading amid bad weather, and the aircraft eventually run out of fuel, forced landing 13 km (8.1 mi) from Deputatskiy.

1982

• 16 January: An Aeroflot–Kazakhstan Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87902, made a belly landing at Shevchenko following fuel exhaustion.
• 10 February: An Aeroflot–Yakut Let L-410M, tail number CCCP-67237, was damaged beyond economical repair while standing on the apron, probably at Yakutsk Airport, when an An-2 that was carrying out an engine test ran into it.
• 11 April: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2T, registration CCCP-62489, sank when the icy surface it was rolling on broke.
• 24 April: An Aeroflot–International Antonov An-12B, tail number CCCP-11107, experienced the collapse of the nosegear during the take-off run at Novy Urengoy Airport, running off the runway and hitting an elevated taxiway. The main landing gear was sheared off during the incident, rupturing the fuelt tanks, and causing a fire to break out.
• 11 May: An Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-07399, crashed at Sputendorf, Germany. No further details available.
• 31 May: An Aeroflot–North Caucasus Yakovlev Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87485, overran the runway at Dnepropetrovsk Airport.
• 16 July: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-15970, overturned on landing on a river bank at an undisclosed location, coming to rest upside down.
• 9 September: An Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-62663, that was carrying out a crop spraying mission under the company's Ukrainian division, forced landed in the Khorezm region following the loss of power, colliding with an embankment, breaking up, and catching fire.
• 16 December: An Antonov An-24B, registration CCCP-46567, that was operating under the Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate, made a forced landing in a field at Sakanskoe, Ukrainian SSR.

1983

• 14 April: An Aeroflot–Belarus An-26, tail number CCCP-26686, overran the runway on landing at Minsk-1 Airport.
• 17 June: A Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65657, entered a zone of severe turbulence, approximately over Gali, while en route from Lvov to Yerevan under the airline's Armenian division. The aircraft landed safely, though it was damaged beyond economical repair following the stress it experienced.
• 29 June: An Aeroflot–Kyrgyzstan Yak-40, tail number CCCP-87808, crashed near Kazarman after it encountered windshear along its flightpath.
• 19 October: An Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk Let L-410UVP, registration CCCP-67315, overran the runwat at Kransk, hitting and obstacle.

1984

• 11 February: An An-12 was shot down by rebels at Cuenca Sul, Angola. No further information was disclosed.
• 16 February: The captain of an Ilyushin Il-14M, registration CCCP-91611, that was operating a research flight under the Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate, decided to ditch the aircraft in the Irben Strait after a failure on the starboard engine occurred.
• 23 February: An Aeroflot–Yakut, tail number CCCP-44910, was damaged by a storm at Tiksi Airport.
• 28 February: An Aeroflot–Ural Antonov An-24RV, registration CCCP-47310, resulted damaged beyond economical repair at Izhevsk Airport under unspecified circumstances.
• 6 May: Due to an excessive deflection of the elevator, an Antonov An-2M, tail number CCCP-05918, that was performing a crop spraying mission under the company's Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed and caught fire.
• 24 July: An Aeroflot–Tyumen Antonov An-26B, registration CCCP-26009, was written off after it overran the runway at Krasnoselkap.
• 24 July: An Antonov An-2T, registration CCCP-82909, performed a long touchdown at Lazurnoye Airport as it was operating a passenger service for the carrier's Ukrainian division, inbound from Krivoy Rog Airport, overshooting the runway and colliding with obstacles.
• 29 December: An Aeroflot–North Caucasus Let L-410UVP, tail number CCCP-67140, made a forced landing 76 km (47 mi) away from Astrakhan.
• Undisclosed date: An Aeroflot–Belarus Tupolev Tu-134A, registration CCCP-65095, resulted damaged beyond repair when it was engulfed by a fire in the maintenance facility it was undergoing repairs in, at Minsk-1 Airport.

1985

• 25 March: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-2T, tail number CCCP-44905, resulted damaged beyond economical repair when it landed on a frozen river at an undisclosed location.
• 21 May: An Aeroflot–Tyumen Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-04326, could not gain altitude after take-off, lost speed, and crash-landed at Tadibeyakha. The number of occupants was exceeded by 10.
• 29 May: An An-2R, registration CCCP-70218, crashed near Rzhevka Airport during a test flight under the Northern Civil Aviation Directorate.
• 20 June: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk, tail number CCCP-91783, crash-landed shortly after take-off from Moma Airport, as it could not gain altitude because of overloading.
• 4 July: An Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk Antonov An-2R, CCCP-55710, departed overloaded from Baykit Airport. The crew attempted to return to the airport as the aircraft was unable to gain altitude, yet the it crash landed before reaching the airfield.
• 1 September: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-2P, registration CCCP-01789, made a forced landing following an engine failure at an undisclosed location.
• 14 October: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Let L-410M, CCCP-67264, crashed into a river after departing from Ust-Maya.

1986

• 6 February: An Aeroflot–Belarus Antonov An-26B, registration CCCP-26095, crashed and broke up near Saransk, shortly after take-off from Saransk Airport, as the captain mistook the localizer and inner marker beacon red lights with the anti-collision lights of an inbound aircraft, and performed a violent evasive maneuver, losing control of the airplane.
• 30 March: An Ilyushin Il-14, CCCP-04117, hit packed snow on take-off at Graham Bell Island.
• 18 April: An Aeroflot–Privolzhsk Yak-40, registration CCCP-87236, was damaged beyond repair at Kazan Airport because of structural failure.
• 13 May: An Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk Antonov An-12TB, tail number CCCP-12962, sank when the icy surface it was being towed over for repairs cracked.
• 21 May: The crew of an Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk Tupolev Tu-154B-2, registration CCCP-85327, forgot to turn on the heating system of the pitot tube prior to take-off from Chelyabinsk, and that condition persisted all through the route to Moscow. Yet, there were icing conditions on approach to Domodedovo Airport, and the crew increased power as they mistankengly assumed the plane was about to stall due to incorrect speed readings. Despite the landing was performed at a higher-than-normal speed, the crew managed to land the plane safely. The airframe sustained major damages because of the stress it underwent on landing, and was written off.
• 6 June: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-2TP, tail number CCCP-29348, crashed into a forest at an undisclosed location.
• 11 July: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-70124, crashed into a forest.
• 11 August: The wing of an Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-40902, struck trees when the pilot was maneuvering the aircraft to drop off mail, crashing in the Konder Mountain.
• 9 October: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-2R, CCCP-02592, crashed into a hillside while en route from Taimilir bound for Tiksi.
• 31 December: An Aeroflot–Krasnoyarsk Let L-410UVP, registration CCCP-67428, was damaged beyond economical repair when it ran off the apron at Chernenko.
• Undisclosed date: The fuselage of an Aeroflot–Central Region Yakovlev Yak-42, tail number CCCP-42536, was completely engulfed by the flames when a thunderflash ignited a fire in the cabin. The aircraft was being used by security forces for training purposes.

1987

• 25 January: An Aeroflot–Northern Civil Aviation Directorate Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-87696, crashed at Pulkovo Airport during the take-off run, following an uncontrollable turn.
• 7 February: An Antonov An-12TB, tail number CCCP-11378, operating for the carrier's Magadan Civil Aviation Directorate, was written off at Sverdlovsk Airport under unspecified circumstances.
• 24 April: An Antonov An-2, CCCP-62566, operating for the airline's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, sank when the ice of a frozen lake the aircraft had landed on broke.
• 23 May: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-26, registration CCCP-26567, crashed short of the runway 6 km (3.7 mi) away from Khandyga.
• 27 May: A pilot seeking political asylum stole an Aeroflot–Latvia Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-70501; he flew the airplane from Saldus to Sweden, ditching it off Visby.
• 13 June: An Aeroflot–Yakutsk Let L-410M, CCCP-67239, was involved in a ground accident alongside two other aircraft at an undisclosed location.
• 20 July: An Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-40556, that was operating under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, had its main undercarriage destroyed on landing at an undisclosed location.
• 21 July: Another Aeroflot–Yakutsk An-2TP, tail number CCCP-02763, resulted damaged beyond economical repair when it crash-landed on a farm field.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134A-3 at Euroairport. (1985)

• 23 July: An Aeroflot–Ukraine Tupolev Tu-134A-3, registration CCCP-65874, was damaged beyond repair at Ivanovo Airport.
• 14 August: A hard landing at Ust-Nem wrote off an Antonov An-28, tail number CCCP-28741, that was operating for the Komi Civil Aviation Directorate.
• 28 August: An Antonov An-2, performing agricultural tasks under the company's Ukrainian division, lost power on take-off, and force-landed in a ravine near Alisovo.
• 7 September: An Aeroflot–Magadan Antonov An-12TB, tail number CCCP-12971, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Omsk under unspecified circumstances.
• 24 September: An Let L-410MU, registration CCCP-67249, operating under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, aborted take-off at Yakutsk Airport.
• 18 October: A Let L-410UVP, tail number CCCP-67334, operating for the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, made a belly landing at Saratov Airport.
• 15 December: An Antonov An-2, registration CCCP-06324, operating under the North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate, crashed at Pyatigorsk.

1988

• 26 February: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-01648, resulted damaged beyond economical repair in an accident. No further details were disclosed.
• 19 April: An Aeroflot–East Siberia, tail number CCCP-67431, crashed at Ulan-Ude Airport under unspecified circumstances.
• 12 June: The crew of an Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-2TP, registration CCCP-32267, made a forced landing after the engine flamed out due to the ingestion of rain as the aircraft entered a thunderstorm while en route from Rovno Airport to Vladimirets Airport.
• 8 July: An Aeroflot–Far East Antonov An-24RV, registration CCCP-46669, collided with buildings after it overran the runway on take-off from Khabarovsk Airport.
• 9 July: An Antonov An-2P, tail number CCCP-07791, set to carry out a crop spraying mission under the airline's Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate, struck the ground after the pilot unintentionally moved the steering wheel.
• 22 July: An Antonov An-2 lost control when it entered a turbulence region at low altitude.
• 12 August: An Aeroflot–Ukraine Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-35677, crash-landed minutes after take-off following an engine failure due to mismanagement of the fuel system.
• 24 September: A Tupolev Tu-154B2, tail number CCCP-85479, that was operating an international scheduled Yerevan–Aleppo passenger service under the airline's Armenian division, had an undisclosed landing gear collapsed when it hard-landed at Aleppo Airport, overrunning the runway.
• 24 September: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2R, CCCP-84657, crash-landed on a river bed.
• 14 October: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2R, registration CCCP-32612, made an emergency landing on rough terrain at an undisclosed location.
• 31 October: An Aeroflot–Yakut Antonov An-2TP, tail number CCCP-32325, hard-landed, possibly at Belaya Gora.

1989

• 13 January: Both starboard engines of an Aeroflot–Yakutsk Antonov An-12B, tail number CCCP-12997, jammed at full power shortly after take-off from Koltsovo Airport. The crew decided to return to the airport of departure; despite the aircraft burst into flames after bouncing and groundlooping, there were no reported fatalities.
• 13 January: A Tupolev Tu-154S, registration CCCP-85067, that was due to operate a Monrovia–Bamako cargo service under the airline's International Civil Aviation Directorate, failed to get airborne on take-off from Roberts International Airport, overrunning the runway and ending up in a ditch.
• 11 May: An Aeroflot–Belarus Antonov An-2R, tail number CCCP-54891, crashed near Brest.
• 6 July: An Ilyushin Il-14M, registration CCCP-61788, that was due to operate an ice reconnaissance flight under the Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate, ditched on shallow waters following the loss of power on one of the engines shortly after take-off from Mys Shmidta Airport.
• 14 August: A Yakovlev Yak-40, registration CCCP-88252, that was flying the Chita–Neryungri route under the airline's Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate as Flight 432, resulted damaged beyond economical repair when it landed in crosswind conditions on a wet runway at Neryungri Airport.
• 28 August: A Let L-410UVP, tail number CCCP-67104, operating under the North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate, resulted damaged beyond economical repair in a forced landing near Labinsk.
• 2 September: An Aeroflot–Kyrgyzstan Yak-40, registration CCCP-87509, made a belly landing at Bishkek Airport.
• 15 September: Another Aeroflot–Kyrgyzstan Yak-40, CCCP-87391, was written off when it bounced several times on landing at Dzhalal-Abad.
• 4 October: An Aeroflot–Kazakhstan Antonov An-24RV, tail number CCCP-46525, overran the runway on landing at Stepnogorsk, hitting a concrete mast.

1990s

1990

• 18 August: An Aeroflot–Tajikistan division Antonov An-28, registration CCCP-28761, hard-landed at Rushan.
• 12 October: An Aeroflot–Ukraine division Let L-410UVP experienced a hard landing at Odessa Airport.

1994

• 8 February: An Antonov An-12B, tail number CCCP-11340, that was operating a cargo service under the Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate, overran the runway on landing at Anadyr Airport.
• 7 May: A Tupolev 134A-3, RA-65976, that was operating a domestic scheduled Moscow–Arkhangelsk passenger service, landed at Talagi Airport with the main starboard landing gear retracted, veering to the right and coming to rest off the runway.
• 11 December: An Aeroflot–North Caucasus Civil Aviation Directorate Tupolev 134A-3, tail number RA-65858, that was standing at Grozny Airport, resulted destroyed during a Russian raid amid the First Chechen War.