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1931 Tupolev ANT-9 crash

1931 Tupolev ANT-9 crash
Tupolev ANT-9
Accident
SummaryCollision with trees in low visibility
SiteNear Alabino platform, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Aircraft
Aircraft typeANT-9
Occupants8
Passengers3
Crew5
Fatalities8
Survivors0

The 1931 Tupolev ANT-9 crash was an aviation accident involving a Tupolev ANT-9 aircraft, which occurred in the Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union, on Sunday, July 12, 1931.

Accident

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The aircraft was transporting a military commission headed by Deputy Chief of Staff of the RKKA, Vladimir Kirillovich Triandafillov, and was piloted by the experienced Stepan Timofeyevich Rybalchuk. Early in the morning, with fog present, Rybalchuk decided to proceed with the flight despite the poor weather conditions (reportedly due to vanity in some accounts). The flight was conducted at low altitude. In the vicinity of the Alabino platform, the plane struck trees, crashed to the ground, and was destroyed. All eight people on board—three passengers and five crew members—perished.[citation needed]

Fatalities

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Passengers
Crew

References

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  1. ^ Gromov, Mikhail Mikhailovich (1999). On the Ground and in the Sky. Zhukovsky: Printed Courtyard. p. 304. ISBN 5-85868-004-6.
  2. ^ ""In Memory of the Deceased Commanders," obituary in the magazine "Behind the Wheel," No. 15, 1931". Retrieved 2018-01-08.