Aeroflot Flight 415
Antonov An-10A · CFIT due to ATC error
From Lviv International Airport (LWO) to Sochi International Airport (AER)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 81 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 81
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Antonov An-10A
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-10
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CCCP-11186
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Onboard fatalities
- 81
- Route
- From Lviv International Airport (LWO)To Sochi International Airport (AER)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Environmental issues › Operating environment
- Organizational issues › Development
- Environmental issues › Physical environment
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Aeroflot Flight 415 (Рейс 415 Аэрофлота Reys 415 Aeroflota) was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Lviv to Sochi with a stopover in Simferopol. On 28 July 1962 the Antonov An-10 operating the route crashed near Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board.
Investigation and cause
Causes
Numerous errors were responsible for the crash, including but not limited to:
The unsatisfactory flight plan, which established the flight approaching the airport at a bearing of 240° from the side of the mountains;
The approach configuration itself, which was not approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Insufficient preparation for the flight to Sochi Airport by the crew, resulting in their following the air traffic controller’s instructions which put them on a dangerous course, causing the flight to enter the clouds and crash into the mountain.
The vicinity of the approach of aircraft to the mountains, specifically the distance of separation between incoming flights and the mountains.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 415
- Article
- Aeroflot Flight 415
- Revision
- 1339296887 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q16487761
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aeroflot Flight 415" (page 40022453, revision 1339296887)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.