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Let L-410 crash near Belgorod

18 Jan 1979 · Belgorod, RSFSR, USSR

Belgorod Joint Aviation Detachment, Central Regions Civil Aviation Directorate Let L-410 Turbolet · Crew errors, design deficiencies

From Belgorod International Airport (EGO) to Belgorod International Airport (EGO)

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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
3 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
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

Let L-410 Turbolet

Aircraft type
Let L-410
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-67210
Onboard fatalities
3
Route
From Belgorod International Airport (EGO)To Belgorod International Airport (EGO)

Cause areas

  • Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
  • Aircraft › Aircraft systems

From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.

Approximate · Estimated position: Belgorod, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

The air crash near Belgorod was an air crash that occurred on Thursday, 18 January 1979, involving an L-410 aircraft operating a training flight.

Investigation and cause

Investigation

As the investigation found, the crew were converting from the An-2. The instructor had few flying hours on the L-410 and had also previously flown the An-2. All of them had experience mainly of visual flights only. In addition, the attitude indicator of the L-410 differed very greatly from the An-2 attitude indicator they were used to, and at high bank angles it stopped giving correct readings.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Let L-410 под Белгородом” (revision 153326556, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Russian Wikipedia article: Катастрофа Let L-410 под Белгородом
Article
Катастрофа Let L-410 под Белгородом
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
153326556 · 2026-05-29 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q4055747
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
ru Wikipedia article "Катастрофа Let L-410 под Белгородом" (page 3626068, revision 153326556), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An L-410 of a Soviet civil aviation directorate detachment (the state airline) on a training flight: an airline's own training flight. The article: "operator Belgorod Joint Aviation Detachment, Central Regions Civil Aviation Directorate"
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.