1977 Tavda mid-air collision

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1977 Tavda mid-air collision

An Aeroflot An-2 similar to the aircraft involved in the collision
Accident
Date	7 May 1977 (1977-05-07)
Summary	Mid-air collision
Site	Near Novoselovka (Tavda District), 18 km south of Tavda Airport, Tavda District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 57°54′40″N 65°15′20″E / 57.91111°N 65.25556°E / 57.91111; 65.25556
Total fatalities	29 (14+15)
First aircraft
Type	Antonov An-2
Operator	Aeroflot (Tyumen UGA, 1st Tyumen OAO)
Registration	СССР-15925
Flight origin	Plekhanovo Airport, Tyumen
Destination	Tavda Airport
Passengers	13
Crew	2
Fatalities	15
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
Type	Antonov An-2TP
Operator	Aeroflot (Ural UGA, 2nd Sverdlovsk OAO)
Registration	СССР-44992
Flight origin	Uktus Airport, Sverdlovsk
1st stopover	Turinskaya Sloboda, Turinsk
2nd stopover	Tabory
Last stopover	Tavda Airport
Destination	Plekhanovo Airport, Tyumen
Passengers	12
Crew	2
Fatalities	14
Survivors	0

The 1977 Tavda mid-air collision was an aviation accident that occurred on Saturday, May 7, 1977, when two An-2 aircraft operated by Aeroflot collided in mid-air near Tavda Airport, resulting in the deaths of 29 people.