Ivan Ivanovich Korogodin

Ivan Ivanovich Korogodin (March 11th 1957 - August 22nd 2006) was a commercial pilot and a former Athlete. He joined Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise sometime prior to 2006. He was killed in the crash of Pulkovo 612.

## Ivan Ivanovich Korogodin

A photo of Ivan in the cockpit, taken during 2005.

## Early Life

Ivan Ivanovich Korogodin was born in the city of Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, on March 11th 1957, the son of Ivan Pavlovich Korogodin, who was a serviceman, and Valentina Fedorovna Korogodin. He grew up to be a strong, physically healthy and a cheerful child. Presented at the championship of the Soviet Union in cycling and was already a candidate for master of sports. He was the champion of Leningrad and Dynamo. He is listed on the honor board of the city of Pushkin. He was sociable with athletes and classmates. He was very fond of friends playing children in the yard, helped them and protected them.

## Career

In 1974, Korogodin had to make a decision on whether to stay in the union national team and engage in cycling, or to enroll in a Flight school of Civil Aviation. Ivan chose to enroll in a flight school, he passed the exams and without waiting for the commission, and went to the championship of the Union to speak for Leningrad, where he took third place. At the end of his sports activities, he learned that he had entered the Krasnokutsk "Krasny Kut" Flight School by competition, where his studies began.

Ivan graduated in 1976 as an AN-2 pilot. After graduation, he was sent to work in the Petrozavodsk flight squad. In 1979, Korogodin was awarded the qualification of the 3rd class pilot. In 1983, he was appointed commander of the AN-2 aircraft. In 1987, he was awarded the qualification of a pilot of the 2nd class. In 1988, he enrolled in the Academy of Civil Aviation and graduated in 1991, he was accepted as a co-pilot of the TU-154, he was then retrained on the TU-154. In 1995 Korogodin was awarded the first class of a civil aviation pilot. In 2001, he became the captain of the TU-154 . In 2004, he was transferred to the position of an instructor.

At the time of his death, Korogodin had 12,312 hours of flying experience. 5,956 of which were on the TU-154.

## Death

On August 22nd 2006, Korogodin was the captain for Pulkovo Flight 612, the aircraft flew into a storm in which Korogodin attempted to fly over. The attempt was unsuccessful and lead to the TU-154M enterting a unrecoverable stall and impacting the ground. The root cause of the accident was due to his unprofessional atitude in the cockpit; disregarding his colleagues recommendations to descend the aircraft (if followed would've ultimately prevented the accident from occuring).

Korogodin along with the other 169 occupants on board were killed. Ivan's two daughters (Daria & Anita) and son (also named Ivan) aged 4, were orphaned and left in the care of their grandfather.

Ivan's father commented on the accident by stating that: "Only the top managers, defending their positions and wallets instantly, without any disassembly of the disaster, began to slander the human factor, blaming the crew for the tragedy. And I (father), who flew 18,000 hours on nine aircraft structures in 32 years, consider myself guilty: Minister of Transport. The designer of the aircraft. The one who gave the license to operate the aircraft. ATC of the Kharkiv zone 5. Kharkiv meteo."

## Gallery

Ivan pictured with one of his daughtersIvan posing for a photographA photo of Ivan, taken at an unknown date
## References

- http://bort85185.spb.ru/memory/book\_612/detail.php?ID=481 (ru)