Incident Overview
Date: Friday 23 January 1953
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L4582
Location: 3 km SW of Kazan Airport –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Left engine of the Il-12 aircraft.Left engine of the Il-12 aircraft.
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin Il-12P, carrying six passengers and five crew members, experienced a mid-air collision with a Lisunov Li-2 aircraft during a night-time takeoff from Kazan Airport. The Il-12’s left engine struck the Li-2’s left engine, resulting in the Il-12’s loss of control and subsequent crash in a snow-covered field south-west of Voznesenskoye.An Ilyushin Il-12P, carrying six passengers and five crew members, experienced a mid-air collision with a Lisunov Li-2 aircraft during a night-time takeoff from Kazan Airport. The Il-12’s left engine struck the Li-2’s left engine, resulting in the Il-12’s loss of control and subsequent crash in a snow-covered field south-west of Voznesenskoye.
Description
An Ilyushin Il-12P (CCCP-L1435) had just performed a night-time take-off from Kazan Airport when it suffered a mid-air collision with a Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4582). The empennage of the Il-12 was hit by the left engine of the Li-2 and came off, both aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field south-west of Voznesenskoye. All six on board the Il-12 and all five on board the Li-2 were killed.
Primary Cause
Mid-air collision between an Il-12 and a Li-2 aircraft.Mid-air collision between an Il-12 and a Li-2 aircraft.Share on:
