Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 14 October 1953
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-12P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L1727
Location: 2,5 km from Irkutsk Airport (IKT) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 28
Component Affected: Il-12 aircraft ? specifically the mast lights and the aircraft’s flight control systems.Il-12 aircraft ? specifically the mast lights and the aircraft’s flight control systems.
Category: Accident
An Il-12 aircraft experienced a near-miss incident during en route travel from Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The pilot misidentified mast lights as an approaching aircraft, resulting in a sharp right bank and subsequent stall, leading to a crash 2.5 km behind the runway and 500 meters to the right of the centerline.An Il-12 aircraft experienced a near-miss incident during en route travel from Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The pilot misidentified mast lights as an approaching aircraft, resulting in a sharp right bank and subsequent stall, leading to a crash 2.5 km behind the runway and 500 meters to the right of the centerline.
Description
The Il-12 operated on a flight from Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with en route stops at a.o. Irkutsk and Chita. Shortly after takeoff from Irkutsk at night, the pilot mistook the lights on the masts of the inner marker for an aircraft approaching head-on. He banked sharply to the right at low altitude (100-120 metres) to avoid a collision but the aircraft stalled and crashed 2.5 km behind the runway threshold and 500 metres to the right of the runway’s extended centreline.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=939http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=939Primary Cause
Pilot error ? misidentification of mast lights as an approaching aircraft.Pilot error ? misidentification of mast lights as an approaching aircraft.Share on:
