Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 18 November 1956
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L5658
Location: 1,5 km from Irkutsk Airport (IKT) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Left main and nose landing gear, left wing, and both enginesLeft main and nose landing gear, left wing, and both engines
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a severe landing due to poor visibility during a nighttime approach to Irkutsk. The aircraft impacted the runway hard, resulting in significant damage to its left main and nose landing gear, wing, and both engines.An aircraft experienced a severe landing due to poor visibility during a nighttime approach to Irkutsk. The aircraft impacted the runway hard, resulting in significant damage to its left main and nose landing gear, wing, and both engines.
Description
The aircraft was being ferried from Moscow to Irkutsk. On the last leg of the flight, the aircraft encountered bad visibility during a night time approach to Irkutsk. The aircraft touched down hard some 1,5 km short of the runway, damaging its left main and nose landing gear, left wing and both engines. It came rest against a wooden fence.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=804http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=804Primary Cause
Bad visibility during a nighttime approach to Irkutsk.Bad visibility during a nighttime approach to Irkutsk.Share on:
