Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 1 October 1957
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-12P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L1389
Location: 3 km SE of Akshi –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 28
Component Affected: Il-12 aircraftIl-12 aircraft
Category: Accident
An Il-12 aircraft experienced a significant navigational deviation during an en route flight from Moscow to Khabarovsk, resulting in a forced landing near a settlement. Fuel shortage led to a landing near a settlement, causing damage to the aircraft.An Il-12 aircraft experienced a significant navigational deviation during an en route flight from Moscow to Khabarovsk, resulting in a forced landing near a settlement. Fuel shortage led to a landing near a settlement, causing damage to the aircraft.
Description
The Il-12 operated on a passenger service from Moscow to Khabarovsk with en route stops at Irkutsk and Chita. During the night time leg to Chita, the crew deviated from the prescribed flight path. They became lost and were not able to find Chita Airport. Fuel shortage caused the flight crew to perform a forced landing near a settlement, but on the fourth attempt to land the aircraft hit trees at a height of 900 metres on the slope of a 1,000 metres high hill. It came to rest upside down at a height of 850 metres on the opposite slope of the hill, 340 metres from the first impact.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=905http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=905Primary Cause
Fuel shortageFuel shortageShare on:
