Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 24 August 1963
Aircraft Type: Avia 14
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Georgia
Registration Number: CCCP-61617
Location: 32 km NW of Kutaisi Airport (KUT) –
ÿ Georgia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A flight, Flight 663, departed from Kutaisi Airport (KUT) at 10:45. Shortly after takeoff, the crew reported visual flight at 600m altitude, with visibility of clouds and heavy rainfall. They subsequently deviated from their planned route, striking a wooded hillside at 900m elevation, 13km to the right. Three stowaways were discovered among the deceased. Investigation concluded the crew should not have conducted a VFR flight in IMC.A flight, Flight 663, departed from Kutaisi Airport (KUT) at 10:45. Shortly after takeoff, the crew reported visual flight at 600m altitude, with visibility of clouds and heavy rainfall. They subsequently deviated from their planned route, striking a wooded hillside at 900m elevation, 13km to the right. Three stowaways were discovered among the deceased. Investigation concluded the crew should not have conducted a VFR flight in IMC.
Description
Flight 663 departed from Kutaisi Airport (KUT), Georgia at 10:45. Some 3-4 minutes after takeoff the crew reported visual flight at an altitude of 600 m. At 10:52 the crew reported: “Flight to Sukhumi 1,500 m, earth visible between the layers of clouds, heavy rainfall”. This was the last contact with the flight. The airplane had deviated from the intended route until it struck a wooded hillside at an elevation of 900 m, 13 kilometers to the right of the intended route. Among the dead were found three stowaways. It was concluded that the crew should not have been allowed to conduct a VFR flight in IMC. Also, the tower controller at Kutaisi did not report the deterioration of weather and lower cloud base.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=797https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=797Primary Cause
Deviation from planned route and collision with a hillside.Deviation from planned route and collision with a hillside.Share on:
