Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 7 January 1960
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-12
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-01438
Location: Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aircraft Landing GearAircraft Landing Gear
Category: Accident
A cargo aircraft experienced a significant landing issue due to poor weather conditions ? low clouds and snowfall ? at Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport. The pilot struggled to identify the runway due to snow covering its markings, leading to a hard touchdown and substantial damage.A cargo aircraft experienced a significant landing issue due to poor weather conditions ? low clouds and snowfall ? at Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport. The pilot struggled to identify the runway due to snow covering its markings, leading to a hard touchdown and substantial damage.
Description
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Moscow-Vnukovo to Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport at night. Weather at Leningrad was poor due to low clouds and snowfall. The aircraft had to land on the reserve (grass) runway as the main runway was being cleared of snow. The pilot had difficulty in identifying the runway as its markings were covered by snow and levelled out at a height of some 3-4 metres with the result that the aircraft lost speed, the nose pitched up and the aircraft suffered substantial damage in a hard touchdown.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Poor weather conditions ? low clouds and snowfall ? resulted in difficulty in identifying the runway.Poor weather conditions ? low clouds and snowfall ? resulted in difficulty in identifying the runway.Share on:
