Incident Overview
Date: Friday 6 July 1962
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-91554
Location: ca 34 km from Tashkent Airport (TAS) –
ÿ Uzbekistan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 38
Component Affected: Right wing of the IL-14Right wing of the IL-14
Category: Accident
An IL-14 aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash during flight near Bukhara, resulting in significant damage and loss of life.An IL-14 aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash during flight near Bukhara, resulting in significant damage and loss of life.
Description
At 10:05 local time, Flight 40 off from Bukhara (BHK), in clear weather climbed to a cruising altitude of 3,000 meters. At 10:35 the crew reported the failure of the right engine due to a failure of piston cylinder number 2. They requested permission to proceed to Tashkent at a cruising level of 2,400 m. Permission was granted. The crew eventually descended to 1500 m. Height was lost as the airplane was about 34 km from Tashkent. The right wing of the IL-14 struck a 2,5 m high fence of a farm. The wing broke off and the airplane crashed into a cotton field, breaking in three. A fire erupted.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=500http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=500Primary Cause
Failure of the right piston cylinder during flight.Failure of the right piston cylinder during flight.Share on:
