Incident Overview
Date: Friday 25 November 1960
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14FK
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-91610
Location: near Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Aircraft EngineAircraft Engine
Category: Accident
An Il-14 flight experienced a serious incident involving a simulated engine failure during a training flight between Leningrad-Shosseynaya and two layers of cloud. The aircraft entered a dive, and subsequently struck a stream bank near the village of Dachnoe, resulting in the deaths of all 7 crew and 2 passengers.An Il-14 flight experienced a serious incident involving a simulated engine failure during a training flight between Leningrad-Shosseynaya and two layers of cloud. The aircraft entered a dive, and subsequently struck a stream bank near the village of Dachnoe, resulting in the deaths of all 7 crew and 2 passengers.
Description
The Il-14 operated on a training flight from Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport. The instructor simulated a failure of the right engine while the aircraft was flying between two layers of cloud. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft entered a dive. When it came out of the clouds at a height of 200 metres there was not enough time and height left to recover from the dive and the aircraft hit the bank of a stream 126 meters from the buildings of the village of Dachnoe. All 7 crew and 2 (illegal) passengers were killed.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=830, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=830, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Simulated engine failure during flight training.Simulated engine failure during flight training.Share on:
