Incident Overview

Date: Friday 23 October 1959
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Azerbaijan
Registration Number: CCCP-41806
Location: 1,4 km from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 29
Component Affected: Aircraft (specifically, the IL-14)Aircraft (specifically, the IL-14)
Category: Accident
An IL-14 aircraft experienced a sudden and catastrophic landing following a prolonged delay at Makhachkala, Azerbaijan, due to deteriorating weather conditions at Vnukovo Airport. The flight returned to Stalingrad after approximately two hours of en route, ultimately being grounded due to marginal weather at Vnukovo. The aircraft then resumed its flight to Vnukovo, encountering reduced visibility and cloud cover, leading to a collision with trees at an altitude of 900 meters.An IL-14 aircraft experienced a sudden and catastrophic landing following a prolonged delay at Makhachkala, Azerbaijan, due to deteriorating weather conditions at Vnukovo Airport. The flight returned to Stalingrad after approximately two hours of en route, ultimately being grounded due to marginal weather at Vnukovo. The aircraft then resumed its flight to Vnukovo, encountering reduced visibility and cloud cover, leading to a collision with trees at an altitude of 900 meters.

Description

The IL-14 operated on a passenger service from Baku, Azerbaijan to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport with en route stops at Makhachkala, Astrakhan and Stalingrad (now named Volgograd). The flight left Stalingrad at 14:20 but after almost two hours in flight, the crew were told that Vnukovo Airport was closed due to poor weather. They elected to return to Stalingrad. At 18:50 the crew took off for the second flight to Vnukovo. Weather at Vnukovo was still marginal with a cloud base at 70 m and a visibility of 1,5 / 2 km. The crew of another IL-14, reported the bottom edge of the cloud cover at 50-60 m. At an altitude of 900 m the flight was cleared to approach runway 2. The airplane descended until striking trees located 1400 m short of the runway. It crashed into a forest and burned. One passenger survived the accident.

Source of Information

https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=798https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=798

Primary Cause

Poor weather conditions at Vnukovo Airport.Poor weather conditions at Vnukovo Airport.

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