Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 13 December 1959
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-91577
Location: 27 km NE of Boysun, Surkhandarya Region –
ÿ Uzbekistan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An IL-14 aircraft deviated from its planned flight path, heading directly over the mountains, resulting in a crash. The aircraft was lost on June 2, 1960.An IL-14 aircraft deviated from its planned flight path, heading directly over the mountains, resulting in a crash. The aircraft was lost on June 2, 1960.
Description
The IL-14 was operating on a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Tashkent. At 09:02 MSK plane departed from Termez for the last leg of the flight. Weather along the route was reported being an 7/10 overcast, stratocumulus at 2000 – 2500 m, broken cumulus at 300-500 m and snow, with a visibility of 4-10 km. The flight was heading due north at an altitude of 3,600 m. The The crew deliberately deviated from the planned route and headed straight over the mountains. It flew into the side of a mountain ridge at an elevation of 3500 m. The wreckage was found June 2, 1960.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=608http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=608Primary Cause
Deviation from planned route and collision with a mountain ridge.Deviation from planned route and collision with a mountain ridge.Share on:
