Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 15 August 1957
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L1874
Location: 6 km NW of K?benhavn-Kastrup Airport (CPH) –
ÿ Denmark
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Component Affected: The chimney of the ?rsted Vrket power plane.The chimney of the ?rsted Vrket power plane.
Category: Accident
An IL-14 aircraft impacted a chimney at the ?rsted Vrket power plane near Copenhagen, Denmark, resulting in a crash into the southern harbour.An IL-14 aircraft impacted a chimney at the ?rsted Vrket power plane near Copenhagen, Denmark, resulting in a crash into the southern harbour.
Description
The IL-14 operated on an international Aeroflot passenger service from Moscow-Vnukovo (VKO) to Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark with an en route stop at Riga (RIX). The airplane impacted a chimney of the ?rsted Vrket power plane and crashed into the southern harbour of Copenhagen.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=241, http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=LC-19570815-3009, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=241, http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=LC-19570815-3009, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Chimney collapse/structural failure of the power plane.Chimney collapse/structural failure of the power plane.Share on:
