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Date: | Tuesday 1 October 1957 |
Time: | 00:55 |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-12P |
Operator: | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-L1389 |
MSN: | 30123 |
First flight: | 1947 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9996 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23 |
Total: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 28 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) SE of Akshi ( Russia)
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Crash site elevation: | 850 m (2789 feet) amsl |
Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia |
Destination airport: | Chita Airport (HTA/UIAA), Russia |
Flightnumber: | 11 |
Narrative:The Il-12 operated on a passenger service from Moscow to Khabarovsk with en route stops at Irkutsk and Chita. During the night time leg to Chita, the crew deviated from the prescribed flight path. They became lost and were not able to find Chita Airport.
Fuel shortage caused the flight crew to perform a forced landing near a settlement, but on the fourth attempt to land the aircraft hit trees at a height of 900 metres on the slope of a 1,000 metres high hill. It came to rest upside down at a height of 850 metres on the opposite slope of the hill, 340 metres from the first impact.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Irkutsk Airport to Chita Airport as the crow flies is 604 km (378 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.