ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-12 CCCP-L1434 Polukotelnikovo, Kursk region
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Status:
Date:Saturday 20 August 1949
Time:17:30
Type:Ilyushin Il-12
Operator:Aeroflot / Georgia
Registration: CCCP-L1434
MSN: 30266
First flight: 1948
Total airframe hrs:553
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Total:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Polukotelnikovo, Kursk region (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kharkov Airport (HRK/UKHH), Ukraine
Destination airport:Moskva (unknown airport), Russia
Narrative:
The Il-12 operated on a flight from Tbilisi to Moscow with an en route stop at Kharkov. En route to Moscow, it encountered severe thunderstorms near Belgorod. The crew tried to navigate between two storm cells, flying at heights between 300 and 570 metres. Near Oboyan the aircraft entered an area of severe turbulence and heavy rain, got caught in a strong downwind. The aircraft lost height and impacted a field near Polukotelnikovo.

Classification:
Turbulence
Loss of control

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports


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