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)
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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:
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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.