ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-14 632 Xi'an
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Date:Saturday 5 April 1958
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL14 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyushin Il-14
Operator:CAAC
Registration: 632
MSN:
First flight: 1956
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Total:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:70 km (43.8 mls) from Xi'an (   China)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chengdu Airport (CTU/ZUUU), China
Destination airport:Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA), China
Narrative:
Crashed into a mountain (CFIT) when the crew violated the lowest safe altitude requirements.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Soviet Transports


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Distance from Chengdu Airport to Beijing-Capital International Airport as the crow flies is 1546 km (966 miles).

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.
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Ilyushin Il-14

  • 1122 built
  • 15th loss
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