Narrative:
The Ilyushin 14FKM operated transportation flights for participants of the 24th Soviet Antarctic expedition.
The ski-equipped IL-14 took off from the ice runway at Molodezhnaya Ice Station.
At an altitude of 70-80 meters above the ground the plane suddenly descended in a left bank until it impacted a glacier.
Investigation revealed that the airplane was caught in a wind shear.
Loss of control
» Dmitriy Yertsov
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 2 January 1979 |
| Time: | 15:21 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-14FKM |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Central Region Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-04193 |
| MSN: | 7343506 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19494 |
| Cycles: | 12705 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Molodezhnaya ( Antarctica)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica |
| Mawson Station, Antarctica |
The Ilyushin 14FKM operated transportation flights for participants of the 24th Soviet Antarctic expedition.
The ski-equipped IL-14 took off from the ice runway at Molodezhnaya Ice Station.
At an altitude of 70-80 meters above the ground the plane suddenly descended in a left bank until it impacted a glacier.
Investigation revealed that the airplane was caught in a wind shear.
Classification:
Windshear/downdraftLoss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» Dmitriy Yertsov
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