Last updated: 28 November 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 13 May 1980 |
| Time: | 10:19 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-14 |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T322 |
| MSN: | 1642 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,5 km (0.3 mls) off Varadero ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Varadero Airport (VRA/MUVR), Cuba |
| Varadero Airport (VRA/MUVR), Cuba |
The Il-14 took off for a training flight from the Varadero Airport, Cuba, at 09:56 local time (13:56 UTC). Eighteen minutes later the flight reported level at 6500 feet.
As the flightcrew began practicing stalls, the aircraft entered into a left-hand spin and the crew was unable to recover it. At 10:19 the aircraft was observed descending until it crashed offshore.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» E-mail Adrian Leon May 21, 2020» Soviet Transports
» E-mail Warren Villareal, May 15, 2018
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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.
