Date: | Friday 22 July 1960 |
Time: | 07:40 |
Type: | VEB 14P |
Owner/operator: | Volksarmee |
Registration: | 400 |
MSN: | 14803004 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Vockerode -
Germany
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dessau Airfield (EDAD) |
Destination airport: | Dessau Airfield (EDAD) |
Narrative:The ill-fated IL-14 was on a weather observation flight out of Dessau. It departed about 07:30. The captain decided to carry on VFR below low clouds and in deteriorating visibility instead of climbing IFR. The IL-14 subsequently crashed into one of four 500 ft chimneys on Vockerode powerstation, 12 km north-east of Dessau Airbase at 07:40. The right wing/engine impacted the chimney and the left wing was torn off as a result of the rapid deceleration. The entire crew of six, plus one powerplant worker were killed.
Sources:
www.rausfahrer.de Mayday über Zaragossa / Münzberg (ISBN 978-3-939611-21-9)
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