Aeroflot Flight 213 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Chersky Airport to Keperveyem Airport. On 18 September 1962, the Ilyushin Il-14 operating this flight crashed shortly after takeoff. All 27 passengers and five crew members were killed.
An Ilyushin Il-14 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 18 September 1962 (1962-09-18) |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain aggravated by inclement weather and pilot error |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-14M |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-61628 |
| Flight origin | Magadan Airport |
| 1st stopover | Berelakh |
| 2nd stopover | Zyryanka |
| Last stopover | Chersky Airport |
| Destination | Keperveyem Airport |
| Occupants | 32 |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 32 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The Air Accident Investigation Commission determined that pilot error was the main cause of the accident.
Weather conditions at the time of the flight were poor. Visibility was 4-10km in light snow with a cloud base of 600-700 meters. Flight 213 departed Chersky Airport at 06:20. The normal procedure involved circling above the valley while climbing to an altitude above surrounding terrain. This procedure was not followed and the crew flew on a heading directly to Keperveyem Airport. At an altitude of 800 meters and climbing, flying in clouds the aircraft impacted a 975 meter tall mountain. The Ilyushin was destroyed and there was a post collision fire. There were no survivors.[1][2][3][4]
Construction of the Il-14M involved, serial number 146000929 09-29, was completed at the Moscow Banner of Labor production factory in 1956 and it was transferred to the civil air fleet. It was powered by two Shvetsov ASh-82 radial engines and at the time of the accident, the aircraft had sustained a total of 9,858 flight hours.[1][2][4]
The investigating committee discovered the primary cause of the accident was the pilots decision to deviate from approved procedures. Contributing factors were a lack of appropriate air traffic control and the weather.[1][2][4]
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