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.
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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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