Narrative:
The Il-12 operated on a flight from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk with en route stops at Omsk to Novosibirsk. While approaching Novosibirsk, it entered a heavy thunderstorm. The first officer and the radio operator were disabled by a lightning strike. The captain tried to leave the cloud but entered a zone of heavy rainfall with hail and squall with a visibility of 100-200 metres and seemed to have lost control during the descent. The aircraft crashed into a mound 12 km from the airport and caught fire.
Loss of control
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 13 May 1949 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: | Ilyushin Il-12P |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1791 |
| MSN: | 93013208 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 12 km (7.5 mls) from Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Omsk Airport (OMS/UNOO), Russia |
| Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport (UNCC), Russia |
The Il-12 operated on a flight from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk with en route stops at Omsk to Novosibirsk. While approaching Novosibirsk, it entered a heavy thunderstorm. The first officer and the radio operator were disabled by a lightning strike. The captain tried to leave the cloud but entered a zone of heavy rainfall with hail and squall with a visibility of 100-200 metres and seemed to have lost control during the descent. The aircraft crashed into a mound 12 km from the airport and caught fire.
Classification:
LightningstrikeLoss of control
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru» Soviet Transports
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Omsk Airport to Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport as the crow flies is 607 km (379 miles).
Distance from Omsk Airport to Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport as the crow flies is 607 km (379 miles).
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.
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Ilyushin Il-12
- 663 built
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