Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 NOV 1974 |
| Time: | 15:28 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 14M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-91515 |
| C/n / msn: | 147001425 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19892 |
| Cycles: | 16481 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10,8 km (6.8 mls) SE of Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV) (Ukraine) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV/UKKK), Ukraine |
| Donetsk Airport (DOK/UKCC), Ukraine |
The aircraft, reportedly equipped for navaids calibration, took off from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport. Shortly after takeoff the nr. 2 engine caught fire. The fire spread, causing a catastrophic failure of the starboard wing. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru
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Map
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 Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport to Donetsk Airport as the crow flies is 584 km (365 miles).
Distance from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport to Donetsk Airport as the crow flies is 584 km (365 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.
