Narrative:
An Ilyushin Il-12P (CCCP-L1435) had just performed a night-time take-off from Kazan Airport when it suffered a mid-air collision with a Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4582). The empennage of the Il-12 was hit by the left engine of the Li-2 and came off, both aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field south-west of Voznesenskoye. All six on board the Il-12 and all five on board the Li-2 were killed.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 23 January 1953 |
| Time: | 20:37 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4582 |
| MSN: | 18430404 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3705 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) SW of Kazan Airport ( Russia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA/UUBB), Russia |
| Kazan Airport, Russia |
An Ilyushin Il-12P (CCCP-L1435) had just performed a night-time take-off from Kazan Airport when it suffered a mid-air collision with a Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4582). The empennage of the Il-12 was hit by the left engine of the Li-2 and came off, both aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field south-west of Voznesenskoye. All six on board the Il-12 and all five on board the Li-2 were killed.
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Distance from Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Kazan Airport as the crow flies is 692 km (433 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Bykovo Airport to Kazan Airport as the crow flies is 692 km (433 miles).
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