| Date: | Sunday 22 April 1956 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-14 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1718 |
| MSN: | 146000202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19 hours |
| Cycles: | 12 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Sukhumi Airport (SUI) -
 Georgia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi Airport (SUI/UGSS) |
| Kutaisi Airport (KUT/UGKO) |
The Il-14 operated on mail flight from Moscow-Vnukovo to Tbilisi. This was the airplane's second revenue flight.
The flight took off from Sukhumi at night in IMC. Shortly after takeoff, at an altitude of about 60 m, plane descended until it struck the surface of the Black Sea.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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