| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 1953 |
| Time: | 21:55 |
| Type: | Ilyushin Il-12P |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1367 |
| MSN: | 30090 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4204 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,5 km SE of Magdagachi Airport (GDG) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chita Airport (HTA/UIAA) |
| Magdagachi Airport (GDG/UHBI) |
The Il-12 operated on a mail flight from Irkutsk to Khabarovsk with en route stops at Chita and Magdagachi.
On approach to Magdagachi, a wrong pressure had been selected on the left altimeter, causing it to show an altitude 55 metres higher than actual.
During the night-time approach the aircraft touched trees 5,620 metres from the airport. The left wing separated and the aircraft , crashed inverted 358 metres further on.
Sources:
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