| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 1951 |
| Time: | 15:32 |
| Type: | Ilyushin Il-12P |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1811 |
| MSN: | 93013310 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1346 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 2 km off Tuapse -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Krasnodar Airport (KRR/URKK) |
| Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS) |
The Il-12 operated on a flight from Moscow to Sochi with an en route stop at Krasnodar. The aircraft was descending over the Black Sea towards Sochi when it was hit by a lightning strike at an altitude of 900 metres. The left rear fuel tank exploded and a fire erupted. Control was lost and the airplane crashed into the Black Sea off Tuapse.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
Soviet Transports
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