Plane crash IL-18B Muta CAF in Tarasovskoye district of Rostov region

• Date of the crash: 17.12.1961, the

• The time of the crash: 16: 00

• Country of the crash: the USSR

• Place the crash: Rostov region, 10 km east of x. Chebotovka, Tarasovskiy borough

• Aircraft type: Il-18B

• Registration of aircraft: SSSR75654

• Name of air carrier Aeroflot (USSR)

• Division: Moscow Transport Aviation Administration CAF (CAF Muta), 65 Common

• Flight: 245 

Chronology of events:

The crew carried out the rise in 14: 34 at Vnukovo airport. The flight took place at flight level 8000 m. Plot Voronezh-Rostov cloud top was 1500-1600 m. The crew 15: 47 reported that entered the area of ​​AHR Rostov, with ground speed 630 km / h. AHR in 15: 52 conveyed a message on the location of the aircraft: the removal of 240 km 5 azimuth degrees ,. The crew confirmed the designation. Manager AHR in 15: 59 reported that the aircraft was abeam of Lugansk. It was no response, and the crew did not respond to further calls. On the radar elevation svetoplane aircraft quickly disappeared.

Data on victims:

Total on board were people 59: 9 50 crew members and passengers. Total killed 59 people: crew 9, 50 passengers.

Details of the crash:

• Phase of flight: Horizontal (cruising) flight

• Identify the causes of the crash: the shortcomings in the design, crew error

Data on the plane:

• Brand aircraft: IL-18B

• Aircraft ID: USSR-75654

• Country where registered aircraft: the USSR

• Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 30.10.1958

• Serial number of the aircraft: 188000503

• Hours aircraft: 2722

• Engines: N 2134034 2134165 H H H 2134164 2134187

Flight data:

• Flight: 245

• Tour type: Regular passenger

• The aviation company Aeroflot (USSR)

• Division: Moscow Transport Aviation Administration CAF (CAF Muta), 65 Common

• The country, which was registered aviation company: USSR

• I flew from Moscow (Vnukovo)

• Flying in: Sochi (Adler)

• Original item: Moscow (Vnukovo)

• A final point: Sochi (Adler)

Additional information:
Information about the crew:

• KBC Vladimir Ilyich Gorchakov

• The second pilot Yuriy Fedorov

• The navigator Alexander Viktorov

• Mechanic Vladimir Krivokalinsky

• Radio operator Panteleimon G. Krasheninnikov

• Flight attendants:

• Valentina Nesterova Matveevna 

• Taisia ​​Ivanovna Lyuboshnikova 

• Ninel K. Sokolov 

• Zoya Alekseevna Nikitin