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{{Short description|1981 aviation accident}}
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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name = Aeroflot Flight 498
| name = Aeroflot Flight 498
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| occurrence_type = Accident
| occurrence_type = Accident
| date = {{start date|1981|06|14|df=y}}
| date = {{start date|1981|06|14|df=y}}
| summary = Crew error
| summary = [[Controlled flight into terrain]] due to [[Pilot error|crew error]]
| site = Holy Nose Peninsula in [[Lake Baikal]], {{convert|30|km|mi}} northwest of [[Ust-Barguzin]], [[Barguzinsky District]], [[Republic of Buryatia]], USSR
| site = Holy Nose Peninsula in [[Lake Baikal]], {{convert|30|km|mi}} northwest of [[Ust-Barguzin]], [[Barguzinsky District]], [[Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]], Russian SSR, USSR
| coordinates = {{coord|53|37|N|108|44|E|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|53|37|N|108|44|E|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| occupants = 48
| passengers = 44
| passengers = 44
| crew = 4
| crew = 4
| injuries =
| injuries =
| fatalities = 48 (all)
| fatalities = 48
| survivors = 0
| survivors = 0
| aircraft_type = [[Ilyushin Il-14M]]
| aircraft_type = [[Ilyushin Il-14M]]
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'''Aeroflot Flight 498''' was a [[Soviet]] domestic passenger flight from [[Severomuysk]] to [[Ulan-Ude]] that crashed near [[Lake Baikal]] on 14 June 1981 en route to its planned stop at [[Nizhneangarsk Airport]], [[Nizhneangarsk]]. All 44 passengers — including 13 children — and 4 crew members on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. It remains the deadliest crash involving an [[Ilyushin Il-14]]. At the time, it was the 30th-worst accident in Russian aviation history and is now the 50th-worst Russian aviation accident.<ref name="asn"/>
'''Aeroflot Flight 498''' was a [[Soviet]] domestic passenger flight from [[Severomuysk]] to [[Ulan-Ude]] that crashed near [[Lake Baikal]] on 14 June 1981 en route to its planned stop at [[Nizhneangarsk Airport]], [[Nizhneangarsk]]. All 44 passengers—including 13 children—and 4 crew members on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. It remains the deadliest crash involving an [[Ilyushin Il-14]].<ref name="asn"/>


==Aircraft==
==Aircraft==
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Due to bad weather, Nizhneangarsk Airport closed, and the crew rerouted the aircraft to land at an airfield in nearby Ust-Barguzin. Mountains surrounding Lake Baikal were at that time obscured by the cloud cover, and visibility was only about {{convert|5|km}} with rain and winds of up to {{convert|5|m/s|mi/h}}. Foggy conditions and low visibility were likewise reported on Holy Nose Peninsula, what would later become the aircraft's crash site.<ref name="avia"/> At 10:30 MSK, almost an hour after takeoff, the crew reported a nearby flight, and at 10:41 began communications with the air tower at Ulan-Barguzin in preparation for landing. Conditions around the Ust-Barguzin airfield were slightly more favorable than had been projected at the aircraft's height. At 11:02 the aircraft called in to report their location, but in violation of air rules, the crew instead called the air control tower at Ulan-Ude and did not report back to Ust-Barguzin. Additionally, they did not report their location or weather conditions.<ref name="ru"/> The aircraft's data finder, ARP-6, was found to be unstable, about which the Ust-Barguzin air tower warned Flight 498 well in advance.<ref name="avia"/> Due to the faulty equipment, the flight deviated to the right from its course about {{convert|32|km}}. At 11:16, the aircraft descended from a height of {{convert|3600|m}} to {{convert|2700|m}}.<ref name="ru"/> Shortly before the crash, the flight crew intentionally misinformed<ref name="asn"/> the flight deck that the airfield was in sight,<ref name="planecrash"/> and the air tower gave them visual instructions on landing; the crew accepted these instructions at 11:21, without actually being in sight of the air field. The pilot then mistook the Holy Nose Peninsula for the location of the air field.<ref name="ru"/>
Due to bad weather, Nizhneangarsk Airport closed, and the crew rerouted the aircraft to land at an airfield in nearby Ust-Barguzin. Mountains surrounding Lake Baikal were at that time obscured by the cloud cover, and visibility was only about {{convert|5|km}} with rain and winds of up to {{convert|5|m/s|mi/h}}. Foggy conditions and low visibility were likewise reported on Holy Nose Peninsula, what would later become the aircraft's crash site.<ref name="avia"/> At 10:30 MSK, almost an hour after takeoff, the crew reported a nearby flight, and at 10:41 began communications with the air tower at Ulan-Barguzin in preparation for landing. Conditions around the Ust-Barguzin airfield were slightly more favorable than had been projected at the aircraft's height. At 11:02 the aircraft called in to report their location, but in violation of air rules, the crew instead called the air control tower at Ulan-Ude and did not report back to Ust-Barguzin. Additionally, they did not report their location or weather conditions.<ref name="ru"/> The aircraft's data finder, ARP-6, was found to be unstable, about which the Ust-Barguzin air tower warned Flight 498 well in advance.<ref name="avia"/> Due to the faulty equipment, the flight deviated to the right from its course about {{convert|32|km}}. At 11:16, the aircraft descended from a height of {{convert|3600|m}} to {{convert|2700|m}}.<ref name="ru"/> Shortly before the crash, the flight crew intentionally misinformed<ref name="asn"/> the flight deck that the airfield was in sight,<ref name="planecrash"/> and the air tower gave them visual instructions on landing; the crew accepted these instructions at 11:21, without actually being in sight of the air field. The pilot then mistook the Holy Nose Peninsula for the location of the air field.<ref name="ru"/>


At 11:22 MSK, the aircraft crashed {{convert|1300|m}} above sea level on the side of a mountain located on the Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, about {{convert|30|km}} from the Ust-Barguzin airfield. The flight crashed at a 10-degree angle to the left and an angle of trajectory of 2 or 3 degrees.<ref name="avia"/> All 48 people — 44 passengers (including 13 children) and 4 crew members — were killed during the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed beyond repair. Much of the equipment was destroyed in the crash, making the exact cause of the accident difficult to pinpoint.<ref name="asn"/><ref name="ru"/> Among this equipment was the radio compass ARC-5, making its efficiency impossible to determine.<ref name="avia"/> Ultimately, the crash was attributed to passive piloting and crew error.<ref name="asn"/>
At 11:22 MSK, the aircraft crashed {{convert|1300|m}} above sea level on the side of a mountain located on the Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, about {{convert|30|km}} from the Ust-Barguzin airfield. The flight crashed at a 10-degree angle to the left and an angle of trajectory of 2 or 3 degrees.<ref name="avia"/> All 48 people—44 passengers (including 13 children) and 4 crew members—were killed during the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed beyond repair. Much of the equipment was destroyed in the crash, making the exact cause of the accident difficult to pinpoint.<ref name="asn"/><ref name="ru"/> Among this equipment was the radio compass ARC-5, making its efficiency impossible to determine.<ref name="avia"/> Ultimately, the crash was attributed to passive piloting and crew error.<ref name="asn"/>


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="avia">{{cite web |url=http://en.avia.pro/blog/aviakatastrofa-il-14-na-poluostrove-svyatoy-nos-1981 |title=Plane Crash IL-14 BC CAA Holy Nose Peninsula (East of Lake Baikal) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Avia.Pro |publisher=Avia Pro |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="avia">{{cite web |url=http://en.avia.pro/blog/aviakatastrofa-il-14-na-poluostrove-svyatoy-nos-1981 |title=Plane Crash IL-14 BC CAA Holy Nose Peninsula (East of Lake Baikal) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Avia.Pro |publisher=Avia Pro |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="asn">{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810614-0 |title=Accident Description |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 March 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="asn">{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810614-0 |title=Accident Description |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 March 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="planecrash">{{cite web |url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1981/1981-31.htm |title=Accident Details |author=Richard Kebabjian |date= |website=Plane Crash Info |publisher=PlaneCrashInfo.com |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="planecrash">{{cite web |url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1981/1981-31.htm |title=Accident Details |author=Richard Kebabjian |website=Plane Crash Info |publisher=PlaneCrashInfo.com |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="ru">{{cite web |url=http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=45 |title=Катастрофа Ил-14 ВС УГА на полуострове Святой Нос (восток оз.Байкал) |language=ru |author=Dmitri Yertsov |author2=Alexander Fetisov |date= |website=Air Disaster |publisher=Air Disaster |access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="ru">{{cite web |url=http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=45 |title=Катастрофа Ил-14 ВС УГА на полуострове Святой Нос (восток оз.Байкал) |language=ru |author=Dmitri Yertsov |author2=Alexander Fetisov |website=Air Disaster |access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 11:56, 30 July 2024

Not to be confused with Aeroméxico Flight 498.
Aeroflot Flight 498
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-14M, similar to the one involved in the crash
Accident
Date14 June 1981 (1981-06-14)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to crew error
SiteHoly Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Ust-Barguzin, Barguzinsky District, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SSR, USSR
53°37′N 108°44′E / 53.617°N 108.733°E / 53.617; 108.733
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-14M
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-41838
Flight originSeveromuysk
StopoverNizhneangarsk Airport
DestinationBaikal International Airport
Occupants48
Passengers44
Crew4
Fatalities48
Survivors0

Aeroflot Flight 498 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Severomuysk to Ulan-Ude that crashed near Lake Baikal on 14 June 1981 en route to its planned stop at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Nizhneangarsk. All 44 passengers—including 13 children—and 4 crew members on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. It remains the deadliest crash involving an Ilyushin Il-14.[1]

Aircraft

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CCCP-41838 was an Ilyushin Il-14M manufactured on 1 January 1957,[2] with 16,185 total air hours and 18,427 cycles.[1] The aircraft was equipped with engines registered as B B 29471633 252073177. At the time of the crash it was being operated by the East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate of Ulan-Ude under Aeroflot.[2]

Flight description

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The crew consisted of pilot Alex T Mordovia, co-pilot Alexander Lobsonovich Kyrmygenov, and engineer Alexander Zharnikov. Aeroflot Flight 498 was originally scheduled to fly from Severomuysk to Baikal International Airport in Ulan-Ude, with a planned en-route stop at Nizhneangarsk Airport in Nizhneangarsk.[2] The flight had exceeded its takeoff weight capacity by 186 kilograms (410 lb). The aircraft left from Severomuysk at 09:41 MSK.[3]

Due to bad weather, Nizhneangarsk Airport closed, and the crew rerouted the aircraft to land at an airfield in nearby Ust-Barguzin. Mountains surrounding Lake Baikal were at that time obscured by the cloud cover, and visibility was only about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) with rain and winds of up to 5 metres per second (11 mph). Foggy conditions and low visibility were likewise reported on Holy Nose Peninsula, what would later become the aircraft's crash site.[2] At 10:30 MSK, almost an hour after takeoff, the crew reported a nearby flight, and at 10:41 began communications with the air tower at Ulan-Barguzin in preparation for landing. Conditions around the Ust-Barguzin airfield were slightly more favorable than had been projected at the aircraft's height. At 11:02 the aircraft called in to report their location, but in violation of air rules, the crew instead called the air control tower at Ulan-Ude and did not report back to Ust-Barguzin. Additionally, they did not report their location or weather conditions.[3] The aircraft's data finder, ARP-6, was found to be unstable, about which the Ust-Barguzin air tower warned Flight 498 well in advance.[2] Due to the faulty equipment, the flight deviated to the right from its course about 32 kilometres (20 mi). At 11:16, the aircraft descended from a height of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) to 2,700 metres (8,900 ft).[3] Shortly before the crash, the flight crew intentionally misinformed[1] the flight deck that the airfield was in sight,[4] and the air tower gave them visual instructions on landing; the crew accepted these instructions at 11:21, without actually being in sight of the air field. The pilot then mistook the Holy Nose Peninsula for the location of the air field.[3]

At 11:22 MSK, the aircraft crashed 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level on the side of a mountain located on the Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Ust-Barguzin airfield. The flight crashed at a 10-degree angle to the left and an angle of trajectory of 2 or 3 degrees.[2] All 48 people—44 passengers (including 13 children) and 4 crew members—were killed during the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed beyond repair. Much of the equipment was destroyed in the crash, making the exact cause of the accident difficult to pinpoint.[1][3] Among this equipment was the radio compass ARC-5, making its efficiency impossible to determine.[2] Ultimately, the crash was attributed to passive piloting and crew error.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Plane Crash IL-14 BC CAA Holy Nose Peninsula (East of Lake Baikal)". Avia.Pro. Avia Pro. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dmitri Yertsov; Alexander Fetisov. "Катастрофа Ил-14 ВС УГА на полуострове Святой Нос (восток оз.Байкал)". Air Disaster (in Russian). Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. ^ Richard Kebabjian. "Accident Details". Plane Crash Info. PlaneCrashInfo.com. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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