Aeroflot Flight 498
 An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-14M, similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Date | 14 June 1981 |
|---|---|
| Summary | Crew error; aircraft destroyed |
| Site | Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Ust-Barguzin, Barguzinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, USSR |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-14M |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-41838 |
| Flight origin | Severomuysk |
| Stopover | Nizhneangarsk Airport, Nizhneangarsk, USSR |
| Destination | Baikal International Airport, Ulan-Ude, USSR |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 48 (all) |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Missing | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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 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.[1]
Aircraft
CCCP-41838 was an Ilyushin Il-14M manufactured in 1957, with 16,185 total air hours and 18,427 cycles.[1] The aircraft was equipped with engines registered as B B29471633 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
The crew consisted of pilot Alex T Mordovia, co-pilot Alexander Lobsonovich Kyrmygenov, engineer Alexander Zharnikov, and flight attendant Nina Romanova Krishtalova.[2] 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. Due to bad weather, the pilot rerouted the aircraft to land at an airfield in nearby Ust-Barguzin, instead of in Nizhneangarsk. At 4:22 p.m. local time, 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. All 48 people — 44 passengers and 4 crew members — were killed during the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed beyond repair.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Aviation Safety Network. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Plane Crash IL-14 BC CAA Holy Nose Peninsula (East of Lake Baikal)". Avia.Pro. Avia Pro. Retrieved 21 March 2016.