Ilyushin II-12 crash, Jul 21, 1949 (13 killed), Marga Irk...
Ilyushin II-12 accident on July 21, 1949 near Marga Irkutsk oblast, Russia with 13 fatalities. Cause: Crew decision to continue toward Nizhneudinsk...
- Date: July 21, 1949
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-12
- Location: Marga Irkutsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew decision to continue toward Nizhneudinsk instead of landing immediately after the engine fire
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il 12 (CCCP-L1714) on the Moscow to Khabarovsk service crashed near Marga, Irkutsk Oblast, on 21 July 1949. A left engine fire at 3,000 m led the captain to divert toward Nizhneudinsk, and the aircraft stalled into tree tops and crashed in flames. The crash killed 13 people.