Ilyushin II-12 crash, Dec 5, 1954 (1 killed), Pervomaiski...
Ilyushin II-12 accident on December 5, 1954 near Pervomaiski AFB (Almaty) Almaty Province, Kazakhstan with 1 fatality. Cause: The left engine failed...
- Date: December 5, 1954
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-12
- Location: Pervomaiski AFB (Almaty) Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The left engine failed after takeoff and the crew shut it down after misreading a burned-out valve as a fire. The emergency landing attempt at the nearby airbase failed.
Shortly after takeoff from Almaty the left engine failed and caught fire while the Il-12 was climbing. The captain turned back to the nearby Pervomaiski airbase, but the aircraft stalled on final approach, struck buildings and trees and came down on a building. One stewardess was killed, 18 other occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.