Ilyushin II-14 crash, Aug 17, 1957 (8 killed), Kiev-Zhuli...
Ilyushin II-14 accident on August 17, 1957 near Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky Kiev oblast, Ukraine with 8 fatalities. Cause: Air traffic control error at...
- Date: August 17, 1957
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-14
- Location: Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky Kiev oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Air traffic control error at Kiev Zhulyany Airport, with lack of caution by the crews of both aircraft also contributing.
An Aeroflot Il 14 on a cargo flight from Sofia to Kiev collided in mid air with Il 14 CCCP L1360, a training flight, while both were approaching Kiev Zhulyany Airport at about 250 to 300 metres. The propeller of CCCP L2071 struck the wing of L1360, and its own propeller entered the cockpit. Both aircraft crashed into houses 4.5 km from the airport, killing all nine on board and six people on the ground.