Ilyushin II-14 crash, Jun 10, 1960 (31 killed), Tkvarchel...
Ilyushin II-14 accident on June 10, 1960 near Tkvarcheli Abkhazia, Georgia with 31 fatalities. Cause: Crew navigation error after hurried preparation...
- Date: June 10, 1960
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-14
- Location: Tkvarcheli Abkhazia, Georgia
- Fatalities: 31
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew navigation error after hurried preparation and underestimating the weather, with the Sukhumi controllers not monitoring the flight.
Aeroflot Flight 207, an Ilyushin Il 14P (CCCP 91571) flying from Rostov on Don to Tbilisi with several stops, crashed into Mount Rech near Tkvarcheli in cloud on 10 June 1960. All 31 people on board were killed. The commission found the crew deviated north of the route and that preparation and air traffic control supervision were inadequate.