Ilyushin II-14 crash, Nov 25, 1960 (9 killed), Leningrad-...
Ilyushin II-14 accident on November 25, 1960 near Leningrad-Shosseynaya Leningrad oblast, Russia with 9 fatalities. Cause: During a training flight the...
- Date: November 25, 1960
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-14
- Location: Leningrad-Shosseynaya Leningrad oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: During a training flight the instructor simulated a right engine failure while flying between cloud layers. The crew became disorientated and the aircraft dived, leaving cloud too low to recover.
An Aeroflot Il 14FK on a training flight from Leningrad Shosseynaya entered a dive after the crew became disorientated in cloud during a simulated engine failure. It came out of cloud at about 200 metres, too low to recover, and crashed near Dachnoe. All nine on board were killed.