Ilyushin II-14 crash, Jan 30, 1961 (1 killed), Stalingrad...
Ilyushin II-14 accident on January 30, 1961 near Stalingrad Volgograd oblast, Russia with 1 fatality. Cause: Errors in crew coordination during a...
- Date: January 30, 1961
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-14
- Location: Stalingrad Volgograd oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Errors in crew coordination during a simulated engine failure on a training flight; the aircraft crashed after takeoff.
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il 14 on a training flight crashed just after takeoff from Stalingrad on 30 January 1961. During a simulated engine failure the crew mistook a power reduction by the instructor for a real failure and shut the engine down, and the aircraft then banked and crashed. One of the four people on board was killed.