Avia 14 crash, Aug 24, 1963 (32 killed), Kutaisi Imereti
Avia 14 accident on August 24, 1963 near Kutaisi Imereti, Georgia with 32 fatalities. Cause: The crew flew visually below a safe altitude in mountains...
- Date: August 24, 1963
- Aircraft: Avia 14
- Location: Kutaisi Imereti, Georgia
- Fatalities: 32
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew flew visually below a safe altitude in mountains in a thunderstorm, after controllers allowed a visual flight at 1,500 m without suitable weather and the crew did not get weather information about the main route.
Aeroflot Flight 663, an Avia 14 on a scheduled service from Tbilisi to Krasnodar with stops, left Kutaisi in a thunderstorm and flew into a mountainside 7 km north of Gegechkori after drifting off the route. All 32 people on board were killed, including three stowaways.