Il-14 crash near Nashchyokino

The Il-14 crash near Nashchyokino was an aviation disaster that occurred in the daytime on Wednesday 11 August 1971. An Il-14 passenger aircraft belonging to the Tbilisi Aircraft Plant named after Dimitrov was operating a flight on the Tbilisi-Krasnodar-Moscow route, but a few hours after takeoff from Pashkovsky Airport (Krasnodar) it crashed into the ground 3 kilometres from the village of Nashchyokino (Voronezh Oblast). All 6 people on board were killed — 5 crew members and 1 passenger.

Chronology of events

On 11 August 1971, aircraft USSR-64456 was to operate a flight on the Tbilisi-Krasnodar-Moscow route. In Tbilisi the aircraft took on cargo: 20 empty cylinders intended for storing argon gas and 6 boxes of metal parts; the total weight of the cargo in the aircraft was 1792 kilograms. On board the aircraft was a passenger — a flight engineer of the plant's aviation detachment. At 10:48 the aircraft departed Tbilisi and headed for Krasnodar. In Krasnodar the aircraft landed at 12:59 and refuelled. At 13:55 the aircraft departed Krasnodar and set course for Myachkovo airfield (Moscow), where it was to unload the cargo. The flight to Moscow proceeded at a speed of 300 km/h. The weather was clear, with visibility of 20 kilometres. The aircraft was flying on a magnetic heading of 350 degrees. The crew maintained radio communication and there were no reports of anything unforeseen. But at 16:10 the crew stopped making contact. The wreckage of the aircraft was found in a field, 9 kilometres west of the route the aircraft was supposed to fly. Before colliding with the ground the aircraft turned upside down, fin downward, and at an altitude of 300—350 metres began to break up; there was no fire on board the aircraft. From the impact at an angle of 15—20 degrees and a speed of no less than 330 km/h with the landing gear retracted, the aircraft was completely destroyed. All 6 people on board the aircraft were killed.