Novosibirsk - Novosibirsk

On April 25, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Novosibirsk - Novosibirsk experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Novosibirsk-Severny Airport at 1400LT for a local training flight. At that time, weather conditions were poor with overcast at 200 meters, rain showers, visibility less than three km and icing conditions in clouds. While flying into the clouds at an altitude estimated between 1,200 and 1,250 meters with the left engine inoperative, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that turned to the left, dove into the ground and crashed in flames few km from the airport. A crew member was injured while eight other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1312, MSN 30018, year of manufacture 14.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.9784°, 82.8837°.