Irkutsk – Magdagachi – Khabarovsk

On August 7, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Irkutsk – Magdagachi – Khabarovsk experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Magdagachi Amur oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 16 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.9%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the descent to Magdagachi Airport in marginal weather conditions: broken at 600 meters, few clouds at 330 meters, rain showers and 3 km visibility. The captain descended successively to 700, 400 and 100 meters then adopted a high rate of descent of 10-11 meters per second. The copilot suggested to abandon the landing for a go around procedure but the captain continued the approach when the airplane struck approach lights and crashed short of runway threshold. The flight engineer was killed while all other occupants were injured, the copilot seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1828, MSN 9 301 34 15, year of manufacture 24.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.4509°, 125.8035°.