Khabarovsk – Irkutsk

On August 15, 1958 at 10:20 PM, Khabarovsk – Irkutsk experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Chita Zabaykalsky Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

64 people were known to be on board, 64 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 58, passenger fatalities: 58, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Khabarovsk Airport with a delay of 3 hours and 35 minutes due to poor weather conditions. En route, while cruising at an assigned altitude of 11,000 meters, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the captain decided to gain height to avoid the low pressure area. Shortly later, while at an altitude of 12,000 meters, the airplane went out of control and nosed down. It dove into the ground and crashed by an angle of 60° nose down in a field located near Chita. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 64 occupants were killed. Debris were scattered on a distance of about 450 meters.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L5442, MSN 7 35 03 03, year of manufacture 28.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.0334°, 113.5009°.