Pevek – Mys Kosistyy – Khatanga – Moscow

On December 30, 1958 at 09:53 PM, Pevek – Mys Kosistyy – Khatanga – Moscow experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Khatanga Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 94.1%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On the leg from Mys Kosistyy to Khatanga of a flight from Pevek to Moscow during the polar night, the aircraft deviated from the prescribed flight path to the left by 38 km. The crew descended prematurely and the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a hill (340 metres high) located about 65 km from the Khatanga Airport. It came to rest upside down after some 400 metres and caught fire. The rescue teams arrived on the scene a day later, on December 31. A passenger was seriously injured while all 16 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-04196, MSN 14700 13 16, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 72.5721°, 104.2904°.