Dessau - Dessau

On July 22, 1960 at 07:40 AM, Dessau - Dessau experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by East German Air Force - Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee, with the event recorded near Vockerode Saxony-Anhalt.

The flight was categorized as meteorological / weather and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 116.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a weather observation mission. After takeoff from Dessau Airport, instead of climbing and flying under IFR, the captain decided to continue under VFR mode below the clouds and in limited visibility. Ten minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane struck with its right wing the chimney of a metallurgical complexe and crashed in flames. All six crew members and one person on the ground were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 400, MSN 14 803 004, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8528°, 12.3280°.