Leningrad – Penza – Saratov

On October 30, 1960 at 09:58 PM, Leningrad – Penza – Saratov experienced a crash involving Avia 14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Penza Penza oblast.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Leningrad to Saratov with an intermediate stop at Penza, carrying a load of refrigerator spare parts. After takeoff from Penza Airport, while climbing by night, the airplane banked left to 40° then stalled and crashed in flames in a field located 2 km from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all five crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-52025, MSN 051 704 114, year of manufacture 29.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.1953°, 45.0190°.