Kuybyshev - Ulyanovsk

On December 28, 1960 at 07:42 PM, Kuybyshev - Ulyanovsk experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as training 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, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a training flight from Kuybyshev to Ulyanovsk, carrying 13 crew members (five instructors and eight pilots under supervision) and four employees of the Voronezh aircraft plant. Following an uneventful flight, the pilot started the approach and when the flaps were selected down to 40°, the airplane became unstable. From a height of 120-150 metes, it stalled and crashed in a field located 1,240 meters short of runway threshold. The airplane was destroyed and all 17 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-75651, MSN 188 0004 05, year of manufacture 18.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.3150°, 48.4034°.