Santiago de Cuba – Havana

On March 27, 1962 at 12:00 AM, Santiago de Cuba – Havana experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Cubana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

22 people were known to be on board, 22 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 18, other fatalities: 0.

A minute after its takeoff from runway 19, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea less than one km off shore. The aircraft was destroyed and all 22 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CU-T819.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.0214°, -75.8295°.