Tbilisi – Kutaisi – Sukhumi – Krasnodar

On August 24, 1963 at 10:53 AM, Tbilisi – Kutaisi – Sukhumi – Krasnodar experienced a crash involving Avia 14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Kutaisi Imereti.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 32 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: 27, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Kutaisi, the crew decided to continue under VFR rules despite a limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. In such conditions, the crew did not realize he deviated about 13 km from the prescribed departure route and was cruising at an insufficient altitude. Eight minutes after its departure, while cruising at an altitude of 900 meters, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located 7 km north of Gereshkori, about 32 km northwest of Kutaisi. The wreckage was found a day later and all 32 occupants were killed, among them three stowaways.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-61617, MSN 014 602 107, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.2645°, 42.6596°.