Nagurskoye - Nagurskoye

On October 20, 1963 at 12:00 PM, Nagurskoye - Nagurskoye experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Graham Bell Island Arkhangelsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 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 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Nagurskoye Airport, in the Franz-Josef Archipelago, at 0820LT with a crew of five and two hydrologists on board to perform an ice reconnaissance to allow the launch of the icebreaker 'Indigirka'. While flying at an altitude of 150 meters in a visibility less than one km, the aircraft struck the southwest slope of the Graham Bell Glacier, flew for 750 meters before crashing in flames. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was below minima.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-04197, MSN 1470 013 26, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 80.9166°, 64.2206°.