Tbilisi – Kutaisi

On November 28, 1964 at 07:41 AM, Tbilisi – Kutaisi experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Surami Shida Kartli.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 46.7%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Tbilisi Airport at 0655LT bound for Kutaisi on flight SU051F. The crew was cleared to climb to 2,700 meters and while approaching the region of Surami, he encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls and a visibility reduced to 50-500 meters. Following successives errors on part of ATC based in Kutaisi, the crew was cleared to descend from 2,700 to 2,100, 1,500 and then to 1,200 meters successively. In zero visibility, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a snow covered mountain located near Surami. The wreckage was found a day later at the altitude of 980 meters. Three crew members and four passengers were killed while eight other people were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed but there was no fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-41883, MSN 1460 007 08, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0181°, 43.5630°.