Chita - Bagdarin

On August 9, 1975 at 10:27 AM, Chita - Bagdarin experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Bagdarin Republic of Buryatia.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was engaged in a special mission on behalf of the Voyekova Geophysical Observatory, carrying a crew of five and six passengers, among them three employees of the observatory. Following a successfully mission consisting of thunderstorm observation, the crew was approaching Bagdarin when he encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and heavy rain falls. While descending to an altitude of 600 meters in clouds, the airplane struck tree tops, stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area located on the slope of a mountain (827 meters high), about 28 km from the Bagdarin Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 11 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-52056, MSN 7 34 28 04, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.4434°, 113.5905°.