Severomuysk – Nizhneangarsk - Ulan-Ude

On June 14, 1981 at 04:22 PM, Severomuysk – Nizhneangarsk - Ulan-Ude experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ust-Barguzin Republic of Buryatia.

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

48 people were known to be on board, 48 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: 44, passenger fatalities: 44, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Severomuysk Airport at 1441LT on a schedule service to Ulan-Ude with an intermediate stop in Nizhneangarsk, carrying 44 passengers and a crew of four. Bound to the west, while cruising to an altitude of 3,600 meters, the crew was informed about poor weather conditions at destination. As the Nizhneangarsk Airport was closed to traffic, the crew was instructed to divert to Ust-Barguzin Airport located on the east shore of Lake Baykal, in the Svyatoi Nos peninsula. While descending to Ust-Barguzin Airport at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain and crashed 30 km northwest of Ust-Barguzin. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and all 48 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-41838, MSN 1470 011 41, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.4147°, 109.0290°.