Khabarovsk – Chita – Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Omsk – Sverdlovsk – Moscow-Vnukovo

On September 2, 1948 at 03:00 PM, Khabarovsk – Chita – Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Omsk – Sverdlovsk – Moscow-Vnukovo experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 19 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Just after liftoff, while climbing to a height of 2-3 meters, the aircraft stalled. As the undercarriage have been raised, the aircraft hit the ground on its belly, causing the propeller of the right engine to be sheared off. A blade went through the fuselage and penetrated into the cabin, killing a passenger. The aircraft slid for several hundred yards, lost its left wing and left engine before coming to rest 491 meters past the runway end. Five passengers were injured and the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1465, MSN 83 024 21, year of manufacture 7.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.9784°, 82.8837°.