Tbilisi - Tbilisi

On July 19, 1950 at 10:08 PM, Tbilisi - Tbilisi experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka) Tbilisi City District.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a circular training flight in Tbilisi-Alekseyevka at night with 6 unauthorized passengers on board when the trainee pilot deviated from the approach pattern and glide path, so the aircraft hit the top of a hill (175 metres but not indicated on the flight map) located some 4.8 km northwest of the airport, broke up, came to rest on the slope of the hill and caught fire. Three crew and a passenger were killed while all six other occupants were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1340, MSN 30 046, year of manufacture 6.