CCCP-L1718 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

April 22, 1956Accident
Less than one minute after takeoff from Sukhumi Airport by night, while climbing to a height of 60 meters, the aircraft adopted a pitch-down attitude and eventually crashed into the sea about 3 km off shore. The airplane sank by 15 meters deep and all six occupants were killed. The aircraft was carrying a load of 2,117 kilos of mail.
Ил-14 · 6 fatalities
The exact cause of the accident could not be established with certainty. However, the assumption the pilot could be blinded by a beam was not ruled out. Full accident record