Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 5 December 1968 |
Time: | 19:38 |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-14 |
Operator: | CAAC |
Registration: | 640 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | 1959 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 1,2 km (0.8 mls) from Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK) ( China)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Xian-Xiguan Airport (SIA/ZLXG), China |
Destination airport: | Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA), China |
Narrative:There were only two crew members on this Il-14, an inexperienced pilot-in-command and a right-seat instructor. While descending at night in poor visibility, the plane deviated from the glideslope. It slammed into the ground 1.2 km from the runway threshold, disintegrated and burst into flames. Both occupants were killed.
It was discovered that the flight instructor was not in the cockpit to assist the pilot during the approach. Moreover, the Il-14's altimeter setting was found to be incorrect.
This was the second Il-14 crash in Beijing in less than 24 hours. In the morning of 5 December 1968, another CAAC's Il-14 also went down while approaching Beijing Capital International Airport. The two Il-14s crashed only 200 meters apart.
Sources:
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Soviet Transports» Collection of Civil Aircraft Accidents 1949~1989. Compiled by CAAC. (in Chinese)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Xian-Xiguan Airport to Beijing-Capital International Airport as the crow flies is 927 km (580 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.