Aeroflot Flight 2723 - Misplaced Pages

1966 aviation accident

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Aeroflot Flight 2723" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2024)

Aeroflot Flight 2723
Accident
An Ilyushin Il-14 similar to the one involved in the crash
Date	23 April 1966 (1966-04-23)
Summary	Double engine failure for reasons unknown, ditching at sea
Site	Caspian Sea, south of the Absheron Peninsula
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-14P
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-61772
Flight origin	Bina International Airport
Stopover	Makhachkala Airport
Destination	Saratov Airport
Passengers	28
Crew	5
Fatalities	33
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 2723 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Bina International Airport to Makhachkala Airport. On 23 April 1966 the Ilyushin Il-14 operating the route ditched in the Caspian Sea following engine problems.

Aircraft

The Ilyushin Il-14P involved was built in 1956 and flew until 1959 registered as CCCP-Л1772 for Aeroflot, before the registration was changed to СССР-61772. By the time of the accident, the aircraft had completed 16,257 flying hours.

Accident

The Il-14P departed at 07:42 local time from Baku for Saratov with a stopover in Makhachkala. The weather at the time of departure was heavy rain and thick clouds with a ceiling of 140–200 m (460–660 ft). About 12 minutes after takeoff, at an altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft), the pilots reported engine problems and assumed that the cause was wet spark plugs. The flight turned around to return to Baku, but during the approach the left engine began vibrating and lost power.

At 07:59, the crew reported that the temperature had dropped sharply in both engines. The crew descended to 200 m (660 ft) over sea, but due to the poor visibility the crew could not locate the airport and flew back out over the Caspian Sea. The pilot then sent an SOS and radioed that he had to ditch the aircraft in the sea. That was the last radio contact with Flight 2723.

Investigation

No trace of the aircraft was found until 13 May 1966 when the wreckage was found by accident on the seabed in 23 m (75 ft) of water some 18–20 km (11–12 mi) south of Nargin Island by Navy divers searching for another sunken object. The aircraft and most of the bodies of those on board were removed from the water by a floating crane. The fuselage had little significant damage, indicating that the aircraft hit the water at a shallow angle and remained relatively intact. The investigation was unable to find the cause of the engine failures.

References

"Il-14 c/n 146000310". Scramble Soviet Transport Database.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

Aeroflot

Part of SkyTeam alliance

Subsidiaries

Active	Pobeda Rossiya
Inactive	Dobrolet Donavia Orenair SAT Airlines Vladivostok Air
Exited	Aurora Nordavia (now Smartavia)

Fleet

Accidents and
incidents

1940s	G-2 Alma-Ata crash ANT-20bis crash CCCP-Л1450 crash Flight 17
1950s	Il-12 Karaganda crash Il-12 Novosibirsk crash Kemerovo mid-air collision Flight 229 Flight 783 Flight 10 Flight 136 Flight 214 Flight 229 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 11 Flight 10 Flight 105 Flight 04 Flight 365 Flight 164 Il-12 Lazo crash Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight F-28 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight N-63 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight X-167 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 Flight 2420 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight E-15 Flight A-53 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 6515 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight F-637 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight F-77 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	Flight E-35D CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1966 (1966)
Jan 14 Avianca Flight 03Jan 17 Palomares incidentJan 24 Air India Flight 101Jan 28 Lufthansa Flight 005Feb 2 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17Feb 4 All Nippon Airways Flight 60Feb 16 Aeroflot Flight 302Feb 17 Aeroflot Flight 65Feb 28 NASA T-38 crashMar 4 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402Mar 5 BOAC Flight 911Mar 18 United Arab Airlines Flight 749Apr 22 American Flyers Airline Flight 280/DApr 23 Aeroflot Flight 2723Apr 27 LANSA Flight 501Jun 3 Felthorpe Trident crashJun 29 Philippine Air Lines Flight 785Jul 4 Air New Zealand DC-8 crashJul 22 Holden's Lightning flightAug 6 Braniff Flight 250Sep 1 Britannia Airways Flight 105Sep 22 Ansett-ANA Flight 149Sep 28 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijackingOct 1 West Coast Airlines Flight 956Nov 13 All Nippon Airways Flight 533Nov 15 Pan Am Flight 708Nov 24 TABSO Flight 101Dec 24 Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crash
1965 ◄ ► 1967

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1966 (1966)

Jan 14 Avianca Flight 03Jan 17 Palomares incidentJan 24 Air India Flight 101Jan 28 Lufthansa Flight 005Feb 2 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17Feb 4 All Nippon Airways Flight 60Feb 16 Aeroflot Flight 302Feb 17 Aeroflot Flight 65Feb 28 NASA T-38 crashMar 4 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402Mar 5 BOAC Flight 911Mar 18 United Arab Airlines Flight 749Apr 22 American Flyers Airline Flight 280/DApr 23 Aeroflot Flight 2723Apr 27 LANSA Flight 501Jun 3 Felthorpe Trident crashJun 29 Philippine Air Lines Flight 785Jul 4 Air New Zealand DC-8 crashJul 22 Holden's Lightning flightAug 6 Braniff Flight 250Sep 1 Britannia Airways Flight 105Sep 22 Ansett-ANA Flight 149Sep 28 Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijackingOct 1 West Coast Airlines Flight 956Nov 13 All Nippon Airways Flight 533Nov 15 Pan Am Flight 708Nov 24 TABSO Flight 101Dec 24 Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crash

1965 ◄ ► 1967

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union in the 1960s
1960	Aeroflot Flight 315 (February 1960) U-2 incident (May 1960) Aeroflot Flight 207 (June 1960) RB-47 shootdown incident (July 1960) Aeroflot Flight 036 (August 1960) Austrian Airlines Flight 901 (September 1960)
1961	Aeroflot Flight 068 (March 1961) Aeroflot Flight 245 (17 December 1961) Mineralnye Vody Aeroflot Il-18 crash (31 December 1961)
1962	Aeroflot Flight 902 (June 1962) Aeroflot Flight 415 (July 1962) Aeroflot Flight 03 (3 September 1962) Aeroflot Flight 213 (18 September 1962)
1963	Aeroflot Flight 191 (March 1963) Aeroflot Flight 25 (April 1963) Aeroflot Flight 012 (July 1963) Aeroflot Flight 366 (21 August 1963) Aeroflot Flight 663 (24 August 1963)
1964	Aeroflot Flight 721 (September 1964)
1965	Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 (January 1965) Aeroflot Flight 542 (7 March 1965) Aeroflot Flight 513 (8 March 1965) Khanty-Mansiysk Aeroflot An-24 crash (20 March 1965) Aeroflot Flight 99 (November 1965)
1966	Aeroflot Flight 302 (16 February 1966) Aeroflot Flight 065 (17 February 1966) Aeroflot Flight 2723 (April 1966)
1967	Aeroflot Flight 5003 (January 1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 (November 1967) Aeroflot Flight L-51 (December 1967)
1968	Aeroflot Flight 1668 (January 1968) Aeroflot Flight 15 (February 1968) Death of Yuri Gagarin (March 1968) Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A (July 1968)
1969	Yukhnov mid-air collision (23 June 1969) Aeroflot Flight F-28 (28 June 1969) Aeroflot Flight N-826 (3 August 1969) Aeroflot Flight 1770 (26 August 1969)
1950–1959 ◄ 1960–1969 ► 1970–1979

Categories:

Aircraft

Accident

Investigation

See also

References

External links