Aeroflot Flight 10 (1957)

Aeroflot

Industry	Aviation
Founded	1923
Headquarters	Moscow , Soviet Union
Area served	Soviet Union
Products	Air transport services

Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence Aeroflot Flight 10 was involved in a fatal aviation accident on Wednesday, 18 December 1957. The incident occurred near Mount Poktoy, located roughly 30 kilometers west of Birobidzhan, and resulted in the loss of all 27 individuals aboard an Ilyushin Il-12 aircraft operated by Aeroflot.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an Il-12P bearing the factory number 30015 and serial number 015. It was produced at the "Banner of Labor" factory in Moscow, with a completion date of 28 February 1947. Registered under the tail number USSR-L1309, it was initially assigned to the Vnukovo aviation unit of MUTA by the Main Directorate of Civil Air Fleet under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Within the same year, specifically in April, the plane was reassigned to the East Siberian Territorial Directorate’s 1st Irkutsk (134th) air transport detachment. By the time of the accident, the aircraft had logged a total flight time of 10,436 hours.

Accident

The wreckage of the aircraft, which had been completely destroyed and burned, was discovered in June 1958 on the northwestern incline of Mount Poktoy, about 30 kilometers west of Birobidzhan. An investigative team surveyed the crash location on 15 June. The aircraft entered a spiraling descent with its engines operating at an angle of approximately 85° and a right bank before impacting a hillside sloped at roughly 45°. This catastrophic event resulted in the deaths of all 27 passengers and crew members on board. Available records indicate that this accident represents the deadliest aviation disaster within the Jewish Autonomous Region.