Aircraft accident at the Vockerode power plant
| Aircraft accident at the Vockerode power plant | |
|---|---|
_Il-14P,_East_Germany_-_Air_Force_AN1372755.jpg) Il-14P of the NVA in Eberswalde-Finow, 2008 |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Controlled flight into terrain |
| place |
Vockerode power plant , German Democratic Republic
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| date | July 22, 1960 |
| Fatalities | 6th |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 1 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Ilyushin Il-14P (T)
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| operator |
Air Force of the National People's Army
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| Mark |
400
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| Departure airport |
Dessau Airport , German Democratic Republic
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| Destination airport |
Dessau Airport , German Democratic Republic
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| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The aircraft accident at the Vockerode power plant occurred on July 22, 1960. On this day, an Ilyushin Il-14P of the Air Force of the National People's Army had an accident after it collided with a chimney of the Vockerode power plant . Seven people died in the incident.
machine
The machine concerned was an Il-14P (T) built in 1956 by VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden with the serial number 14803004 , one of 80 Il- 14s built under license in the GDR. The machine had completed its maiden flight on December 27, 1956 with the test number DM-ZZG assigned five days earlier , with which ten further test flights were carried out by January 28, 1957 to check the technical components. On March 1, 1957, the machine was registered with the registration DM-UAB and carried out a control flight. The handover flight followed six days later, with representatives of the National People's Army (NVA) present. The delivery flight followed on March 11, 1957; The machine was put into operation by the NVA at the Transport Aviation School (TFS) based in Dessau with the tactical number 400 .
Inmates and flight plan
The machine took off at Dessau Airport on a weather observation flight and was supposed to land there again. There were six crew members on board.
the accident
The machine took off at 7:30 a.m. in Dessau. Although the weather conditions deteriorated noticeably, the captain decided to conduct the flight according to visual flight rules below the cloud cover instead of having the aircraft climb in instrument flight . At 7:40 a.m., the machine collided with one of the 140 meter high chimneys of the Vockerode power plant. The right wing struck against the chimney no. 1, while the left wing was torn off as a result of the sudden braking of the machine by the impact. The machine fell to the ground on the power plant site. All six inmates and a power plant scaffolding worker on the ground were killed in the incident.
additional
An aircraft engine of the machine was exhibited in the machine hall of the power plant in 1999.
Web links
- ASN Aircraft accident VEB 14P 400 Vockerode. In: aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network , accessed July 27, 2020 .
- Crash of an Ilyushin II-14T in Vockerode: 7 killed. In: baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, accessed July 27, 2020 .
- Operating history of the machine
Individual evidence
- ^ Detlef Billig, Manfred Meyer: Airplanes of the GDR. Type book military and civil aviation. Volume I until 1962. Friedland 2002, ISBN 3-613-02198-6 , p. 122.
- ↑ Report 08/08/99. In: rausfahrer.de. August 8, 1999, accessed July 27, 2020 .