Crash of an Ilyushin II-14T in Vockerode: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 22, 1960 at 0740 LT
Operator:
Registration:
400
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dessau - Dessau
MSN:
14 803 004
YOM:
1958
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a weather observation mission. After takeoff from Dessau Airport, instead of climbing and flying under IFR, the captain decided to continue under VFR mode below the clouds and in limited visibility. Ten minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane struck with its right wing the chimney of a metallurgical complexe and crashed in flames. All six crew members and one person on the ground were killed.
