| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS | 
| Date: | December 17, 1961 | 
| Time: | 1600 | 
| Location: | Near Chebotovka, Russia | 
| Operator: | Aeroflot | 
| Flight #: | 245 | 
| Route: | Moscow - Adler | 
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18B | 
| Registration: | CCCP-75654 | 
| cn / ln: | 188000503 | 
| Aboard: | 59 (passengers:50 crew:9) | 
| Fatalities: | 59 (passengers:50 crew:9) | 
| Ground: | 0 | 
| Summary: | The plane made an unconcrolled dive and crashed into a snow covered field. The flight engineer inadvertently caused the flaps to be selected to 40 degrees. | 
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