| - | 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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