| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 16, 1966 |
| Time: | 1635 |
| Location: | Pechora, Russia |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Flight #: | 302 |
| Route: | Vorkuta - Syktyvkar |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin II-14 |
| Registration: | CCCP-52058 |
| cn / ln: | 7343609 |
| Aboard: | 26 (passengers:18 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 26 (passengers:18 crew:8) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | An hour after he departed Vorkuta Airport bound for Syktyvkar, the crew reported a fire on the right engine. After the engine detached, the plane crashed in a lake. The right engine number five cylinder broke in flight, which resulted in the breaking of the connecting rod and the failure of the cylinders number three and seven. The destruction of these three cylinders caused the hydraulic fluid to be ejected from the crankcase through the exhaust manifold, causing a violent fire that the crew was unable to extinguish. |
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