| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 01, 1969 |
| Time: | 1305 |
| Location: | Cross Bay, Russia |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Flight #: | 55 |
| Route: | Anadyr - Cross Bay |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-14P |
| Registration: | CCCP-61731 |
| cn / ln: | 146000205 |
| Aboard: | 27 (passengers:22 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 22 (passengers:17 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane crashed into a hillside 24 km from the airport in poor weather while on approach. Failure of the crew to reduce speed and approach in weather worse than the specified minimum. |
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