 An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-14M, similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 June 1981 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to crew error |
| Site | Holy Nose Peninsula in Lake Baikal, 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Ust-Barguzin, Barguzinsky District, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SSR, USSR 53°37′N 108°44′E / 53.617°N 108.733°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-14M |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-41838 |
| Flight origin | Severomuysk |
| Stopover | Nizhneangarsk Airport |
| Destination | Baikal International Airport |
| Occupants | 48 |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 48 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 498 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Severomuysk to Ulan-Ude that crashed near Lake Baikal on 14 June 1981 en route to its planned stop at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Nizhneangarsk. All 44 passengers—including 13 children—and 4 crew members on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. It remains the deadliest crash involving an Ilyushin Il-14.[1]