Safety Record
Of the 663 Il-12s produced, 11 have been lost in accidents.
| Date | Registration | Location | Casualties | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01.07.1947 | Л1317 | Vnukovo | NA | Engine failure, the aircraft lost speed and crashed. |
| 18.12.1947 | Л1343 | near Krasnoyarsk | 7/25 | Engine failure, crashed while returning to the aerodrome of departure. |
| 01.09.1948 | Л1465 | Severny Airport | 1/NA | Lost speed on take-off and was damaged due to crew errors |
| 09.09.1948 | Л1427 | Buguruslan | 5/5 | Loss of control due to engine failure simulation in a test flight. |
| 12.10.1948 | Л1450 | near Baku | 10/10 | Crashed in bad weather. |
| 23.12.1948 | Л1731 | near Vnukovo | 4/4 | mid-air collision due to crew negligence |
| 1952 | SP-LHE | Warsaw | NA | Engine fire; written off. |
| 18.07.1952 | SP-LHC | Warsaw | 0/NA | Damaged on landing |
| 05.10.1952 | Л1328 | near Leningrad | 5/5 | Mid-air collision due to gross negligence by air traffic controller |
| 27.07.1953 | NA | near Kanggye, DPRK | 21/21 | Shot down by USAF F-86 Sabre and became the last aircraft destroyed during the Korean War. |
| 28.10.1954 | Л1789 | Krasnoyarsk Territory | 20/20 | Collided into mountain |
| 04.03.1955 | Н479 | Mezen | 4/25 | Engine failure and fire resulting in emergency landing on a frozen lake. |
| 28.04.1956 | NA | Berlin | 3/6 | Collided with a church bell tower while landing in fog. |
| 23.11.1956 | OK-DBP | Eglisau | 23/23 | Crashed in a field 12 km from Zurich. |
| 09.06.1958 | Л1364 | near Magadan | 20/20 | Collided with a hill while landing in bad weather. |
| 19.09.1958 | Л3904 | 145 km from Khabarovsk | 28/28 | Crashed into mountain while trying to make an emergency landing at night in bad weather due low fuel; loss of orientation, violations of the ATC. |
| 01.1959 | 04249 | Mirny Station, Antarctica | 0/NA | overran runway; landing gear failure |
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