ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)

ČSA Flight 511
	A ČSA Ilyushin Il-18 similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date	28 March 1961
Summary	In-flight breakup
Site	Igensdorf, Germany ; 49°37′N 11°15′E / 49.617°N 11.250°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18V
Operator	ČSA
Registration	OK-OAD
Flight origin	Prague Ruzyně Airport
1st stopover	Kloten Airport, Zurich
2nd stopover	Rabat
3rd stopover	Dakar
Last stopover	Conakry
Destination	Bamako
Passengers	44
Crew	8
Fatalities	52
Survivors	0

ČSA Flight 511 was a flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed in Igensdorf near Nürnberg on 28 March 1961 while flying across West Germany.^[1]

A German investigation commission stated that the primary cause of the accident was pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators refused this conclusion and stated that the accident was caused by an explosion near the tail of the plane.^{[citation needed]}