1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash

1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash
An Aeroflot Il-18, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date April 27, 1974 (1974-04-27)
Summary Engine failure, loss of control
Site near Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type Ilyushin Il-18V
Operator Aeroflot
Registration CCCP-75559[1]
Flight origin Pulkovo Airport
Stopover Zaporozhye Airport
Destination Krasnodar Airport
Passengers 102
Crew 7
Fatalities 109 (all)
Survivors 0

On 27 April 1974, an Aeroflot Il-18 airliner crashed while operating a charter flight from Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to Zaporizhia, continuing to Krasnodar, Russia. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport in Leningrad. None of the 109 people on board survived.[2]

Aircraft

The aircraft had been in service since 1964 and had sustained 7,501 cycles (takeoffs and landings) at the time of the crash.[3]

Passengers and crew

The flight was led by captain Nikolai Danilov, with 4 other pilots and two flight attendants. 102 passengers were on board.[3]

Accident

The aircraft number four engine caught fire two minutes after takeoff due to a faulty compressor disk. The crew elected to return to the airport. Upon extending the flaps for landing, an asymmetrical flap condition occurred, causing the aircraft to dive sharply, about two and a half kilometers from the runway.[2][4]

Strong vibrations in the number four engine had been reported on the flight before the crash.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75559 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED)". aviation-safety.net.
  2. 1 2 "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75559 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  3. 1 2 "Ильюшин Ил-18В Бортовой №: СССР-75559". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Катастрофа Ил-18В Ленинградского ОАО в районе а/п Пулково". www.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. ↑ "27.04.74 - Авиакатастрофы - - Каталог статей - Любителям гражданской авиации посвящается..." dream-air.ru.


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