1996 Abakan Ilyushin Il-76 crash
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 An Ilyushin IL-76 of the Russian Air Force, similar to the one involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | November 27, 1996 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | 14 km (8.7 mi) NNE of Abakan Airport 53°51′31″N 91°36′02″E / 53.85861°N 91.60056°E[citation needed] |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-76MD |
| Operator |  Russian Air Force |
| Registration | RA-78804 |
| Flight origin | Moscow Ramenskoye Airport, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Stopover | Abakan International Airport, Abakan, Russia |
| Destination | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia |
| Occupants | 23 |
| Passengers | 13 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 27 November 1996, a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crashed near Abakan Airport, Russia, killing all 23 people onboard.[1] The plane was on a cargo flight from Moscow Ramenskoye Airport[a] to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, with a scheduled stopover at Abakan International Airport.[citation needed]
Aircraft[edit]
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The aircraft involved in the accident was a Russian Air Force-operated Ilyushin Il-76MD, designed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau and manufactured by the Tashkent Aviation Production Association in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (modern-day Uzbekistan). The Il-76 involved, registered as RA-78804, was initially made in 1989, flying for Soviet Air Forces until in 1991. The aircraft later made its way to operate with the Russian Air Force until the crash in 1996.
The accident[edit]
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Carrying an official payload of 30 tonnes (66,000 lb), the aircraft underwent refueling at Abakan before attempting takeoff. However, during the climb-out phase, the plane ascended with an unusually shallow climb angle, deviating from standard procedures. Instead of initiating a turn 4 km from the runway at a minimum altitude of 200 m, the aircraft continued on a straight path until reaching the designated altitude. By this point, the plane was turning towards rising terrain. The aircraft collided with a hillside 14 km beyond the runway, resulting in a fire. 23 people died instantly in impact with no survivors.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Flight crew[edit]
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The Captain of the aircraft was Andrei Vitalievich Berezhnoy and First Officer Kirill Vladimirovich Lyapushkin. The other crew members on the cockpit were:
•Flight Operator: Vadim Vasilievich Belikov
•Flight Engineer: Andrei Georgievich Uskov
•Navigator: Dimitry Alexandrovich Kachura
•(Captain) Flight Instructor: Andrei Olegovich Yakovlev
The following crew members that were not on the cockpit:
•Reserve Captain: Victor Nickolaevich Sivokoz
•Reserve First Officer: Alexander Nikolaevich Rybak
•Secondary Flight Operator: Alexander Vitalievich Smirnov
•(Tail Turret Operator) Air Gunner: Vladimir Alexandrovich Hrapak.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ramenskoye was renamed to Zhukovsky International Airport in 2016.
References[edit]
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD RA-78804 Abakan Airport (ABA)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Ильюшин Ил-76МД а/к Россия (СССР) - ВВС - карточка борта" [Ilyushin Il-76MD a/k Russia (USSR) - Air Force - board card] (in Russian). russianplanes.net. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ "Катастрофа Ил-76 в районе Абакана (борт RA-78804), 27 ноября 1996 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы военной авиации в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика" [Il-76 crash near Abakan (aircraft RA-78804), November 27, 1996. // AirDisaster.ru - aviation accidents, incidents and military aviation crashes in the USSR and Russia - facts, history, statistics]. war.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Катастрофа Ил-76 в районе Абакана (борт RA-78804), 27 ноября 1996 года" [Il-76 crash in the Abakan area (board RA-78804), November 27, 1996] (in Russian). AirDisaster.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ Золик Мильман (1996-12-22). "ХРОНИКА ВЗЛЕТАЮЩЕГО ТРАНСПОРТНИКА" [Chronicle of a take-off transporter.]. Ogoniok (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ Максим Варывдин (1996-11-29). "Авиакатастрофа в Абакане" [Plane crash in Abakan] (in Russian). Kommersant. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ Flight International. 4–10 June 1997. p. 46.
{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "IL-76 hits mountain". Flight Global. 1996-12-04. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Vliegtuig stort neer in Siberië". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 November 1996 – via Delpher.