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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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
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,[citation needed][original research?] 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.[citation needed]
The accident
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
The Captain of the aircraft was Andrei Vitalievich Berezhnoy and First Officer Kirill Vladimirovich Lyapushkin.[citation needed] The other crew members on the cockpit were:[citation needed]
•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.
See also
References
- ^ Ramenskoye was renamed to Zhukovsky International Airport in 2016.
- ^ "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.