Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 18 December 1976
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-14RR
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-61752
Location: 12 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Aircraft control surfaces and potentially the entire aircraft structure.Aircraft control surfaces and potentially the entire aircraft structure.
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin aircraft, previously converted to a fishery reconnaissance variant, deviated from its approach pattern near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and crashed into Mount Ostraya at an altitude of 910 meters above sea level.An Ilyushin aircraft, previously converted to a fishery reconnaissance variant, deviated from its approach pattern near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and crashed into Mount Ostraya at an altitude of 910 meters above sea level.
Description
The Ilyushin, which had been converted to a fishery reconnaissance version in March 1976, deviated from the approach pattern near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and crashed into Mount Ostraya at 910 m ASL.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Possible aerodynamic instability during the deviation from the approach pattern.Possible aerodynamic instability during the deviation from the approach pattern.Share on:
