Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 17 December 1961
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-18B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Transport Aviation Administration (MUTA
Registration Number: CCCP-75654
Location: 10 km E of Chebotovka village, Tarasovka district, Rostov region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59
Component Affected: FlapsFlaps
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin 18B passenger plane crashed near Chebotovka village, Rostov region, due to a catastrophic flap malfunction. A flight engineer inadvertently selected the flaps to 40 degrees down, leading to an uncontrolled dive and subsequent crash on a snow-covered field.An Ilyushin 18B passenger plane crashed near Chebotovka village, Rostov region, due to a catastrophic flap malfunction. A flight engineer inadvertently selected the flaps to 40 degrees down, leading to an uncontrolled dive and subsequent crash on a snow-covered field.
Description
An Ilyushin 18B passenger plane, CCCP-75654, was destroyed in an accident near Chebotovka village, Tarasovka district, Rostov region in Russia. All fifty passengers and nine crew members were killed. Aeroflot Flight 245 had departed Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) at 14:34 on a domestic flight to Adler/Sochi Airport (AER). Cruising altitude was 8000 metres. At 16:00 the flight engineer inadvertently caused the flaps to be selected to 40 degrees down. The flap lever was not protected against accidental actuation. The aircraft entered an uncontrollable dive and crashed with a pitch of 107 degrees on a snow-covered field
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=168https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=168Primary Cause
Flap malfunction ? inadvertent selection of flaps to 40 degrees down.Flap malfunction ? inadvertent selection of flaps to 40 degrees down.Share on:
