Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 26 February 1963
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-18V
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Polar
Registration Number: CCCP-75732
Location: Bukhta Yemlinskaya, Shelikhov Gulf – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: EnginesEngines
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin 18V transport plane, CCCP-75732, experienced a catastrophic accident in the Shelikhov Gulf, resulting in the deaths of all ten occupants. The aircraft departed Cape Schmidt carrying 14.5 tons of fuel and landed at Anadyr after an unexceptional flight. Upon landing, it was loaded with 10 tons of meat. The flight then resumed VFR at 7000m, where one engine failed, leading to an emergency descent and a gear-up landing on the ice of the Shelikhov Gulf near the Bukhta Yemlinskaya Bay. The aircraft was destroyed, and it subsequently sank.An Ilyushin 18V transport plane, CCCP-75732, experienced a catastrophic accident in the Shelikhov Gulf, resulting in the deaths of all ten occupants. The aircraft departed Cape Schmidt carrying 14.5 tons of fuel and landed at Anadyr after an unexceptional flight. Upon landing, it was loaded with 10 tons of meat. The flight then resumed VFR at 7000m, where one engine failed, leading to an emergency descent and a gear-up landing on the ice of the Shelikhov Gulf near the Bukhta Yemlinskaya Bay. The aircraft was destroyed, and it subsequently sank.

Description

A Ilyushin 18V transport plane, CCCP-75732, was damaged beyond repair in an accident in the Shelikhov Gulf. All ten on board were killed. The airplane departed Cape Schmidt carrying 14.5 tons of fuel. It landed at Anadyr after an uneventful flight. At Anadyr the airplane was loaded with 10 tons of meat. The flight took off again at 06:25, bound for Magadan. En route VFR at 7000 m, one of the engines failed. While initiating an emergency descent the crew reported that both engines on the left hand side had failed. Altitude could not be maintained and the crew made a gear up landing on the ice of the Shelikhov Gulf near the Bukhta Yemlinskaya Bay. The aircraft was destroyed and sank. Three occupants initially survived the accident but died of hypothermia in -18øC weather.

Source of Information

https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=369https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=369

Primary Cause

Engine failure during an emergency descent.Engine failure during an emergency descent.

Share on:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *