Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 6 June 1996
Aircraft Type: Ilyushin Il-76MD
Owner/operator: Hoseba, lsf Ukraine Air Force
Registration Number: UR-76539
Location: Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport (FIH) – ÿ Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: FlapsFlaps
Category: Accident
An Ilyushin aircraft crashed on takeoff following a previous incident involving a hit by an electricity pole in Cairo. Repairs were completed in 7 hours, but the aircraft was not ready for flight. The crew failed to extend flaps before takeoff, resulting in a veering off the runway and subsequent ground impact. The aircraft broke up and caught fire.An Ilyushin aircraft crashed on takeoff following a previous incident involving a hit by an electricity pole in Cairo. Repairs were completed in 7 hours, but the aircraft was not ready for flight. The crew failed to extend flaps before takeoff, resulting in a veering off the runway and subsequent ground impact. The aircraft broke up and caught fire.

Description

Crashed on takeoff. Earlier that day the Ilyushin had hit an electricity pole on takeoff from Cairo. Repairs took 7 hours before the aircraft could continue to Kinshasa. The crew taxied backwards by using the thrust reversers and forgot to extend the flaps before takeoff. The aircraft failed to lift off, veered off the runway with the nose gear up in the air, ran over rough ground, ended up in a hollow, turned over, broke up and caught fire.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Inadequate pre-flight checklist and failure to extend flaps before takeoff.Inadequate pre-flight checklist and failure to extend flaps before takeoff.

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