Narrative:
An Ilyushin 18B en route from Cairo, Egypt, to Moscow, was destroyed in an accident near Tarasovich, Kiev Region, Ukraine.
At 15:52 hours the flight reported that the propeller of the no. 4 was feathered and that they wanted to make an emergency landing at Kiev-Borispol Airport. At 15:57 the flight crew reported a fire on the no. 4 engine and the right hand wing, requesting an emergency descent. The controller offered a diversion to Zhuliany Airport, which was closed by.
The pilot lost control of the aircraft, which crashed in a forest in a nose down, right bank attitude.
Loss of control
» airdisaster.ru
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 August 1960 |
| Time: | 15:58 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75705 |
| MSN: | 189001702 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 407 |
| Cycles: | 117 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tarasovich ( Ukraine)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA/UUBB), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | SU036 |
An Ilyushin 18B en route from Cairo, Egypt, to Moscow, was destroyed in an accident near Tarasovich, Kiev Region, Ukraine.
At 15:52 hours the flight reported that the propeller of the no. 4 was feathered and that they wanted to make an emergency landing at Kiev-Borispol Airport. At 15:57 the flight crew reported a fire on the no. 4 engine and the right hand wing, requesting an emergency descent. The controller offered a diversion to Zhuliany Airport, which was closed by.
The pilot lost control of the aircraft, which crashed in a forest in a nose down, right bank attitude.
Classification:
Inflight fireLoss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
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Distance from Cairo International Airport to Moskva-Bykovo Airport as the crow flies is 2865 km (1791 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Moskva-Bykovo Airport as the crow flies is 2865 km (1791 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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