Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff from Adler/Sochi Airport (AER), at an altitude of 150-250 meters the IL-18 banked right and then made a sharp left turn. With increasing left bank, the Il-18 crashed into the Black Sea, 4 km from the shore and sank in an underwater canyon at a depth of 600 m with a thick layer of silt on the bottom.
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 1 October 1972 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75507 |
| MSN: | 183006405 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15718 |
| Cycles: | 7899 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20K |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 101 / Occupants: 101 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 109 / Occupants: 109 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) W off Adler/Sochi Airport (AER) ( Russia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS), Russia |
| Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 1036 |
Shortly after takeoff from Adler/Sochi Airport (AER), at an altitude of 150-250 meters the IL-18 banked right and then made a sharp left turn. With increasing left bank, the Il-18 crashed into the Black Sea, 4 km from the shore and sank in an underwater canyon at a depth of 600 m with a thick layer of silt on the bottom.
Sources:
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Distance from Adler/Sochi Airport to Moskva-Vnukovo Airport as the crow flies is 1354 km (846 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Adler/Sochi Airport to Moskva-Vnukovo Airport as the crow flies is 1354 km (846 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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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