Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 17 DEC 1997 |
| Time: | 06:20 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18V |
| Operator: | Ramaer Cargo |
| Registration: | RA-75554 |
| C/n / msn: | 185008404 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18766 |
| Cycles: | 7040 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20K |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) (South Africa)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa |
| Bujumbura International Airport (BJM/HBBA), Burundi | |
| Flightnumber: | 202 |
The Ilyushin had been cleared for a runway 03L takeoff. The takeoff run was normal until VR. At VR the captain experienced high elevator stick forces and the plane failed to accelerate further. Takeoff was aborted and the aircraft overran the runway. The nosegear struck a threshold light and the left main gear leg collapsed after striking a concrete plinth. The no. 1 engine separated from the wing and a fire erupted. It appeared that the aircraft was overloaded by 5t and the forward CofG was outside limits.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/98 (#62)
» Scramble 224
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Johannesburg International Airport to Bujumbura International Airport as the crow flies is 2531 km (1582 miles).
Distance from Johannesburg International Airport to Bujumbura International Airport as the crow flies is 2531 km (1582 miles).
