Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 28 MAR 2005 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18D-40 |
| Operator: | Aerocaribbean |
| Registration: | CU-T1539 |
| C/n / msn: | 2964017102 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 87 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Caracas-Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS) (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba | |
| Flightnumber: | 4311 |
The aircraft failed to takeoff from runway 09 (9930 long). It overran the runway and came to rest on a small hill. The landing gear was sheared off in the slide, the engines sustained serious damage and the nr. 1 engine had separated from it's mountings.
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Sources:
» Agencia Cubana de Noticias
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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 Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 2128 km (1330 miles).
Distance from Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 2128 km (1330 miles).
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.
