| Date: | Saturday 19 January 1985 |
| Time: | 08:22 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18D |
| Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T899 |
| MSN: | 188011102 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near San José de los Lajas -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) |
| Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Ilyushin turned right twice with 30° bank, then turned left with a vertical bank, lost control and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Possibly failure of the artificial horizon and obstruction or aileron control due to shifted cargo."
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#52)
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); February 1981
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