| Date: | Sunday 27 February 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Owner/operator: | CAAC |
| Registration: | B-204 |
| MSN: | 189001602 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 921 hours |
| Cycles: | 753 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shenyang Dongta Airport -
 China
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA) |
| Shenyang Dongta Airport (ZYYY) |
On what was their first flight to Shenyang Dongta Airport, a crew attempted to land in dense fog in twilight. It was believed that they had not carefully monitored the instruments, causing the Il-18 to descend below the Minimum Descent Altitude. The air traffic controller was also blamed for wrongly informing the crew that the plane's altitude was "appropriate." The Il-18 hit trees and utility poles before smashing into the ground.
All 25 on board the aircraft and one person on the ground were killed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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