| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1977 |
| Time: | 23:17 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Uzbekistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-75520 |
| MSN: | 183006703 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 29443 hours |
| Cycles: | 10817 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 77 / Occupants: 98 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km S of Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nukus Airport (NCU/UTNN) |
| Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV/URMM) |
The Il-18 operated on a passenger flight from Tashkent to Mineralnye Vody with an en route stop at Nukus.
Due to low clouds and fog at Mineralnye Vody the crew had to executed a missed approach. The flaps were fully raised and the nose pitched up to a critical angle of attack. The airplane impacted a railway embankment and burst into flames.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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