| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75663 |
| MSN: | 188000702 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arkhangelsk Airport (ARH) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
| Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport (ARH/ULAA) |
The Il-18 encountered a layer of ground fog on final approach to Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport , Russia, causing the pilot to lose visual contact with the ground. The decision was taken to go around but the airplane impacted the runway, skidded off and collided with obstacles.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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