| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1967 |
| Time: | 21:03 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75538 |
| MSN: | 184007002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5326 hours |
| Cycles: | 2111 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 107 / Occupants: 107 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,9 km E of Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX/USSS) |
| Tashkent Airport (TAS/UTTT) |
Shortly after takeoff from Sverdlovsk (now called Ekaterinburg) , an engine caught fire. The propeller could not be feathered. Manoueverability at maximum takeoff weight with propeller causing drag was low. The crew lost control at a height of 200 m and the Il-18 crashed into a plowed field at a 37 degrees right bank and at a speed of 440 km/h.
Sources:
Flight International 11 December 1976 (1695)
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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