ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333948
| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75676 |
| MSN: | 189000905 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 405 hours |
| Cycles: | 180 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
An Ilyushin 18 passenger plane was damaged beyond repair in accident near Moscow. There were no fatalities.
The airplane climbed to an altitude of 10.000 m after takeoff from Moscow. This altitude was higher than the service ceiling for the aircraft for a weight of 54,032 kg.
In the Voronezh area the airplane penetrated cumulonimbus clouds and entered a strong updraft, pushing the airplane to 10.700 m. It then entered a strong downdraft and descended to 7000 m. During the descent the propellers of engines no. 1 and 4 were automatically feathered.
The airplane entered another downdraft and was pushed down to 2800 m. The crew changed course for the emergency landing at Vnukovo.
A safe landing was made but the airplane had sustained severe structural damage.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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