ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328455
| Date: | Friday 23 November 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-76 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | CCCP-86714 |
| MSN: | 053403067 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 12 km from Vitebsk Airport (VTB) -
 Belarus
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII) |
| Vitebsk Airport (VTB/UMII) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a night time approach the airplane suddenly banked left. The crew lost control and the airplane crashed, killing all aboard.
It appeared that the left flap retracted inadvertently 12 km short of the runway due to a broken cog-wheel.
Sources:
Scramble 253
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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