Last updated: 30 July 2021
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1959 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-75676 |
| MSN: | 189000905 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 405 |
| Cycles: | 180 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia |
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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.
Classification:
Windshear/downdraftForced landing on runway
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
