Date: | Tuesday 11 November 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-18B |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Uralsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-75699 |
MSN: | 189001402 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 14719 hours |
Cycles: | 6790 flights |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | between Sverdlovsk and Ekaterinburg -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX/USSS) |
Destination airport: | Ekaterinburg-Koltsovo Airport (SVX/USSS) |
Narrative:The aircraft was flying from Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) to Tashkent when the crew mishandled the trim tabs and auto-pilot, causing the aircraft to enter a dive. It descended from an altitude of 8,400 metres and was recovered by the crew at a height of some 6,600 metres. A safe landing was carried out, but the aircraft suffered structural damage during the dive at up to 2.7 g.
The fuselage was used in rebuilding of c/n 184007203, which was damaged in a fire.
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