Aeroflot Flight 2230
 An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 November 1967 |
| Summary | Engine failure and fire followed by an electrical failure of cockpit instruments |
| Site | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) east of Koltsovo Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-75538 |
| Flight origin | Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg |
| Destination | Tashkent Yuzhny Airport, Tashkent |
| Passengers | 99 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 107 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 2230 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) to Tashkent. On 16 November 1967, the Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft serving the flight crashed after takeoff, killing all 107 people aboard (including twelve children).[1] At the time it was the deadliest aviation accident in the Russian SFSR and the worst accident involving the Il-18.[2]
Aircraft
[edit]The flight was serviced by an Ilyushin Il-18V turboprop airliner, manufactured on 25 March 1964 with a serial number 184007002.[3] The aircraft made its maiden flight and commenced operations in the same year. On the day of the accident it had 5,326 flight hours, or 2,111 flight cycles.[3]
Crew
[edit]The crew consisted of the pilot in command Yuri Abaturov, co-pilot Nikolai Mikhaylov, navigating officer Anatoly Zagorsky, flight engineer Viktor Ospishchev and radio officer Yuri Yefremov.[1]
Accident
[edit]The aircraft was cleared for takeoff from Koltsovo Airport at 21:02 local time.[1] When an engine caught fire and its propeller would not feather, the amount of drag it caused resulted in a sharp right turn while climbing at a speed of 340–350 km/h (180–190 kn), at an altitude of 140–150 m (460–490 ft) and began to rapidly descend,[1] striking the ground, with a horizontal velocity of 440 km/h (240 kn) and a vertical speed of 20 m/s (66 ft/s), in a ploughed field, with a 37-degree right bank.[1][2] The aircraft completely disintegrated, complicating the subsequent accident investigation.[1] There were also fire outbreaks at the crash site.
The investigation said that the crash resulted from a wrong indication of the main artificial horizons and the compass system due to an electrical failure and that the flight crew was unable to determine the correct altitude.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Катастрофа Ил-18В Уральского УГА в а/п Кольцово (Свердловск) [Il-18V crash of the Ural Civil Aviation Administration at Koltsovo airport (Sverdlovsk)]. Airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Ильюшин Ил-18В Бортовой №: CCCP-75538" [Ilyushin Il-18V Side number: CCCP-75538] (in Russian). Russianplanes.net. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 79.
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