1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash

1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash
Accident
CCCP-75559, the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	27 April 1974 (1974-04-27)
Summary	Uncontained engine failure, loss of control
Site	Near Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18V
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-75559^[1]
Flight origin	Pulkovo Airport
Stopover	Zaporozhye Airport
Destination	Krasnodar Airport
Passengers	102
Crew	7
Fatalities	109
Survivors	0

On 27 April 1974, an Aeroflot Il-18 airliner crashed while operating a charter flight from Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to Zaporizhzhia, continuing to Krasnodar, Russia. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport in Leningrad. None of the 109 people on board survived.^[1] The engine fire was caused by the uncontained failure of a faulty compressor disk.

Aircraft

The aircraft had been in service since 1964, and had sustained 7,501 cycles (takeoffs and landings) at the time of the crash.^[2]

Passengers and crew

The flight was led by Captain Nikolai Danilov, with 4 other pilots and two flight attendants. There were 102 passengers on board.^[2]

Accident

The aircraft's number four engine caught fire two minutes after takeoff due to a faulty compressor disk. The crew elected to return to the airport. Upon extending the flaps for landing, an asymmetrical flap condition occurred, causing the aircraft to dive sharply about two and a half kilometers from the runway.^[1]^[3]

Strong vibrations in the number four engine had been reported on the flight before the crash.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75559 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ ^a ^b "Ильюшин Ил-18В Бортовой №: СССР-75559" [Ilyushin Il-18V Airborne No.: USSR-75559]. russianplanes.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ "Катастрофа Ил-18В Ленинградского ОАО в районе а/п Пулково" [Il-18V crash of the Leningrad OJSC near the Pulkovo airport]. www.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ "27.04.74 - Авиакатастрофы - - Каталог статей - Любителям гражданской авиации посвящается..." [04/27/74 - Plane accidents - - Catalog of articles - Dedicated to civil aviation enthusiasts...]. dream-air.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

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Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 31 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1974 (1974)
Jan 6 Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317 Jan 24 Togo crash Jan 26 Turkish Airlines Flight 301 Jan 30 Pan Am Flight 806 Feb 22 Delta Airlines Flight 523 Mar 3 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Mar 13 Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 Mar 15 Sterling Airways Flight 901 Apr 18 Court Line Flight 95 Apr 22 Pan Am Flight 812 Apr 27 Aeroflot Il-18 crash Jul 10 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash Jul 23 British Airways bombing attempt Aug 9 Buffalo 461 Aug 9 Norfolk mid-air collision Sep 8 TWA Flight 841 Sep 11 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 Sep 15 Air Vietnam Flight 706 Oct 30 Panarctic Oils Flight 416 Nov 1 Surgut mid-air collision Nov 20 Lufthansa Flight 540 Dec 1 TWA Flight 514 Dec 1 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 Dec 4 Martinair Flight 138 Dec 22 Avensa Flight 358
1973 ◄ ► 1975

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1974 (1974)

Jan 6

Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317

Jan 24

Togo crash

Jan 26

Turkish Airlines Flight 301

Jan 30

Pan Am Flight 806

Feb 22

Delta Airlines Flight 523

Mar 3

Turkish Airlines Flight 981

Mar 13

Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802

Mar 15

Sterling Airways Flight 901

Apr 18

Court Line Flight 95

Apr 22

Pan Am Flight 812

Apr 27

Aeroflot Il-18 crash

Jul 10

EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash

Jul 23

British Airways bombing attempt

Aug 9

Buffalo 461

Aug 9

Norfolk mid-air collision

Sep 8

TWA Flight 841

Sep 11

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

Sep 15

Air Vietnam Flight 706

Oct 30

Panarctic Oils Flight 416

Nov 1

Surgut mid-air collision

Nov 20

Lufthansa Flight 540

Dec 1

TWA Flight 514

Dec 1

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231

Dec 4

Martinair Flight 138

Dec 22

Avensa Flight 358

1973 ◄ ► 1975

Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union

1930s	Osoaviakhim-1 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim
1940s	1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
1950s	1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash LOT Polish Airlines Flight 232 1957 Kiev mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 04 1958 Aeroflot Tu-104 Kanash crash Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aeroflot Flight 120 Aeroflot Flight 200
1960s	Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) U-2 incident Aeroflot Flight 207 RB-47 shootdown incident Aeroflot Flight 036 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Aeroflot Flight 068 Aeroflot Flight 245 Aeroflot Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962) Aeroflot Flight 191 Aeroflot Flight 03 Aeroflot Flight 25 Aeroflot Flight 012 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aeroflot Flight 663 Aeroflot Flight 721 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Aeroflot Flight 542 Aeroflot Flight 513 Aeroflot Flight 99 Aeroflot Flight 065 Aeroflot Flight 2723 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 Aeroflot Flight L-51 Aeroflot Flight 15 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight N-826
1970s	Aeroflot Flight U-45 Aeroflot Flight 1661 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair Aeroflot Flight 3630 Aeroflot Flight 244 22 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash 31 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aeroflot Flight 1912 Malév Flight 110 Aeroflot Flight 773 Aeroflot Flight N-63 Aeroflot Flight 2174 Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Aeroflot Flight 217 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Aeroflot Flight 6263 Aeroflot Flight 141 Aeroflot Flight 630 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 Aeroflot Flight 6551 Aeroflot Flight 109 Aeroflot Flight A-13 Aeroflot Flight 3932 Aeroflot Flight 964 Aeroflot Flight 19 Aeroflot Flight 2022 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash 1974 Surgut mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2003 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976) Aeroflot Flight 909 Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aeroflot Flight A-53 Aeroflot Flight 418 1976 Anapa mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2415 Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aeroflot Flight 3843 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977) 1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking Aeroflot Flight B-2 Aeroflot Flight 6709 Korean Air Lines Flight 902 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Iranian Chinook shootdown Aeroflot Flight 1080 Aeroflot Flight 1691 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5484
1980s– Dec. 1991	Aeroflot Flight 4225 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash Aeroflot Flight 498 1981 Armenia mid-air collision 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 811 Aeroflot Flight 3603 Aeroflot Flight 8641 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Aeroflot Flight 601 Aeroflot Flight 3352 Aeroflot Flight 3519 Aeroflot Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5143 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Aeroflot Flight 2306 Aeroflot Flight 6502 Aeroflot Flight U-505 Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aeroflot Flight 699 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988) 1988 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash An-24 crash in Navoiy Aeroflot Flight 8556