Aeroflot Flight 036

1960 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 036
Accident
An Ilyushin Il-18 similar to the accident aircraft
Date	17 August 1960 (1960-08-17)
Summary	Engine fire
Site	Near Tarasovich, Ukraine
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-75705
Flight origin	Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Destination	Bykovo Airport
Occupants	34
Passengers	27
Crew	7
Fatalities	34
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 036 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Cairo International Airport to Bykovo Airport. On 17 August 1960, the Ilyushin Il-18 operating this flight crashed after an engine fire. All 27 passengers and seven crew members were killed.

The Air Accident Investigation Commission determined that an externally leaking fuel injector was the root cause of the accident.

Accident

Flight 036 was at cruising altitude and had just passed the check point at Codra, Kiev, when at 15:52 the crew reported to air traffic control (ATC) that they had feathered the propeller of engine No. 4 and requested an emergency landing attempt at Boryspil International Airport. At 15:57 Flight 36 reported the No. 4 engine and right wing were on fire. ATC recommended landing at Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) which was closer, but then at 1557:30 the crew made a final radio transmission "We're falling, falling, goodbye, falling, falling, falling ...". The airliner crashed approximately 41 km north of Kyiv International Airport. There were no survivors.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Aircraft

Construction of the Il-18B involved, serial number 189001702 017-02, was completed at Moscow Banner of Labor production factory in 1959 and it was transferred to the civil air fleet. It was powered by four Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines and at the time of the accident, the aircraft had sustained a total of 407 flight hours and 117 takeoff/landing cycles.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Investigation

For the length of the investigation all Il-18's in the Soviet Union were grounded. Investigators found part of the right wing and engines No. 1 and 4 some distance away from the main crash site. After eight months the Air Accident Investigation Commission were able to determine that the No. 4 engine detached from the right wing due to fire damaging its supporting structure. The fuel tanks inside the right wing ruptured causing a fireball which demolished the right wing. The aircraft began an uncontrolled descent, during which, the No. 1 engine also separated from its wing. Completely out of control, the aircraft with landing gear and flaps extended, crashed near Tarasovichi, 41 km north of Kyiv International Airport.^[1]^[2]^[4]

The Commission discovered the number seven fuel injector of engine No. 4 began leaking fuel onto the engine, accumulating in the housing. This fuel eventually ignited after contact with high temperature components. A contributing factor to the accident was a lack of engine fire extinguishing systems.^[1]^[4]

As a result of the accident and investigation several changes to the Il-18's engines were implemented. An engine fire suppression system with provisions for the flame retardant to be sprayed directly onto the engines rear support was developed. The engines firewall construction was changed to titanium and plumbing material was changed from an aluminum alloy to steel.^[1]^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Accident of IL-18B 235 aoon GVF near Kiev". airdisaster.ru. Dmitry Ertsov, Alexander Fetisov. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wednesday 17 August 1960". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ilyushin IL-18B Board number USSR-75705". Russianplanes.net. Russianplanes.net. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Crash of an Ilyushin II-18B in Tarasovichi: 34 killed". baaa-acro.com. B3A. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

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Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 31 (1955) 1957 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 (1976) 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 1985 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 1960 (1960)
Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511 Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20 Jan 19 SAS Flight 871 Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671 Feb 5 1960 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crash Feb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision Feb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315 Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618 Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 May 1 U-2 incident Jun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207 Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 Jul 1 RB-47 incident Jul 14 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372 Jul 16 1960 Danish football air crash Jul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698 Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036 Aug 29 Air France Flight 343 Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830 Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Oct 29 Cal Poly football team Nov 20 F-84 Thunderstreak crash Nov 23 Philippine Airlines Flight S26 Dec 16 New York mid-air collision Dec 17 Munich Convair 340 crash Dec 22 Philippine Airlines Flight S85
1959 ◄ ► 1961

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)

Jan 6

National Airlines Flight 2511

Jan 18

Capital Airlines Flight 20

Jan 19

SAS Flight 871

Jan 21

Avianca Flight 671

Feb 5

1960 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crash

Feb 25

Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision

Feb 26

Aeroflot Flight 315

Feb 26

Alitalia Flight 618

Mar 17

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710

May 1

U-2 incident

Jun 10

Aeroflot Flight 207

Jun 10

Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538

Jul 1

RB-47 incident

Jul 14

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11

Jul 15

Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372

Jul 16

1960 Danish football air crash

Jul 21

Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698

Aug 17

Aeroflot Flight 036

Aug 29

Air France Flight 343

Sep 19

World Airways Flight 830

Sep 26

Austrian Airlines Flight 901

Oct 4

Eastern Air Lines Flight 375

Oct 29

Cal Poly football team

Nov 20

F-84 Thunderstreak crash

Nov 23

Philippine Airlines Flight S26

Dec 16

New York mid-air collision

Dec 17

Munich Convair 340 crash

Dec 22

Philippine Airlines Flight S85

1959 ◄ ► 1961

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

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Ukraine
Ukrainian SSR	Aeroflot Flight 315 (November 1959) Aeroflot Flight 315 (February 1960) Aeroflot Flight 036 (August 1960) Aeroflot Flight N-826 (August 1969) Aeroflot Flight 3630 (September 1970) Aeroflot Flight 1969 (March 1971) Malév Flight 110 (September 1971) Aeroflot Flight N-63 (November 1971) Aeroflot Flight 1491 (May 1972) Aeroflot Flight 1802 (May 1976) Aeroflot Flight N-36 (December 1976) Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision (August 1979) Zolochiv mid-air collision (May 1985) Aeroflot Flight N-528 (June 1987)
Ukraine	Borodianka mid-air collision (February 1995) Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (October 2001) Sknyliv air show disaster (July 2002) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 (August 2006) South Airlines Flight 8971 (February 2013) Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown (June 2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (July 2014) Ukraine Air Alliance Flight 4050 (October 2019) Chuhuiv An-26 crash (September 2020) Brovary helicopter crash (January 2023)

Aviation accidents and incidents in Ukraine

Ukrainian SSR