1996 Abakan Ilyushin Il-76 Crash

The plane was on a cargo flight from Moscow Ramenskoye Airport to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, with a scheduled stopover at Abakan International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

1996 Abakan Ilyushin Il-76 crash

An Ilyushin IL-76 of the Russian Air Force, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	November 27, 1996 (1996-11-27)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	14 km (8.7 mi) NNE of Abakan Airport 53°51′31″N 91°36′02″E / 53.85861°N 91.60056°E / 53.85861; 91.60056[citation needed]
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-76MD
Operator	Russian Air Force
Registration	RA-78804
Flight origin	Moscow Ramenskoye Airport, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Stopover	Abakan International Airport, Abakan, Russia
Destination	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Occupants	23
Passengers	13
Crew	10
Fatalities	23
Survivors	0

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Russian Air Force-operated Ilyushin Il-76MD, designed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau and manufactured by the Tashkent Aviation Production Association in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (modern-day Uzbekistan). The Il-76 involved, registered as RA-78804, was initially made in 1989, flying for Soviet Air Forces until in 1991. The aircraft later made its way to operate with the Russian Air Force until the crash in 1996.

 

Carrying an official payload of 30 tonnes (66,000 lb), the aircraft underwent refueling at Abakan before attempting takeoff. However, during the climb-out phase, the plane ascended with an unusually shallow climb angle, deviating from standard procedures. Instead of initiating a turn 4 km from the runway at a minimum altitude of 200 m, the aircraft continued on a straight path until reaching the designated altitude. By this point, the plane was turning towards rising terrain. The aircraft collided with a hillside 14 km beyond the runway, resulting in a fire. 23 people died instantly in impact with no survivors.

The Captain of the aircraft was Andrei Vitalievich Berezhnoy and First Officer Kirill Vladimirovich Lyapushkin. The other crew members on the cockpit were:

•Flight Operator: Vadim Vasilievich Belikov

•Flight Engineer: Andrei Georgievich Uskov

•Navigator: Dimitry Alexandrovich Kachura

•(Captain) Flight Instructor: Andrei Olegovich Yakovlev

The following crew members that were not on the cockpit:

•Reserve Captain: Victor Nickolaevich Sivokoz

•Reserve First Officer: Alexander Nikolaevich Rybak

•Secondary Flight Operator: Alexander Vitalievich Smirnov

•(Tail Turret Operator) Air Gunner: Vladimir Alexandrovich Hrapak.