1996 Abakan Ilyushin Il-76 crash
1996 aircraft crash in Russia
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On 27 November 1996, a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crashed near Abakan Airport, Russia, killing all 23 people on board.[1] The plane was on a cargo flight from Moscow Ramenskoye Airport[a] to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, with a scheduled stopover at Abakan International Airport.[citation needed]
Date27 November 1996
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
- 14 km (8.7 mi) NNE of Abakan Airport
- 53°51′31″N 91°36′02″E[citation needed]
AircrafttypeIlyushin Il-76MD
.jpg) A Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-76, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 27 November 1996 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
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| 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 |
Crew
The following crew members in the flight were:
- Captain: Andrei Vitalievich Berezhnoy.
- First Officer: Kirill Vladimirovich Lyapushkin.
- Flight Engineer: Andrei Georgievich Uskov
- Navigator: Dimitry Alexandrovich Kachura.
- Flight Operator: Vadim Vasilievich Belikov.
- Flight Instructor: Andrei Olegovich Yakovlev.
The following crew members were not in the cockpit:
Notes
- Ramenskoye was renamed to Zhukovsky International Airport in 2016.