The catastrophe of the IL-18 near Upper Khavoy was a catastrophe on March 6, 1976 of the IL-18E aircraft of Aeroflot airline, on-board number CCCP-75408, performing the flight Moscow - Yerevan . During the flight, all the power systems of the aircraft failed. The crew was unable to cope with the control of a de-energized aircraft, as a result of which it crashed. All 111 people who were aboard were killed - the largest IL-18 crash.
| Flight 909 Aeroflot | |
|---|---|
 Consequences of a disaster | |
| General information | |
| date | March 6, 1976 |
| Time | 00:58 |
| Character | Failure of navigation equipment and autopilot |
| Cause | Power system failure, crew error |
| A place |  near Upper Khava , Voronezh Region ( RSFSR , USSR ) |
| Dead | |
| Aircraft | |
 IL-18 company Aeroflot | |
| Model | IL-18E |
| Airline |  Aeroflot ( Armenian CAA , 1st Yerevan OJSC) |
| Departure point |  Vnukovo , Moscow ( RSFSR ) |
| Destination | Zvartnots , Yerevan ( ArmSSR ) |
| Board number | CCCP-75408 |
| Date of issue | 1966 |
| Passengers | 100 |
| Crew | eleven |
| Dead | 111 (all) |
| Survivors | |
Circumstances of a Crash
55 minutes after take-off, at an altitude of 8,000 meters, during the flight the plane lost power. It is believed that this was due to a collision with a military training aircraft, lost from the course during the night flight. This led to a blackout and failure of the course system, both artificial horizons and autopilot. The crew was disoriented. After several maneuvers with an incline, the plane lost control and collapsed at an angle of 35º onto a snow-covered field 200 meters from the village of Verkhnyaya Khava of the Voronezh Region . The flight took place at night above the clouds, making it impossible to detect the horizon visually. According to the official version, when preparing for take-off, the crew violated the switch-on of artificial horizons. After the failure of a part of the instruments, the crew did not use the possibility of piloting the machine using other instruments. However, colleagues of the victims strongly doubt that such an experienced crew could make such mistakes.
Links
- The crash of the IL-18E of the Armenian UGA in the Voronezh region . // Airdisaster.ru. The date of circulation is September 23, 2012. Archived October 26, 2012.
- Leonid Shifrin. Air crash, which was not . // “ Mine! , No. 11 (March 16, 2004). The date of circulation is September 23, 2012. Archived October 26, 2012.