Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 JAN 1985 |
| Time: | 08:22 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 18D |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T899 |
| C/n / msn: | 188011102 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 38 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near San José de los Lajas (Cuba) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua |
The Ilyushin turned right twice with 30° bank, then turned left with a vertical bank, lost control and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Possibly failure of the artificial horizon and obstruction of aileron control due to shifted cargo." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#52)
» Soviet Transports
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport as the crow flies is 1262 km (789 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport as the crow flies is 1262 km (789 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Ilyushin 18
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