ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD CCCP-76685 Lake Sivash
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Thursday 2 April 1987
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL76 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyushin Il-76MD
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration: CCCP-76685
MSN: 0063468037
First flight:
Engines: 4 Soloviev D-30KP
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Lake Sivash (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Dzhankoy Air Base (UKFY), Ukraine
Destination airport:Dzhankoy Air Base (UKFY), Ukraine
Narrative:
Two Soviet Air Force Ilyushin 76's (CCCP-76679 and CCCP-76685) were practising a formation flight at night. Due to a navigational error both aircraft collided and crashed into Lake Sivash.

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» Michael Roch/Soviet Transports
» Scramble 496


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