Date:	Saturday 6 December 1997
Time:	14:42
Type:	Antonov An-124-100
Owner/operator:	Russian Air Force
Registration:	08 Black
MSN:	4516003
Year of manufacture:	1986
Total airframe hrs:	1034 hours
Cycles:	576 flights
Engine model:	Lotarev D-18T
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Other fatalities:	45
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,6 km SE of Irkutsk-2 Airport -   Russia
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Irkutsk-2 Airport (UIIR)
Destination airport:	Vladivostok Airport (VVO/UHWW)

Narrative:
An Antonov 124-100 transport plane was destroyed when it crashed immediately after takeoff from Irkutsk-2 Airport, Russia. The airplane struck houses in a residential area, killing all 23 on board and 45 persons on the ground.
The An-124 was leased from the Russian Air Force by Cargotrans to transport two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter planes to Vietnam. The planned destination was Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam with an en route stop at Vladivostok Airport (VVO), Russia.
Three seconds after lifting off runway 14, at a height of about 5 m the number 3 engine surged. Climbing away with a high angle of attack engines no. 2 and 1 also surged. The airplane reached a maximum height of 66 m before it descended, striking several buildings. It crashed into a residential area, 1600 m beyond the runway end.

Aviation Week & Space Technology 15.12.1997 (29)
airdisaster.ru

photo (c) www.stv21.ru; Irkutsk; December 1997

photo (c) RIA Novosti archive / Alexander Makarov; Irkutsk; 06 December 1997; (CC:by-sa)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Farnborough Airport (FAB); September 1986

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