ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319957
| Date: | Monday 19 December 2016 |
| Time: | 04:45 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | RF-91821 |
| MSN: | 185008003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 29 km NW of Tiksi Airport (IKS) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kansk Air Base |
| Tiksi Airport (IKS/UEST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Ilyushin 18V sustained substantial damage in an accident near Tiksi, Russia. All 7 crew and 30 passengers were injured, 16 of them seriously.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Yekaterinburg to Tiksi with an en route stop at Kansk Air Base. The accident occurred during the final leg of the flight. The flight deviated from the approach pattern and descended below the glide path in darkness until the wings touched the summit of a snow-covered hill (502 metres) in the tundra, 29 km north-west of Tiksi Airport.
The aircraft came to rest on the rear slope of the hill and the fuselage broke into three parts.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
TASS
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