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Ilyushin Il-18

The Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era as well as one of the most popular and durable, having first flown in 1957 and still being in civilian use 56 years later. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and was widely exported. Due to the aircraft's airframe durability, many achieved over 45,000 flight hours. The Il-18's successor was the long range Il-62 jet airliner.

Design and development

Two Soviet aircraft shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18. The first Il-18 was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 but after a year of test flights that programme was abandoned.

In the early 1950s a need to replace older designs and increase the size of the Soviet civil transport fleet, a Soviet Council of Ministers directive was issued on 30 December 1955 to the chief designers Kuznetsov and Ivchenko to develop new turboprop engines and to Ilyushin and Antonov to design an aircraft to use these engines. The two aircraft designs were developed as the Ilyushin Il-18 and the Antonov An-10 and the engine chosen was the Kuznetsov NK-4 rather than the Ivchenko AI-20.

The Il-18 design had started in 1954 before the directive was issued and experience with the piston-engined Il-18 was used although the aircraft was a new design. The design was for a four-engined low-wing monoplane with a circular pressurised fuselage and a conventional tail. The forward retracting tricycle landing gear had four-wheels fitted on the main leg bogies, the main legs bogies rotated 90 degrees and retracted into the rear of the inboard engines. A new feature at the time was the fitting of a weather radar in the nose and it was the first soviet airliner to have an automatic approach system. The aircraft has two entry doors on the port-side before and after the wing and two overwing emergency exits on each side.

The prototype SSSR-L5811 was rolled out in June 1957 and after ground-testing it began taxying test and high-speed runs on 1 July 1957. On 4 July 1957 the prototype first flew from Khodynka. On 10 July 1957 the aircraft was flown to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to be presented to a soviet government commission, also present was the prototype Antonov An-10 and the Tupolev Tu-114. The Il-18 type was formally named Moskva and this was painted on the fuselage, although the name was not used when the aircraft entered production.

The Moscow Machinery Plant No. 30 located at Khodynka near where the Ilyushin design office and the prototype had been built was chosen to manufacture the aircraft. During 1957 the plant began to reduce its production of the Ilyushin Il-14 and prepare to build the production aircraft designated IL-18A. The Il-18A was only different from the prototype in minor details mainly internal configuration to increase the seating from 75 to 89.

The first production aircraft were powered by the Kuznetsov NK-4 but the engines were plagued with problems so the Council of Ministers decreed in July 1958 that all production from November 1958 would use the Ivchenko AI-20 and earlier production would be re-engined. Only 20 IL-18As were built before production changed to the improved Il-18B, this new variant had a higher-gross weight, the nose was re-designed with a larger radome which increased the length by 20 cm. The first Il-18B flew on 30 September 1958 powered by the AI-20, a VIP variant was also built as the IL-18S for the Soviet Air Force. From April 1961 a TG-18 Auxiliary Power Unit was fitted for ground starting rather than the bank of lead-acid batteries, some aircraft were modified to allow the APU to be run in flight.

With experience of the earlier aircraft a further improvement was the Il-18V variant. The Il-18V was structurally the same but the interior was re-designed including moving the galley and some minor system changes. The first Il-18V appeared in December 1959 and was to continue into production until 1965 after 334 had been built. Specialised variants of the aircraft also appeared including aircraft modified for flight calibration and a long-range polar variant. Military variants also appeared including the anti-submarine Ilyushin Il-38.

Operational history

The first Il-18, equipped with NK-4 turboprop engines, flew on 4 July 1957. On 17 September 1958 the aircraft first flew with the new Ivchenko AI-20 engines. Vladimir Kokkinaki was the test pilot. Between 1958 and 1960 twenty-five world records were set by this aircraft, among them flight range and altitude records with various payloads. In 1958 the aircraft was awarded the Brussels World Fair Grand Prix. In April 1979 a monument was unveiled at Sheremetyevo airport to commemorate this remarkable aircraft.

Seventeen foreign air carriers acquired 125 Il-18 aircraft, seating 100-120 passengers. Il-18s are still in service in Siberia, North Korea and the Middle East whilst a number of examples manufactured in the mid-1960s were still in civilian use in Africa and south Asia as at 2013.

An Il-18 (registration DDR-STD) belonging to Interflug and used as a transport by East German leaders, including Erich Honecker, has been converted into a static hotel suite in The Netherlands.

Variants

  • Il-18 : Designation of the sole prototype of the Il-18 family.
  • Il-18A : The original production model, equivalent to pre-production, powered by either Kuznetsov NK-4 or Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines. Circa 20 built.
  • Il-18B : First major production model, a medium-haul airliner that could seat 84 passengers.
  • Il-18 Combi : Il-18 aircraft modified to mixed passenger / cargo configuration
  • Il-18D : Similar to Il-18I, but equipped with an extra centre section fuel tank for increased range. The Il-18D is fitted with four 3,169 ekW (4,250 hp) Ivchenko AI-20M turboprop engines.
  • Il-18D communications relay : Three aircraft modified to provide communications relay between VIP aircraft and Government bodies.
  • Il-18D Pomor : A single Il-18D converted to a fisheries reconnaissance aircraft, (Pomor - person who lives by the sea)
  • Il-18D Salon : VIP version of the Il-18D
  • IL-18DORR : Two IL-18Ds modified as fishery reconnaissance aircraft for the Polar Institute of Oceanic Fishery and Oceanography, the modification mainly involved the fitment of specialised mission equipment. First flown in 1985 they were later modified back as standard Il-18Ds.
  • Il-18E : Similar to the Il-18I, but without the increased fuel capacity.
  • Il-18E Salon : VIP transport version of the Il-18E.
  • Il-18Gr : Aircraft converted to cargo configuration, (Gr - Groozovoy - cargo).
  • Il-18GrM : Several Il-18 aircraft modified to Gr standard with the addition of a pressurised side cargo door.
  • Il-18I : Equipped with more powerful Ivchenko AI-20M turboprop engines, producing 3,170 kW (4,250 shp). Seating increased to 122 passengers in an enlarged cabin gained by moving the aft pressure bulkhead rearwards by 1.64 m (5 ft).
  • Il-18LL : (Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya - flying laboratory), one aircraft modified to be an anti-icing test-bed and an Il-18V used by the Czechoslovak flight test centre as an engine testbed.
  • IL-18RT : Two IL-18Vs were modified as Telemetry Relay Aircraft to rocket and unmanned air vehicle trials.
  • Il-18S : VIP variant of Il-18B
  • Il-18T : This designation was given to civil and military cargo transport aircraft converted from Il-18A/B/V aircraft.
  • Il-18AT: Military transport/casevac version based on the Il-18A
  • Il-18BT: Military transport/casevac version based on the Il-18B
  • Il-18VT: Military transport/casevac version based on the Il-18V
  • IL-18TD : One IL-18T was modified as a military transport variant to take either 69 stretcher cases or 118 paratroopers. Not wanted by the military it was converted to IL-18D standard.
  • IL-18USh : One IL-18V was modified as a navigator trainer including two dorsal astro-sextant windows. Although it was tested and found acceptable the Soviet Air Force used a variant of the twin-jet Tupolev Tu-124 instead.
  • Il-18V : Standard Aeroflot version, which entered service in 1961. The Il-18V was powered by four Ivchenko AI-20K turboprop engines, seating 90-100 passengers.
  • Il-18V Salon : VIP version of the Il-18V
  • Il-18V/polar : a single Il-18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviahtsiya - Polar Aviation use.
  • Il-18V-26A : a single Il-18V modified for Polyarnaya Aviahtsiya - Polar Aviation use with an auxiliary fuel tank in the cabin, revised window layout and enlarged oil tanks on the engines, covered by protruding fairings on the engine nacelles (sometimes referred to as the Il-18D, before the real D model emerged).
  • Il-18V calibrator : a single Il-18V operated by Interflug for navaid calibration.
  • Il-20M Coot-A : ELINT electronic, radar reconnaissance version. Also known as the Il-18D-36 Bizon.
  • Il-20RT : Four Telemetry and Communications Relay aircraft used to support the Soviet space activities, later replaced by a variant of the IL-76.
  • Il-22 Coot-B : Airborne command post version.
  • Il-22M : Same as the Il-22 but had new mission equipment.
  • Il-24N : Two Il-18Ds modified for ice reconnaissance similar to the IL-20M but with civilian reconnaissance equipment, both later modified back to standard configuration and sold.
  • Il-38 : Maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare version.
  • SL-18 : Designation of a number of different test and research aircraft, normally had a letter suffix like SL-18D for avionics trials.
  • Il-118 : A proposed upgrade powered by two Lotarev D-236-T propfan engines.

Accidents and incidents

  • 7 May 1958 : A Soviet Air Force Il-18A (CCCP-L5821) crashed near Sheremetyevo Airport after an engine failed while on a test flight, killing all 10 on board in the first loss of an Il-18. The aircraft was operating for Aviatsionnaya Krasnoznamyonnaya Diviziya Osobogo Naznacheniya (AKDON, Red Banner Special Task Aviation Division).
  • 2 September 1959 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Ilyushin Il-18B, CCCP-75676 (c/n 189000905), from Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) was written off after suffering structural damage in a cumulonimbus cloud; all 56 passengers and crew survived.
  • 27 April 1960 : An Aeroflot/Ural Il-18A (CCCP-75648) crashed on landing at Koltsovo Airport while on a training flight due to crew error, killing one of five crew on board.
  • 17 August 1960 : Aeroflot Flight 36, an Il-18B (CCCP-75705), exploded in mid-air and crashed near Kiev after an in-flight fire, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.
  • 26 December 1960 : An Aeroflot/Ulyanovsk Flight School Il-18A (CCCP-75651) lost control and crashed near Vostochny Airport (ULY/UWLW) en route from Kuybyshev Airport while on a training flight due to tail icing, killing all 17 passengers and crew on board.
  • 28 March 1961 : ČSA Flight 511 crashed near Gräfenberg, Bavaria in West Germany. All 52 passengers and crew on board were killed.
  • 22 June 1961 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75672 (c/n 189000901), en route from Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) to Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS), suffered a generator failure on no.3 engine and subsequent fire, force-landing in a field near Bogoroditsk, Tula Oblast with no casualties among the 97 occupants.
  • 12 July 1961 : ČSA Flight 511, an Il-18V (OK-PAF), crashed near Casablanca, Morocco, killing all 72 on board; the cause was not determined, but weather may have been a factor.
  • 13 August 1961 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75653 (c/n 188000502) overshot the runway at Riga Central Airport, Latvia, with no casualties.
  • 17 December 1961 : Aeroflot Flight 245, an Il-18B (CCCP-75654), went into a dive and crashed near Chebotovka, Rostov Oblast after the flight engineer accidentally deployed the flaps, killing all 59 passengers and crew on board.
  • 31 December 1961 : An Aeroflot/Armenia Il-18V (CCCP-75757) crashed near Mineralnye Vody Airport while attempting a go-around during a charter flight, killing 32 of 119 on board. The aircraft was one of two sent to pick up people who had been stranded at Tbilisi due to bad weather.
  • 24 February 1962 : A TAROM Il-18V landed in the sea off Paphos, Cyprus, after all 4 engines failed, perhaps due to fuel filter icing.
  • 23 November 1962 : Malév Hungarian Airlines Flight 355, an Il-18V (HA-MOD) stalled for reasons unknown and crashed near Le Bourget Airport, killing all 21 passengers and crew on board.
  • 29 November 1962 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Ilyushin Il-18V, CCCP-75843 (c/n 182005303), was reported to have crashed on this date, with no further information available.
  • 26 February 1963 : An Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75732) force-landed on the ice of the Shelikhov Gulf near Bukhta Yemlinskaya due to double engine failure, killing all 10 passengers and crew on board; three initially survived the crash, but later died of hypothermia in the subzero temperatures.
  • 5 March 1963 : Aeroflot Flight 191, an Il-18V (CCCP-75765), crashed short of the runway at Ashgabat Airport due to poor visibility caused by a dust storm, killing 16 of 55 on board.
  • 4 April 1963 : Aeroflot Flight 25, an Il-18 (CCCP-75866), crashed near Urakhcha, Tatarstan after the propeller pitch control mechanism on an engine malfunctioned, killing all 67 passengers and crew on board.
  • 10 November 1963 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75686 (c/n. 189001201), was damaged beyond repair at Kuibyshev Airport (KUF), Russia.
  • 2 July 1964 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75661, c/n. 188000605) was damaged beyond repair at Krasnodar Airport (KRR), Russia.
  • 3 August 1964 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18V (CCCP-75824, c/n. 182004903) was damaged beyond repair after landing short and the undercarriage collapsing at Magadan Airport(GDX/UHMM), Russia.
  • 2 September 1964 : Aeroflot Flight 721, an Il-18V (CCCP-75531), struck a hillside near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport after the crew descended too soon, killing 87 of 93 on board.
  • 19 October 1964 : A Soviet Air Force Il-18V (CCCP-75568) struck Mount Avala while on approach to Batajnica Air Base, killing all 33 passengers and crew on board.
  • 4 January 1965 : Aeroflot Flight 101, an Il-18B (CCCP-75685, c/n. 189001105), crashed short of the runway at Alma-Ata Airport in poor visibility, killing 64 of 103 on board.
  • 23 December 1965 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75688, c/n. 189001203) suffered severe structural damage near Magadan, whilst en route, after a dive from 8,000 m (26,000 ft).
  • 27 March 1966 : A Cubana Il-18B (CU-T831, c/n. 182005202) from Santiago-Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU/MUCU) to José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) was hijacked by the flight engineer, demanding to be flown to the United States. Two people were killed during the incident.
  • 7 July 1966 : A Cubana Il-18 flying from Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU/MUCU) to José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), was hijacked by 9 hijackers, including the pilot, and flown to Jamaica.
  • 10 July 1966 : A Cubana Ilyushin Il-18V (CU-T830, c/n. 182004905) crashed near Cienfuegos; no further information available.
  • 27 August 1966 : Aeroflot Flight 3772, an Il-18V (CCCP-75552, c/n. 184007404) flying from Talaghy Airport (ARH/ULAA) to Shosseynaya Airport (LED/ULLI), overran the runway after an aborted take-off with the rudder gust-lock engaged.
  • 22 November 1966 : Aeroflot Flight X-19, an Il-18B (CCCP-75665), left the runway and crashed on takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport, killing two of 68 on board.
  • 24 November 1966 : TABSO Flight 101 crashed near Bratislava; killing all 82 passengers and crew on board; the cause was not determined, but crew error was blamed. The crash remains Slovakia's worst air disaster.
  • 4 January 1967 : A Hâng Không Viêtnam Ilyushin Il-18D (c/n. 186008804) from Nanking Airport (NKG), China was reported to have crashed.
  • 6 April 1967 : An Aeroflot/235 Aviation Det. Il-18V (CCCP-75563) was being ferried from Domodedovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport when it crashed on climb-out, killing all eight crew on board.
  • 9 July 1967 : An Air Guinee Il-18V (3X-GAB, c/n. 181003703) on a flight to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) in Czecho-Slovakia, diverted to Casablanca-Anfa Airport (CAS), Morocco due to bad weather, but hit a building on landing and was damaged beyond repair, with no casualties among the 102 occupants.
  • 5 September 1967 : ČSA Flight 523, an Il-18D (OK-WAI), crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirty-seven of the 69 passengers and crew aboard were killed; the cause was never determined.
  • 16 November 1967 : Aeroflot Flight 2230, an Il-18V (CCCP-75538), lost control at 200 m and crashed on climb-out from Koltsovo Airport after an engine fire, killing all 8 crew and 99 passengers.
  • 9 January 1968 : An Aeroflot/Northern Il-18V (CCCP-75519, c/n. 183006702) was damaged beyond repair when it landed 700 m (770 yd) short of the runway at Karaganda Airport (KGF/UAKK), Kazakhstan.
  • 24 February 1968 : A Soviet Government Il-18V (CCCP-75560, c/n. 184007704) overran the runway at Donetsk Airport (DOK/UKCC), Ukraine and was damaged beyond repair.
  • 29 February 1968 : Aeroflot Flight 15, an Il-18D (CCCP-74252), broke apart at 10,000 feet and crashed near Parchum, Irkutsk due to a possible fuel leak and fire, killing 83 of 84 on board.
  • 22 April 1968 : An Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75526) struck power lines and crashed near Domodedovo Airport while on a training flight, killing all five crew on board.
  • 3 September 1968 : A Bulair Il-18E (LZ-BEG) crashed near Bourgas Airport after the crew deviated from flight rules to attempt a visual approach in bad weather, killing 47 of 89 on board.
  • 20 October 1968 : An Aeroflot/West Siberia Il-18D (CCCP-75436, c/n. 186009505) on a scheduled flight from Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN) to Yakutsk Airport (YKS/UEEE), diverted to Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA), due to weather. The aircraft landed hard 200 m (220 yd) short of the runway causing the fuselage to break and a fire to erupt. No casualties were reported but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
  • 20 March 1969 : A United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport. One hundred of the 105 passengers and crew on board were killed.
  • 26 August 1969 : Aeroflot Flight 1770, an Il-18B (CCCP-75708) landed on its belly at Vnukovo Airport after the crew forgot to lower the landing gear, killing 16 of 102 on board.
  • 10 September 1969 : Aeroflot Flight 93, an Il-18V (CCCP-75791) on a flight from Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL) to Yakutsk Airport (YKS/UEEE), was written off at Yakutsk after striking an ambulance crossing the runway.
  • 11 December 1969 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75669) was written off after flying in heavy turbulence.
  • 6 February 1970 : Aeroflot Flight U-45, an Il-18V (CCCP-75798), struck a mountain en route to Samarkand from Tashkent, killing 92 of 106 on board.
  • 5 June 1970 : An Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Il-18V (CCCP-75533, c/n. 180002502) crashed on take-off at Samarkand Airport (SKD/UTSS) with a locked rudder.
  • 23 August 1970 : A Soviet Government Il-18V (CCCP-75823) was written off after a hard landing at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS).
  • 16 October 1970 : An Aeroflot/Armenia Il-18V (CCCP-75578, c/n. 185008102) was written off at Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF), Ukraine after a hard landing due to hydraulic system failure.
  • 31 December 1970 : Aeroflot Flight 3012, an Il-18V (CCCP-75773), crashed on climb-out from Pulkovo Airport after the crew forgot to select the flaps before takeoff, killing six of 86 on board.
  • 18 January 1971 : A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18D (LZ-BED) crashed on approach to Kloten Airport after the pilot attempted to correct the glide path, killing 45 of 47 on board.
  • 21 January 1971 : An Il-18B (CCCP-75727, c/n. 180002303) operated by GosNII GVF (Gosudarstvenny Nauchno-Issledovatel'skiy Institut Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota - state scientific test institute for civil air fleet), was written off at Rostov Airport (ROV).
  • 22 August 1971 : A United Arab Airlines Il-18 flying from Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) to Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ/OJAM) was hijacked by a lone hijacker who demanded to be taken to Israel.
  • 28 August 1971 : Malév Flight 731, an Il-18 (HA-MOC, c/n. 181002903), crashed into the sea near Copenhagen while executing an instrument approach. The main cause of the accident was a microburst, a particularly dangerous and unpredictable meteorological phenomenon. Twenty-three passengers and the crew of 9 died, two passengers survived. The captain of the aircraft was Dezső Szentgyörgyi, a World War II flying ace of the Royal Hungarian Air Force, who was due to retire less than 3 weeks after the date of the accident.
  • 21 December 1971 : A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18V (LZ-BES, c/n. 185008104) crashed shortly after take-off from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria, en route to Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria. Twenty-eight of the 73 occupants were killed.
  • 23 December 1971 : A Malév Il-18D (HA-MOI, c/n. 187010002) on a scheduled flight from Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC), Cyprus, to Damascus International Airport (DAM/OSDI), Syria, made contact with a 759 m (2,490 ft) hill whilst on approach to Damascus. Control of the aircraft was retained and a safe landing was made.
  • 26 August 1972 : An Aeroflot/Northern Il-18B (CCCP-75663, c/n. 188000702) was damaged beyond repair after it crashed on landing in fog at Talaghy Airport (ARH/ULAA).
  • 31 August 1972 : Aeroflot Flight 558, an Il-18V (CCCP-74298), crashed near Smelovskiy, Chelyabinsk Oblast after a loss of control following a fire in the baggage compartment, killing all 101 passengers and crew on board.
  • 1 October 1972 : Aeroflot Flight 1036 (an Il-18V, CCCP-75507), crashed in the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Adler/Sochi Airport, killing all 109 passengers and crew on board.
  • 29 January 1973 : EgyptAir Flight 741 crashed in the Kyrenia mountain range, Cyprus while on approach to Nicosia International Airport, killing all 37 passengers and crew on board.
  • 24 February 1973 : An Aeroflot/Tajikistan Il-18V (CCCP-75712, c/n. 189001803) on a domestic scheduled passenger service from Dushanbe Airport (DYU/UTDD) to Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL), Tajikistan, entered a spin after a high-speed stall during hard maneuvering, breaking up at 2,000 m (6,600 ft), killing all 79 occupants.
  • 3 March 1973 : Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 (an Il-18, LZ-BEM) lost control and crashed near Skhodnya, Moscow while on approach to Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board; tail icing was suspected.
  • 11 May 1973 : Aeroflot Flight 6551 (an Il-18B, CCCP-75687) crashed 53 mi S of Semipalatinsk due to an in-flight breakup following an unexplained descent, killing all 63 passengers and crew on board.
  • 24 April 1974 : An Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Il-18E (CCCP-75405, c/n. 186009005) suffered a bird-strike on No.1 engine at take-off from Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport (TAS/UTTT), Uzbekistan. The aircraft was unable to climb and crashed killing one passenger out of 115 occupants.
  • 27 April 1974 : An Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75559) crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport due to loss of control following an uncontained engine failure, killing all 109 passengers and crew on board.
  • 9 May 1974 : An Aeroflot/Ural Il-18V (CCCP-75425, c/n. 181003403) on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (IFO/UKLI), Ukraine, from Sverdlovsk, was damaged beyond repair after landing on a short runway, over-running into a ravine.
  • 11 August 1974 : An Air Mali Il-18V (TZ-ABE, c/n. 181003304) on an unscheduled Haj passenger flight from Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS), Mali to Niamey Airport (NIM/DRRN), Niger, was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing after a navigational error. The aircraft ran out of fuel and force-landed near Linoghin, Burkina Faso, killing 47 of the 60 occupants.
  • 9 December 1974 : A Tarom (but operating for EgyptAir) Il-18D YR-IMK (c/n. 186009104) from Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) on a training flight, crashed into the Red Sea killing the 9 crew members.
  • 15 January 1975 : Malév Flight 801 (an Il-18V, HA-MOH) was being ferried from East Berlin to Budapest when it crashed on approach to Ferihegy Airport due to weather, poor visibility, poor CRM and possible spatial disorientation, killing the nine crew.
  • 12 December 1975 : An Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18V (CCCP-75801, c/n. 182004301) was damaged beyond repair after undershooting the runway at Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL).
  • 30 January 1976 : An Aeroflot/Kyrgyzstan Il-18V (CCCP-75558, c/n. 184007505) on a training flight, crashed near Frunze Airport (FRU/UAFM), Kyrgyzstan after the No.3 engine failed to relight after un-feathering, during a go-around with no.3 and no.4 engines shut down. All 6 crew-members were killed.
  • 6 March 1976 : Aeroflot Flight 909 (an Il-18E, CCCP-75408) crashed near Verkhnyaya Khava, Russia due to loss of control following an electrical failure, killing all 111 passengers and crew in the worst-ever accident involving the Il-18.
  • 28 July 1976 : ČSA Flight 001 crashed during a flight from Prague Ruzyně Airport; the no.3 engine malfunctioned. Whilst shutting down the No.3 engine, the crew inadvertently shut down No.4 engine (which was on the same wing as engine 3). This caused the aircraft to veer to the right during the emergency landing at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, crashing into the Zlaté Piesky lake, killing 70 passengers and 6 out of 9 crew members. Five crew members were saved right after the crash but two died later in hospital due to kerosene poisoning.
  • 28 October 1976 : A CSA Il-18 with 105 occupants on a domestic flight from Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport (BTS/LZIB) was hijacked and flown to Munich in West Germany where the hijacker surrendered.
  • 30 October 1976 : An Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Il-18V (CCCP-75575, c/n. 185008004) overshot the runway at Tashkent Airport (TAS/UTTT), Uzbekistan and was damaged beyond repair.
  • 02 January 1977 : A CSA Il-18V (OK-NAA, c/n. 189001604) was hit during take-off by a Tupolev Tu-134 which was landing at Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR). None of the 6 occupants of the Il-18 were killed and the aircraft was repaired. This Il-18 now resides at the Letecké Muzeum Kbely (Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely).
  • 15 February 1977 : Aeroflot Flight 5003, an Il-18V (CCCP-75520), stalled and crashed near Mineralnye Vody when the crew performed a missed approach, killing all 77 passengers and crew on board.
  • February 1977 : A Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Il-18B (B-204, c/n. 189001602) was damaged beyond repair at Shenyang Airport (SHE).
  • 21 April 1977 : A Tarom Il-18V (YR-IMI) crashed during a go-around at Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP).
  • 23 November 1977 : Ilyushin Il-18V HA-MOF (c/n. 183006301), operated by Malév Hungarian Airlines on a scheduled flight from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA) to Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), was damaged beyond repair after colliding with two vehicles after landing at Bucharest.
  • 10 May 1978 : A CSA Il-18 flying from Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) to Brno Turany Airport (BRQ/LKTB) in Czechoslovakia was hijacked and flown to Frankfurt in Germany, where the hijackers surrendered.
  • 3 September 1978 : An Air Guinee Il-18D (3X-GAX, c/n 187009803) from Moscow to Conakry Airport (CKY/DGCY), Guinea, crashed into marshland near Conakry, killing 15 out of a total of 17 occupants.
  • 26 March 1979 : An Interflug Il-18D (DM-STL, c/n 186009402) aborted take-off at Luanda-Quatro de Fevereiro Airport (LAD) Angola after No.2 engine failed, over-running the runway, striking the ILS Localiser and bursting into flames, killing all 10 occupants.
  • 10 May 1979 : An Aeroflot/Ural Il-18D (CCCP-75414, c/n 186009303) crashed after an aborted take-off at Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS), Russia.
  • 30 January 1980 : An Interflug Il-18 flying from Erfurt Airport (ERF/EDDE) to East Berlin was hijacked and liberated within a single day at an unknown airport.
  • 26 March 1981 : A Hâng Không Viêtnam Il-18D (VN-B190?, c/n 188010703) was reported to have crashed near Hoa Binh, Vietnam.
  • 25 July 1982 : A CAAC Il-18 was flying a scheduled passenger service from Xi'an Xiguan Airport (SIA/ZLXG) to Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS), China when it was hijacked. The co-pilot and navigator were wounded and a bomb exploded when passengers overpowered the hijackers. The aircraft landed at Shanghai with two engines flamed out.
  • 25 August 1982 : A LOT Polish Airlines Il-18E (SP-LSI, c/n 186008905) operating a flight from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP) to Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), was diverted to München-Riem Airport (MUC) in Germany by two male hijackers.
  • 24 December 1982 : CAAC Flight 2311, an Il-18B (B-202, c/n. 189001401), burned out on the runway at Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport after a passenger's cigarette started a fire, killing 24 of 69 on board.
  • 16 June 1984 : A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18V (LZ-BEP, c/n 185008105), was damaged beyond repair after a failed landing at Sana'a International Airport.
  • 19 January 1985 : A Cubana Il-18D (CU-T899) lost control and crashed near San José de las Lajas after the cargo shifted, killing all 38 passengers and crew on board.
  • 18 January 1988 : China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 (an Il-18D, B-222) crashed while on approach to Chongqing Airport due to loss of control caused by an engine fire, killing all 108 passengers and crew on board.
  • 14 August 1991 : A Tarom Il-18V (YR-IMH, c/n. 185008301) crashed near Uricani, Romania after the crew descended too soon, killing all nine passengers and crew on board.
  • 15 November 1992 : An Aerocaribbean Il-18D (CU-T1270) struck Pico Isabel de Torres near San Felipe de Puerto Plata, while on approach to Gregorio Luperón International Airport, Dominican Republic, for an intermediate stop, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.
  • January 1995 : A Kazakhstan Government Ilyushin Il-22M-15 (UN-75915, c/n 2964111701) was damaged beyond repair in a ground collision with an Antonov An-12 at Almaty Airport.
  • 17 December 1997 : Ramaer Cargo Flight 202, an Il-18V (RA-75554, c/n 185008404) from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), to Bujumbura International Airport (BJM/HBBA), Burundi, was written off after an aborted take-off due to incorrect centre of gravity.
  • 23 November 1998 : An Air Cess Ilyushin Il-18Gr (3D-SBZ, c/n 188010903) was strafed by fighters from the Zimbabwe Air Force at Kalemie Airport, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
  • 25 October 2000 : A Russian Air Force Il-18D (RA-74295) struck Mount Mtirala, in the Meskheti Range, while on approach to Chorokh Airport due to crew and ATC errors, killing all 84 passengers and crew on board.
  • 19 November 2001 : An IRS Aero Il-18V (RA-75840) crashed near Kalyazin after the elevator control system malfunctioned, killing all 27 passengers and crew on board.

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Specifications (Il-18D)

  • Crew : 9.
  • Capacity : 65 to 120 passengers.
  • Length : 35.9 m (117 ft 9 in).
  • Height : 10.165 m (33 ft 4 in).
  • Wingspan : 37.4 m (122 ft 8 in).
  • Wing area : 140 m² (1,500 sq ft).
  • Empty weight : 35,000 kg (77,162 lb).
  • Max takeoff weight : 64,000 kg (141,096 lb).
  • Fuel capacity : 30,000 l (6,599 imp gal).
  • Fuselage diameter : 3.5 m (11 ft).
  • Max. landing weight : 52,600 kg (115,963 lb).
  • Max. zero-fuel weight : 48,800 kg (107,586 lb).
  • Max. taxi weight : 64,500 kg (142,198 lb).
  • Maximum speed : 675 km/h (419 mph; 364 kts).
  • Maximum Mach : 0.65.
  • Cruising speed : 625 km/h (388 mph; 337 kts) at 8,000 m (26,247 ft).
  • Range : 6,500 km (4,039 mi; 3,510 nmi) with 6,500 kg (14,330 lb) payload, maximum fuel and reserves for one hour.
  • 3,700 km (2,299 mi) with 13,500 kg (29,762 lb) maximum payload, at 84 - 85% of maximum continuous power.
  • Service ceiling : 11,800 m (38,714 ft).
  • Approach minima : ICAO CAT 1 Decision Height 60 m (200 ft) / 800 m (Visibility) or 550 m RVR.
  • Take-off run : 1,350 m (4,429 ft).
  • Landing run : 850 m (2,789 ft).
  • Powerplant : Four Ivchenko AI-20M axial flow turboprop engines.
  • Power : 3,170 kW (4,250 shp) each.
  • Propellers : Four-bladed AW-68 I constant speed feathering propellers.
  • Propellers diameter : 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in).
  • Auxiliary power unit : TG-16M (28 Volt DC).

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