Ilyushin II-18 crash, Jul 28, 1976 (76 killed), Bratislav...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on July 28, 1976 near Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Bratislava Region, Slovakia with 76 fatalities.
- Date: July 28, 1976
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Bratislava Region, Slovakia
- Fatalities: 76
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A CSA Il18 on a scheduled flight from Prague made a high sink rate, unstable approach to Bratislava. After an engine failure and an inadvertent feathering of a propeller it stalled during a go around and crashed into Zlate Piesky lake, killing 76 people. Three people survived.