Ilyushin II-76 crash, Dec 11, 1988 (78 killed), Leninakan
Ilyushin II-76 accident on December 11, 1988 near Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia with 78 fatalities. Cause: The crew set an incorrect altimeter setting...
- Date: December 11, 1988
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-76
- Location: Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia
- Fatalities: 78
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew set an incorrect altimeter setting before descent, so the aircraft descended well below the minimum altitude and flew into terrain, attributed to pilot error.
Ilyushin Il-76 CCCP-86732 of the Soviet Air Force was carrying relief personnel from Baku toward Leninakan four days after the Spitak earthquake. It struck a mountain slope at night while descending to Leninakan on 11 December 1988. Most of the 78 people aboard were killed.