Ilyushin II-76 crash, Apr 5, 1996 (20 killed), Petropavlo...
Ilyushin II-76 accident on April 5, 1996 near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia with 20 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: April 5, 1996
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-76
- Location: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after a navigation system misconfiguration left the crew off track, compounded by a premature descent clearance from ATC, low cloud, and takeoff weight well above maximum.
An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo flight from Novosibirsk was being flown into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in low cloud after it had taken off well over its maximum weight. The aircraft was about 23 km off course because of a wrong navigation setting and struck a mountain slope about 40 km from the runway, breaking up on impact. All 20 people on board died.