Ilyushin II-86 crash, Jul 28, 2002 (14 killed), Moscow-Sh...
Ilyushin II-86 accident on July 28, 2002 near Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia with 14 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. Investigators...
- Date: July 28, 2002
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-86
- Location: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. Investigators considered an electrical fault in the stabilizer control system or an input from a pilot holding the nose-up trim switch; the stabilizer units were largely destroyed by fire.
An Il-86 on a ferry flight from Moscow to St Petersburg after a charter from Sochi stabilizer trim moved to full nose-up two seconds after takeoff. The aircraft reached an extreme angle of attack, stalled and crashed beyond the runway end, and burned. Fourteen of the sixteen crew were killed, and the investigation could not fully establish why the trim moved.