Ilyushin II-18 crash, Mar 28, 2005, Caracas-Maiquetía-Sim...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on March 28, 2005 near Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. A...
- Date: March 28, 2005
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. A secondary source reports that the first officer noticed a loss of elevator control during the takeoff roll, but no official report was located.
An Aerocaribbean Ilyushin Il-18 on a scheduled flight to Havana rejected its takeoff at Caracas-Maiquetia. It could not stop within the remaining runway, overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest on a hill with its No. 1 engine torn off. All occupants were rescued, and 16 were injured, some seriously.