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1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash

26 Aug 1969 · Vnukovo Airport

Aeroflot (Moscow TU GA, Vnukovsky OAO) Ilyushin Il-18B · Pilot error leading to belly landing

From Sochi International Airport (AER) to Alykel International Airport (NSK)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
16 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
101
Survivors
85
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Ilyushin Il-18B

Aircraft type
Ilyushin IL-18
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
CCCP-75708
Onboard fatalities
16
Route
From Sochi International Airport (AER)To Alykel International Airport (NSK)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

On August 26, 1969, an Il-18 of Aeroflot landed without its landing gear and burst into flames during landing at Vnukovo Airport. The flight was a scheduled domestic flight from Sochi to Moscow and Norilsk, carrying 94 passengers and 7 crew members. 16 of the 101 occupants died - 85 survived.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: 1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash
Article
1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash
Revision
1373346715 · 2026-09-05 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q16662460
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash" (page 43291968, revision 1373346715)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.