Kiev - Ivano-Frankivsk

On May 9, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Kiev - Ivano-Frankivsk experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

65 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 65 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 57, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a flight from Kiev-Borispol to Ivano-Frankivsk, the crew (who never had been at Ivano-Frankivsk before) mistook in bad visibility an agricultural airstrip located 17 km from Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport and landed there. As the runway was only 500 meters long, the aircraft overran and came to rest into a ravine, broken in two. All 65 occupants escaped unhurt while the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-75425, MSN 181 0034 03, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.0905°, 24.3490°.