Samarkand - Tashkent - Leningrad

On June 24, 1974 at 05:05 PM, Samarkand - Tashkent - Leningrad experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Tashkent-Yuzhny Tashkent Province (Toshkent viloyati).

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

114 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 113 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.9%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 106, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. During the takeoff roll, at a speed of 230 km/h, the engine n°4 failed. The captain decided to abandon the takeoff procedure and started an emergency braking maneuver. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the airplane overran at a speed of 100 km/h, went through a road and a ditch before coming to rest, broken in two. 20 passengers were injured, three of them seriously as they were not wearing their seat belt. Few hours later, one of them died.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-75405, MSN 186 0090 05, year of manufacture 1966.