Krechevitsky AFB - Krechevitsky AFB

On August 10, 1989 at 12:00 AM, Krechevitsky AFB - Krechevitsky AFB experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Novgorod Novgorod oblast.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Krechevitsky AFB on a local training flight. After several materials have been dropped at low height, the crew elected to gain altitude when he encountered technical problems with the electrical system. The aircraft nosed up to an angle of 26° then climbed from 940 meters to 1,300 metres in few seconds. Suddenly, it adopted a nose down attitude of 55°, entered a dive and crashed at a speed of 570 km/h. The wreckage was found between the villages of Rogavka and Kerest, about 32 km northwest of the airbase. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all seven crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-86718, MSN 0734 09259, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.5211°, 31.2753°.