Moscow - Saint-Petersburg

On July 28, 2002 at 03:25 PM, Moscow - Saint-Petersburg experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-86, operated by Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, with the event recorded near Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 16, crew fatalities: 14, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was leaving Moscow on a ferry flight to St Petersburg following a charter flight from Sochi. On board were 16 crew members, among them 10 employees of the company. Two seconds after takeoff from runway 07L, while climbing to a height of about 200 metres, the stabilizers trimmed to the full up position of 12°. The aircraft nosed up and reached a super critical angle of attack. The crew attempted to regain control by pushing the control column forward but the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion about 700 metres past the runway end. Two stewardesses were injured while 14 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-86060, MSN 51483203027, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.9600°, 37.4130°.