2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision

2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision
The remains of RA-76825, a few hours after the collision.
Accident
Date15 January 2009 (2009-01-15)
SummaryGround collision due to Pilot error on RA-76827
SiteUytash Airport, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
42°49′01″N 47°39′08″E / 42.81694°N 47.65222°E / 42.81694; 47.65222
Total fatalities4
Total survivors34 (all on board RA-76827 and 2 on board RA-76825)
First aircraft

Ilyushin Il-76 operated by the Russian Ministry, similar to the one involved.
TypeIlyushin Il-76MD
OperatorRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs
RegistrationRA-76825
Occupants6
Fatalities4
Injuries2
Survivors2
Second aircraft

Another Il-76 by the same operator, in another livery, and similar to the one involved in the collision.
TypeIlyushin Il-76MD
OperatorRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs
RegistrationRA-76827
Occupants31
Fatalities0
Survivors31

The 2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision occurred on 15 January 2009 near 18:00 UTC, when two Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) collided at Uytash Airport serving the city of Makhachkala in Dagestan, Russia.[1][2][3]

Accident

On the evening of January 15, 2009, four Il-76 military transport aircraft of the 675th Special Aviation Regiment of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs took off from Chkalovsky air base with military personnel and equipment on board, bound for Makhachkala Airport. Their task was to unload the personnel and military equipment and return to their home Nizhny Novgorod Airport.

The first aircraft completed the task successfully. The second aircraft (tail number RA-76825) landed at the airport, unloaded and taxied to a runway access point, where it awaited the landing of the third aircraft (tail number RA-76827). The third aircraft, after landing in difficult weather conditions with the minimum established weather (fog, runway visibility 800 meters, vertical visibility 60 meters), touched down, moving however 15-20 meters to the left of the runway. Before that, the Il-76 still on the ground crossed the taxiway end line but did not report its position to Air traffic control (ATC). As a result, the landing aircraft hit the aircraft waiting for take-off with its wing in the cockpit.

As a result of the collision, the cockpit of the Il-76MD (RA-76825) on the ground was destroyed, of the seven crew members of the aircraft, four were killed (Commander/Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Dubankov, Flight Engineer Vladimir Knyazevič, Flight Radio Operator Alexander Alekhine, Flight Engineer Anatoly Tupitsyn) and three were injured and were later taken to a hospital in the city of Kaspiysk.[4] None of the passengers on board the landing aircraft (6 crew members and 31 passengers) were injured. The pilot of the fourth Il-76, after assessing the situation, directed the aircraft to an alternative airport.[5]

Aftermath

Makhachkala Airport was closed until the runway and damaged areas were cleaned. Material damage from the damage to two aircraft amounted to 158.7 million rubles.[6]

After the collision, aircraft RA-76827 was repaired at the 123rd Aircraft Repair Plant (Staraya Russa) and returned to service on 15 December 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD RA-76825 Makhachkala Airport (MCX)". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD RA-76827 Makhachkala Airport (MCX)". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (16 January 2009). "Four crew killed as two Il-76s collide on ground in Russia". Flight Global. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Авиаполк простился с бортинженером // АвиаПорт.Новости" [The air regiment bid farewell to its flight engineer]. Aviaport (in Russian). 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ "В аэропорту Махачкалы столкнулись два транспортных самолета с военными, есть погибшие и раненые" [Two transport planes with military personnel collided at Makhachkala airport, there are dead and wounded]. NEWSru (in Russian). 15 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  6. ^ "В МАХАЧКАЛЕ СУД ВЫНЕС ПРИГОВОР ПО ДЕЛУ О СТОЛКНОВЕНИИ САМОЛЕТОВ" [MAKHACHKALA COURT HAS RENDERED A VERDICT IN THE CASE OF A PLANE COLLISION]. Obzor-Smi (in Russian). 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Ильюшин Ил-76МД Бортовой №: RF-76827" [Ilyushin Il-76MD Onboard No.: RF-76827]. RussianPlanes. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2024.


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