1989 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash

1989 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Accident
An Ilyushin Il-76, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Date	October 18, 1989 (1989-10-18)
Summary	Uncontained Engine Failure leading to structural failure
Site	Caspian Sea, near Sumgait, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-76
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Registration	CCCP-76569
Flight origin	Nasosnaya Air Base, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Destination	Zhovtneve Air Base, Bolhrad, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Passengers	48
Crew	9
Fatalities	57
Survivors	0

On October 18, 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, it was conducting a flight from Nasosnaya Air Base in SSR Azerbaijan to Zhovtneve Air Base in SSR Ukraine. It was carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred somewhere in Azerbaijan.

Accident

On 18 October 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, with the registration CCCP-76569, carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division, crashed into the Caspian Sea, killing all 57 people on board. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Azerbaijan history.

The flight was part of a routine training exercise taking place near the city of Sumgait, situated along the Caspian Sea coast. The aircraft, in route to carry out a training mission, faced unforeseen technical difficulties shortly after departing from Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

The crash prompted a swift response from search and rescue teams, who were able to recover the wreckage of the aircraft, along with the victims' remains, from the waters of the Caspian Sea. Investigations into the incident were subsequently launched to determine the precise causes of the crash.

Crew

The flight crew consisted of:

Captain: Alexander Nikolaevich Kalmykov (aged 41)
First Officer: Valery Viktorovich Vologin (aged 27)
Flight Engineer: Alexander Nikolaevich Pesterev
Navigator: Fashaddin Zakirov
Flight Operator Instructor: Yury Nikolaevich Gavrikov
Air Gunner: Alexander Vladimirovich Andriyash
Flight Engineer Instructor: Evgeny Viktorovich Andreev
Ground Engineer: Sergei Khochuevich Gashimov
Ground Engineer: Igor Alexandrovich Krayukhin

Passengers (98th Guards Airborne Division)

Captain of the 98th Guards, Captain: Nikolai Nikolaevich Zorev
Constable: Ruslan Isaevich Abazov
Constable: Vladimir Sergeevich Ananchenko
Second Lieutenant: Yury Nikolaevich Arsyonov
Constable: Gennady Konstantinovich Baykov
Constable: Sergei Yurievich Baykov
Constable: Maxim Vladimirovich Boltushkin
First Lieutenant: Evgeny Nikolaevich Borodulin
Constable: Oleg Nikolaeivch Vasyuchkov
Constable: Giesidin Jamalovich Vakhidov
Constable: Vadim Vladimirovich Vorobyov
Corporal: Vladimir Viktorovich Gaidai
Corporal: Ildar Mailievich Galiveev
Second Lieutenant: Alexander Petrovich Gurov
Constable: Yury Alexandrovich Zhukov
Sergeant: Ildar Mazganovich Zaripov
Corporal: Ramil Varisovich Islamgulov
First Lieutenant: Dimitry Orestovich Kovrigin
Constable: Igor Gennadievich Kuznetsov
Corporal: Valery Vladimirovich Kulbitskiy
Constable: Ruslan Yakhievich Kutluguzin
Constable: Adhamjon Toshmirzaevich Kuchkarov
Constable: Yury Nikolaevich Lakov
Constable: Chingizkhan Mukharbekovich Magomadov
Corporal: Vladimir Gavievich Machetidze
Sergeant: Oleg Vladimirovich Merzlikin
Sergeant Major: Nikolai Georgievich Morozov
Constable: Stanislav Vladimirovich Morozov
Constable: Valery Stanislavovich Mostovskiy
Sergeant: Viktor Leonidovich Motuzka
Constable: Mikhail Mikhailovich Pastukhov
First Lieutenant: Sergei Vitalievich Petrov
Constable: Pavel Alekseevich Puzikov
Sergant: Vyacheslav Semyonovich Revenko
Constable: Murad Rejepovich Reznik
First Lieutenant: Igor Anatolievich Reznichenko
Constable: Sergei Mikhailovich Ribko
Constable: Stanislav Viktorovich Svinitskiy
Constable: Fazliddin Saidalievich Soliev
Constable: Igor Alekseevich Streletskiy
Sergeant: Vladislav Nikolaevich Suslov
Constable: Sergei Vladimirovich Terekhin
Sergeant: Vitaly Viktorovich Trokhalev
Constable: Alexander Yurievich Khazov
Sergeant: Sergei Viktorovich Chugai
Constable: Vladislav Vladimirovich Chuykin
Sergeant: Valery Alexandrovich Shevchenko
Corporal: Sergei Mikhailovich Yapryntsev

Investigation

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The cause of the accident was an engine design flaw. The inter-shaft bearing had failed, leading to the low-pressure turbine shaft fracturing from heat.

Legacy

The occupants were posthumously awarded the order "For Personal Courage".
Monuments were built in Bolhrad, Ivanovo, Hvardiiske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and in Аrtsyz, Odesa Oblast.
The Blue Berets wrote a song called dedicated to the crew.

References

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD CCCP-76569 Sumqayit". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76MD CCCP-76569 Sumqayit". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
"34-й год авиационной трагедии на Каспии" [34th year of the aviation tragedy in the Caspian Sea]. ilsvik.ru (in Russian). 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
Smirnov, Evgeny (2005-10-18). "За личное мужество" [For personal courage] (in Russian). Republic of Bashkortostan, No. 201. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
"Неизвестные вандалы в г. Болграде Одесской области осквернили памятник погибшим воинам-десантникам" [Unknown vandals in the city of Bolgrad, Odesa region, desecrated the monument to the fallen paratroopers]. otechestvo.org.ua (in Russian). 2009-10-16. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

External links

Cockpit Voice Recording on YouTube

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989 (1989)
Jan 4 Air battle near TobrukJan 8 Kegworth air disasterFeb 8 Independent Air Flight 1851Feb 19 Flying Tiger Line Flight 66Feb 24 United Airlines Flight 811Mar 10 Air Ontario Flight 1363Mar 18 Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17Mar 21 Transbrasil Flight 801Apr 10 Uni-Air International Flight 602Jun 7 Surinam Airways Flight 764Jun 17 Interflug Flight 102Jul 4 Belgium MiG-23 crashJul 19 United Airlines Flight 232Jul 21 Philippine Airlines Flight 124Jul 27 Korean Air Flight 803Aug 3 Olympic Aviation Flight 545Aug 13 Alice Springs hot air balloon crashAug 15 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510Aug 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404Sep 3 Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046Sep 3 Varig Flight 254Sep 8 Partnair Flight 394Sep 19 UTA Flight 772Sep 20 USAir Flight 5050Oct 18 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crashOct 21 TAN-SAHSA Flight 414Oct 26 China Airlines Flight 204Oct 28 Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712Nov 21 Aeroflot Flight 37577Nov 25 Korean Air Flight 175Nov 27 Avianca Flight 203Nov 27 Angola Lockheed L-100 crashDec 15 KLM Flight 867Dec 26 United Express Flight 2415
1988 ◄ ► 1990

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989 (1989)

Jan 4 Air battle near TobrukJan 8 Kegworth air disasterFeb 8 Independent Air Flight 1851Feb 19 Flying Tiger Line Flight 66Feb 24 United Airlines Flight 811Mar 10 Air Ontario Flight 1363Mar 18 Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17Mar 21 Transbrasil Flight 801Apr 10 Uni-Air International Flight 602Jun 7 Surinam Airways Flight 764Jun 17 Interflug Flight 102Jul 4 Belgium MiG-23 crashJul 19 United Airlines Flight 232Jul 21 Philippine Airlines Flight 124Jul 27 Korean Air Flight 803Aug 3 Olympic Aviation Flight 545Aug 13 Alice Springs hot air balloon crashAug 15 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510Aug 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404Sep 3 Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046Sep 3 Varig Flight 254Sep 8 Partnair Flight 394Sep 19 UTA Flight 772Sep 20 USAir Flight 5050Oct 18 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crashOct 21 TAN-SAHSA Flight 414Oct 26 China Airlines Flight 204Oct 28 Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712Nov 21 Aeroflot Flight 37577Nov 25 Korean Air Flight 175Nov 27 Avianca Flight 203Nov 27 Angola Lockheed L-100 crashDec 15 KLM Flight 867Dec 26 United Express Flight 2415

1988 ◄ ► 1990

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s
1980	Aeroflot Flight Sh-88 (June 1980) Aeroflot Flight 4225 (July 1980)
1981	Pushkin Tu-104 crash (February 1981) Aeroflot Flight 498 (June 1981) Armenia mid-air collision (July 1981) Aeroflot Flight 811 (August 1981) Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision (September 1981) Aeroflot Flight 3603 (November 1981)
1982	Aeroflot Flight 8641 (June 1982) Aeroflot Flight 411 (July 1982) Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision (August 1982)
1983	Aeroflot Flight E-46 (April 1983) Aeroflot Flight 5463 (August 1983) Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (September 1983) Aeroflot Flight 601 (December 1983)
1984	Aeroflot Flight 3352 (October 1984) Aeroflot Flight 3519 (December 1984)
1985	Aeroflot Flight 7841 (February 1985) Zolochiv mid-air collision (May 1985) Aeroflot Flight 5143 (July 1985) Aeroflot Flight 101/435 (December 1985)
1986	Aeroflot Flight F-77 (March 1986) Aeroflot Flight 2306 (July 1986) Aeroflot Flight 6502 (October 1986)
1987	Aeroflot Flight N-528 (June 1987) Aeroflot Flight U-505 (July 1987)
1988	Aeroflot Flight 699 (18 January 1988) Aeroflot Flight 29674 (24 January 1988) Aeroflot Flight 3739 (March 1988) Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash (December 1988)
1989	Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash (October 1989) Aeroflot Flight 37577 (November 1989)
1990	Aeroflot Flight 6246 (January 1990) Navoiy Aeroflot An-24 crash (March 1990)
1991	Aeroflot Flight 8556 (May 1991) Yugavia Flight S-519 (7 November 1991) Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown (20 November 1991)
1970–1979 ◄ 1980–1991 ► 1990–1999 (Russia) Aviation incidents in other Post-Soviet states: Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Georgia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Ukraine · Uzbekistan

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan SSR	Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash (October 1948) Aeroflot Flight A-13 (August 1973) Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash (October 1989) Aeroflot Flight E-35D (August 1990)
Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown (November 1991) Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown (January 1992) Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown (March 1994) Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 (December 1995) Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 (December 2005) Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown (November 2014) Azerbaijani Mil Mi-17 crash (November 2021)
Incidents with asterisks (*) occurred in Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but governed by the Republic of Artsakh (1991–2023)

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