Crash of an Ilyushin II-76MD in Ivanovo: 16 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 2024 at 1300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RF-76551
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ivanovo - Plessetsk
MSN:
00334 45309
YOM:
1983
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Ivanovo-Severny AFB, while climbing, the engine n°4 caught fire. The crew decided to return to the base and initiated a circuit in a slight right bank attitude. Few dozen seconds after departure, the engine n°4 detached. The airplane later entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. All 16 occupants were killed. The crew was en route to the airbase of Plessetsk, Arkhangelsk oblast.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-22M-11 near Kantemirovka: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 2023
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RF-75917
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ivanovo - Ivanovo
MSN:
29640 10105
YOM:
1967
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane departed Ivanovo-Severny Airbase on a survey mission, carrying 10 crew members. In flight, it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and caught fire. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located near Kantemirovka, bursting into flames. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
LT Col Artem Milovanov,
Maj Gennady Belyakin,
Maj Alexander Sviridov,
Cpt Viktor Popov,
Cpt Artem Sharoglazov,
Cpt Igor Volochilov,
Lt Nikita Golubev,
S/Sgt Alexey Skrykov,
S/Sgt Viktor Podrepny,
Sgt Sergey Starushok.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile. The origin of the shot remains unclear but it is believed that it was from Wagner's mercenaries.

Crash of an Antonov AN-74 in Ivanovo

Date & Time: Mar 30, 2010 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RA-74017
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ivanovo - Moscow
MSN:
471 95 015
YOM:
2004
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Just after liftoff, at a height of about 3 meters, left engine thrust reverser deployed. The takeoff procedure was aborted but the aircraft veered off runway and came to rest in a field with the cockpit partially separated. All five occupants were injured, both pilots seriously. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Configured in a VIP version, it was used by the FSB's Director Nikolai Patrushev and flying back to Moscow at the time of the accident.
Probable cause:
The thrust reverser deployed accidentally on the left engine after rotation due to inappropriate maintenance.

Ground accident of an Ilyushin II-76MD in Ivanovo

Date & Time: Nov 7, 2009
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RA-86894
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
00134 32977
YOM:
1981
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
6200
Circumstances:
The crew lined up on runway and was cleared for takeoff. Power was added on all four engine and the crew started the takeoff roll when the engine n°3 detached from its pylon, fall on the ground and rolled for about 150 metres before coming to rest. The crew stopped the airplane and evacuated safely. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The engine n°3 detached during the takeoff roll for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12 in Ivanovo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1970
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ivanovo - Ivanovo
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training mission at Ivanovo-Severny Air Base. On final approach by night and poor weather conditions, the captain decided to make a go-around when the airplane lost height and crashed. The airplane was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the aircraft's speed was insufficient at the time the crew initiated a go-around procedure.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-4 in Ivanovo: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1957
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
On final approach to Ivanovo-Severny Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the approach speed was too low so the airplane lost height. The pilot-in-command increased power when the airplane struck trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located near the Strokino station, about 5 km short of runway 29. All ten crew members were killed.
Crew (27th Squadron):
Aleksandr Nikolaïevitch Scheglov , pilot instructor,
Vladimir Ignatievich Krasnoperov, crew chief,
Nicholas J. Popiel, navigator,
Vasily Osipov, flight engineer,
Nikolay Andreyevich Popv, technician,
Yuriy Ilich Akulyushin , radio operator 4.