Draft:1993 Pskov Ilyushin IL-76 crash

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1993 Pskov Ilyushin IL-76 crash
A Russian Air Force Il-76, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
DateJuly 8, 1993 (1993-07-08)
SummaryIn-flight fire and loss of control due to undetermined reason.
SiteNear Pskov Airport, Pskov, Russia
57°49′22″N 28°25′29″E / 57.82278°N 28.42472°E / 57.82278; 28.42472
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-76M
Operator Russian Air Force
RegistrationRA-86039
Flight originPskov Airport, Pskov, Russia
DestinationPskov Airport, Pskov, Russia
Occupants11
Passengers3
Crew8
Fatalities11
Survivors0

On 8 July 1993, A Russian air force Il-76 registered as RA-86039 crashed near Pskov Airport after a fire erupted mid-flight on the IL-76 and loss control crashed into the woods, Killing all 11 occupants on board. The plane was flying from Pskov Airport in Pskov, Russia and a return back to Pskov Airport.

Flight crew[edit]

The 11 occupants on board including the air gunners were:

Captain: Vladimir Viktorovich Gudin

First Officer: Andrew Dolganovich Pollikarpov

Flight Engineer: Alexander Fedorovich Sinyukov

Flight Operator: Alexei Valentinovich Blinkov

Navigator: Pavel Borisovich Volgin

Air Gunner Instructor: Vasiliy Petrovich Bolonsky

Air Gunner Instructor: Arkadiy Borisovich Vasiliev

(Trainee) Air Gunner: Dimitry Vladimirovich Jivyh

(Trainee) Air Gunner: Konstantin Valerievich Orlov

(Trainee) Air Gunner: Vitaly Anatolyevich Zubarev.

Aircraft[edit]

The Ilyushin IL-76 was built in 1979 by manufacturer Ilyushin and registered as "CCCP-86039". The Soviet Air Forces operated the aircraft untill 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was re-registered as RA-86039 and crashed in 1993.