7 MayA Soviet Air Force Il-18A (
002 red, c/n 187000104) crashed near Sheremetyevo Airport after an engine failed while on a test flight, killing all 10 on board in the first loss of an Il-18. The aircraft was operating for
Aviatsionnaya Krasnoznamyonnaya Diviziya Osobogo Naznacheniya (AKDON, Red Banner Special Task Aviation Division).
2 SeptemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Ilyushin Il-18B, CCCP-75676 (c/n 189000905), from Vnukovo Airport was written off after suffering structural damage in a cumulonimbus cloud; all 56 passengers and crew survived.
27 AprilAn Aeroflot/Ural Il-18A, CCCP-75648 (c/n 188000402), crashed on landing at Koltsovo Airport while on a training flight due to crew error, killing one of five crew on board.
17 AugustAeroflot Flight 36, an Il-18B (CCCP-75705, c/n 189001702), exploded in mid-air and crashed near Kiev after an in-flight fire, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.
26 DecemberAn Aeroflot/Ulyanovsk Flight School Il-18A (CCCP-75651, c/n 188000405) lost control and crashed near Vostochny Airport en route from Kuybyshev Airport while on a training flight due to tail icing, killing all 17 passengers and crew on board.
28 MarchČSA Flight 511, an Il-18V (OK-OAD, c/n 180002102), crashed near
Gräfenberg, Bavaria in
West Germany. All 52 passengers and crew on board were killed.
22 JuneAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75672 (c/n 189000901), en route from Vnukovo Airport to Adler/Sochi Airport, suffered a generator failure on no.3 engine and subsequent fire, force-landing in a field near Bogoroditsk, Tula Oblast with no casualties among the 97 occupants.
12 JulyČSA Flight 511, an Il-18V (OK-PAF, c/n 181002904), crashed near Casablanca,
Morocco, killing all 72 on board; the cause was not determined, but weather may have been a factor.
13 AugustAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75653 (c/n 188000502) overshot the runway at Riga Central Airport, Latvia, with no casualties.
17 DecemberAeroflot Flight 245, an Il-18B (CCCP-75654, c/n 188000503), went into a dive and crashed near Chebotovka, Rostov Oblast after the flight engineer accidentally deployed the flaps, killing all 59 passengers and crew on board.
31 DecemberAn Aeroflot/Armenia Il-18V (CCCP-75757, c/n 181003202) crashed near
Mineralnye Vody Airport while attempting a go-around during a charter flight, killing 32 of 119 on board. The aircraft was one of two sent to pick up people who had been stranded at
Tbilisi due to bad weather.
24 FebruaryA
TAROM Il-18V (YR-IMB, c/n 181003702) landed in the sea off Paphos, Cyprus, after all 4 engines failed, perhaps due to fuel filter icing, (see
List of airline flights that required gliding).
23 NovemberMalev Hungarian Airlines Flight 355, an Il-18V (HA-MOD, c/n 180002002) stalled for reasons unknown and crashed near Le Bourget Airport, killing all 21 passengers and crew on board.
29 NovemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Ilyushin Il-18V, CCCP-75843 (c/n 182005303), was reported to have crashed on this date, with no further information available.
26 FebruaryAn Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75732, c/n 181002601) force-landed on the ice of the
Shelikhov Gulf near Bukhta Yemlinskaya due to double engine failure, killing all 10 passengers and crew on board; three initially survived the crash, but later died of hypothermia in the subzero temperatures.
5 MarchAeroflot Flight 191, an Il-18V (CCCP-75765, c/n 181003404), crashed short of the runway at Ashgabat Airport due to poor visibility caused by a dust storm, killing 16 of 55 on board.
4 AprilAeroflot Flight 25, an Il-18V (CCCP-75866, c/n 183005901), crashed near Urakhcha,
Tatarstan after the propeller pitch control mechanism on an engine malfunctioned, killing all 67 passengers and crew on board.
10 NovemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B, CCCP-75686 (c/n. 189001201), was damaged beyond repair at Kuibyshev Airport.
2 JulyAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75661, c/n 188000605) was damaged beyond repair at Krasnodar Airport (KRR), Russia.
3 AugustAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18V (CCCP-75824, c/n 182004903) was damaged beyond repair after landing short and the undercarriage collapsing at
Magadan Airport.
2 SeptemberAeroflot Flight 721, an Il-18V (CCCP-75531, c/n 183006904), struck a hillside near
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport after the crew descended too soon, killing 87 of 93 on board.
19 OctoberA Soviet Air Force Il-18V (CCCP-75568, c/n 183005704) struck Mount Avala while on approach to Batajnica Air Base, killing all 33 passengers and crew on board.
4 JanuaryAeroflot Flight 101, an Il-18B (CCCP-75685, c/n 189001105), crashed short of the runway at Alma-Ata Airport in poor visibility, killing 64 of 103 on board.
23 DecemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75688, c/n 189001203) suffered severe structural damage near Magadan, whilst en route, after a dive from 8,000 m (26,000 ft).
27 MarchA
Cubana Il-18B (CU-T831, c/n 182005202) from Santiago-
Antonio Maceo Airport to
José Martí International Airport was hijacked by the flight engineer, demanding to be flown to the United States. Two people were killed during the incident.
7 JulyA
Cubana Il-18 flying from Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU/MUCU) to
José Martí International Airport, was hijacked by 9 hijackers, including the pilot, and flown to
Jamaica.
10 JulyA Cubana Ilyushin Il-18V (CU-T830, c/n 182004905) crashed near
Cienfuegos; no further information available.
27 AugustAeroflot Flight 3772, an Il-18V (CCCP-75552, c/n 184007404) flying from Talaghy Airport to Shosseynaya Airport, overran the runway after an aborted take-off with the rudder gust-lock engaged.
22 NovemberAeroflot Flight X-19, an Il-18B (CCCP-75665, c/n 188000704), left the runway and crashed on takeoff from Alma-Ata Airport, killing two of 68 on board.
24 NovemberTABSO Flight 101 crashed near
Bratislava; killing all 82 passengers and crew on board; the cause was not determined, but crew error was blamed. The crash remains
Slovakia's worst air disaster.
4 JanuaryA Hâng Không Viêtnam Ilyushin Il-18D (c/n 186008804) from Nanking Airport was reported to have crashed.
6 AprilAn Aeroflot/235 Aviation Det. Il-18V (CCCP-75563, c/n 184007802) was being ferried from Domodedovo Airport to Vnukovo Airport when it crashed on climb-out, killing all eight crew on board.
9 JulyAn Air Guinee Il-18V (3X-GAB, c/n 181003703) on a flight to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport in
Czechoslovakia, diverted to Casablanca-Anfa Airport, Morocco due to bad weather, but hit a building on landing and was damaged beyond repair, with no casualties among the 102 occupants.
5 SeptemberČSA Flight 523, an Il-18D (OK-WAI, c/n 187009705), crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirty-seven of the 69 passengers and crew aboard were killed; the cause was never determined.
16 NovemberAeroflot Flight 2230, an Il-18V (CCCP-75538, c/n 184007002), lost control at 200 m and crashed on climb-out from Koltsovo Airport after an engine fire, killing all 8 crew and 99 passengers.
9 JanuaryAn Aeroflot/Northern Il-18V (CCCP-75519, c/n 183006702) was damaged beyond repair when it landed 700 m (770 yd) short of the runway at Karaganda Airport.
24 FebruaryAn Aeroflot/Ural Il-18V (CCCP-75560, c/n 184007704) overran the runway at Donetsk Airport and was damaged beyond repair.
29 FebruaryAeroflot Flight 15, an Il-18D (CCCP-74252, c/n 187010601), broke apart at 10,000 feet and crashed near Parchum, Irkutsk due to a possible fuel leak and fire, killing 83 of 84 on board.
22 AprilAn Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75526, c/n 183006804) struck power lines and crashed near Domodedovo Airport while on a training flight, killing all five crew on board.
3 SeptemberA Bulair Il-18E (LZ-BEG, c/n 186009101) crashed near Bourgas Airport after the crew deviated from flight rules to attempt a visual approach in bad weather, killing 47 of 89 on board.
20 OctoberAn Aeroflot/West Siberia Il-18D (CCCP-75436, c/n 186009505) on a scheduled flight from Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN) to
Yakutsk Airport, diverted to Krasnoyarsk Airport, due to weather. The aircraft landed hard 200 m (220 yd) short of the runway causing the fuselage to break and a fire to erupt. No casualties were reported but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
20 MarchA United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at
Aswan International Airport. One hundred of the 105 passengers and crew on board were killed.
26 AugustAeroflot Flight 1770, an Il-18B (CCCP-75708, c/n 189001705) landed on its belly at Vnukovo Airport after the crew forgot to lower the landing gear, killing 16 of 102 on board.
10 SeptemberAeroflot Flight 93, an Il-18V (CCCP-75791, c/n 181004005) on a flight from Krasnoyarsk Airport to
Yakutsk Airport, was written off at Yakutsk after striking an ambulance crossing the runway.
11 DecemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18B (CCCP-75669, c/n 188000803) was written off after flying in heavy turbulence.
6 FebruaryAeroflot Flight U-45, an Il-18V (CCCP-75798), struck a mountain en route to
Samarkand from
Tashkent, killing 92 of 106 on board.
5 JuneAn Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Il-18V (CCCP-75533, c/n 180002502) crashed on take-off at Samarkand Airport with a locked rudder.
23 AugustA Soviet Government Il-18V (CCCP-75823) was written off after a hard landing at
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport.
16 OctoberAn Aeroflot/Armenia Il-18V (CCCP-75578, c/n 185008102) was written off at Simferopol Airport, Ukraine after a hard landing due to hydraulic system failure.
31 DecemberAeroflot Flight 3012, an Il-18V (CCCP-75773), crashed on climb-out from
Pulkovo Airport after the crew forgot to select the flaps before takeoff, killing six of 86 on board.
18 JanuaryA
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18D (LZ-BED, c/n 186009002) crashed on approach to Kloten Airport after the pilot attempted to correct the glide path, killing 45 of 47 on board.
21 JanuaryAn Il-18B (CCCP-75727, c/n 180002303) operated by GosNII GVF (
Gosudarstvenny Nauchno-Issledovatel'skiy Institut Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota - state scientific test institute for civil air fleet), was written off at Rostov Airport.
22 AugustA United Arab Airlines Il-18 flying from
Cairo International Airport to Amman-Marka International Airport was hijacked by a lone hijacker who demanded to be taken to
Israel.
28 AugustMalev Flight 731, an Il-18 (HA-MOC, c/n 181002903), crashed into the sea near
Copenhagen while executing an instrument approach. The main cause of the accident was a microburst, a particularly dangerous and unpredictable meteorological phenomenon. Twenty-three passengers and the crew of 9 died, two passengers survived. The captain of the aircraft was
Dezső Szentgyörgyi, a World War II flying ace of the Royal Hungarian Air Force, who was due to retire less than 3 weeks after the date of the accident.
21 DecemberA
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18V (LZ-BES, c/n 185008104) crashed shortly after take-off from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport, Bulgaria, en route to Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport, Algeria. Twenty-eight of the 73 occupants were killed.
23 DecemberA Malev Il-18D (HA-MOI, c/n 187010002) on a scheduled flight from Nicosia Airport, Cyprus, to
Damascus International Airport,
Syria, made contact with a 759 m (2,490 ft) hill whilst on approach to Damascus. Control of the aircraft was retained and a safe landing was made.
26 AugustAn Aeroflot/Northern Il-18B (CCCP-75663, c/n 188000702) was damaged beyond repair after it crashed on landing in fog at Talaghy Airport.
31 AugustAeroflot Flight 558, an Il-18V (CCCP-74298), crashed near Smelovskiy,
Chelyabinsk Oblast after a loss of control following a fire in the baggage compartment, killing all 101 passengers and crew on board.
1 OctoberAeroflot Flight 1036 (an Il-18V, CCCP-75507), crashed in the
Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Adler/Sochi Airport, killing all 109 passengers and crew on board.
29 JanuaryEgyptAir Flight 741 crashed in the Kyrenia mountain range, Cyprus while on approach to
Nicosia International Airport, killing all 37 passengers and crew on board.
24 FebruaryAn Aeroflot/Tajikistan Il-18V (CCCP-75712, c/n. 189001803) on a domestic scheduled passenger service from Dushanbe Airport to Leninabad Airport, Tajikistan, entered a spin after a high-speed stall during hard maneuvering, breaking up at 2,000 m (6,600 ft), killing all 79 occupants.
3 MarchBalkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 (an Il-18, LZ-BEM) lost control and crashed near Skhodnya, Moscow while on approach to
Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board; tail icing was suspected.
11 MayAeroflot Flight 6551 (an Il-18B, CCCP-75687) crashed 53 mi S of Semipalatinsk due to an in-flight breakup following an unexplained descent, killing all 63 passengers and crew on board.
27 AprilAn Aeroflot Il-18V (CCCP-75559) crashed shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport due to loss of control following an uncontained engine failure, killing all 109 passengers and crew on board.
9 MayAn Aeroflot/Ural Il-18V (CCCP-75425, c/n 181003403) on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to
Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport, Ukraine, from Sverdlovsk, was damaged beyond repair after landing on a short runway, over-running into a ravine.
24 JuneAeroflot Flight 5139, an Il-18E (CCCP-75405, c/n 186009005), suffered a bird-strike on No.1 engine at take-off from Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport (TAS/UTTT), Uzbekistan. The aircraft was unable to climb and crashed killing one passenger out of 114 occupants.
11 AugustAn Air Mali Il-18V (TZ-ABE, c/n 181003304) on an unscheduled Haj passenger flight from Bamako Airport, Mali to Niamey Airport, Niger, was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing after a navigational error. The aircraft ran out of fuel and force-landed near Linoghin, Burkina Faso, killing 47 of the 60 occupants.
9 DecemberA Tarom (but operating for EgyptAir) Il-18D YR-IMK (c/n 186009104) from Jeddah International Airport to
Cairo International Airport on a training flight, crashed into the
Red Sea killing the 9 crew members.
15 JanuaryMalev Flight 801 (an Il-18V, HA-MOH) was being ferried from
East Berlin to
Budapest when it crashed on approach to Ferihegy Airport due to weather, poor visibility, poor CRM and possible spatial disorientation, killing the nine crew.
12 DecemberAn Aeroflot/Moscow Il-18V (CCCP-75801, c/n 182004301) was damaged beyond repair after undershooting the runway at Krasnoyarsk Airport.
30 JanuaryAn Aeroflot/Kyrgyzstan Il-18V (CCCP-75558, c/n 184007505) on a training flight, crashed near Frunze Airport, after the No.3 engine failed to relight after un-feathering, during a go-around with no.3 and no.4 engines shut down. All 6 crew-members were killed.
6 MarchAeroflot Flight 909 (an Il-18E, CCCP-75408, c/n 186009201) crashed near Verkhnyaya Khava, Russia due to loss of control following an electrical failure, killing all 111 passengers and crew in the worst-ever accident involving the Il-18.
28 JulyČSA Flight 001 crashed during a flight from Prague Ruzyně Airport; the no.3 engine malfunctioned. Whilst shutting down the No.3 engine, the crew inadvertently shut down No.4 engine (which was on the same wing as engine 3). This caused the aircraft to veer to the right during the emergency landing at M. R. Štefánik Airport in
Bratislava, crashing into the
Zlaté Piesky lake, killing 70 passengers and 6 out of 9 crew members. Five crew members were saved right after the crash but two died later in hospital due to
kerosene poisoning.
28 OctoberA CSA Il-18 with 105 occupants on a domestic flight from Praha-Ruzyne International Airport to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport was hijacked and flown to
Munich in West Germany where the hijacker surrendered.
30 OctoberAn Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Il-18V (CCCP-75575, c/n. 185008004) overshot the runway at Tashkent Airport and was damaged beyond repair.
2 JanuaryA CSA Il-18V (OK-NAA, c/n 189001604) was hit during take-off by a
Tupolev Tu-134 which was landing at Ruzyne International Airport. None of the 6 occupants of the Il-18 were killed and the aircraft was repaired. This Il-18 now resides at the
Letecké Muzeum Kbely (Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely).
15 FebruaryAeroflot Flight 5003, an Il-18V (CCCP-75520), stalled and crashed near
Mineralnye Vody when the crew performed a missed approach, killing all 77 passengers and crew on board.
FebruaryA Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Il-18B (B-204, c/n 189001602) was damaged beyond repair at Shenyang Airport.
21 AprilA Tarom Il-18V (YR-IMI) crashed during a go-around at Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport.
23 NovemberMalev Hungarian Airlines Flight 203, an Il-18V (HA-MOF, c/n 183006301) on a scheduled flight from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport, was damaged beyond repair after colliding with two vehicles after landing at Bucharest.
10 MayA CSA Il-18 flying from Ruzyne International Airport to Brno Turany Airport in Czechoslovakia was hijacked and flown to
Frankfurt in Germany, where the hijackers surrendered.
3 SeptemberAn Air Guinee Il-18D (3X-GAX, c/n 187009803) from Moscow to
Conakry Airport, Guinea, crashed into marshland near Conakry, killing 15 out of a total of 17 occupants.
26 MarchAn
Interflug Il-18D (DM-STL, c/n 186009402) aborted take-off at Luanda-Quatro de Fevereiro Airport after No.2 engine failed, over-running the runway, striking the ILS Localiser and bursting into flames, killing all 10 occupants.
10 MayAn Aeroflot/Ural Il-18D (CCCP-75414, c/n 186009303) crashed after an aborted take-off at Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia.
30 JanuaryAn Interflug Il-18 flying from Erfurt Airport to
East Berlin was hijacked and liberated within a single day at an unknown airport.
26 MarchA Hàng Không Việt Nam Il-18D (VN-B190?, c/n 188010703) was reported to have crashed near Hoa Binh, Vietnam.
25 JulyA CAAC Il-18 was flying a scheduled passenger service from
Xi'an Xiguan Airport to
Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport, China when it was hijacked. The co-pilot and navigator were wounded and a bomb exploded when passengers overpowered the hijackers. The aircraft landed at Shanghai with two engines flamed out.
25 AugustA
LOT Polish Airlines Il-18E (SP-LSI, c/n 186008905) operating a flight from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), was diverted to München-Riem Airport in Germany by two male hijackers.
24 DecemberCAAC Flight 2311, an Il-18B (B-202, c/n. 189001401), burned out on the runway at
Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport after a passenger's cigarette started a fire, killing 24 of 69 on board.
16 JuneA Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Il-18V (LZ-BEP, c/n 185008105), was damaged beyond repair after a failed landing at Sana'a International Airport.
19 JanuaryA Cubana Il-18D (CU-T899, c/n 188011102) lost control and crashed near
San José de las Lajas after the cargo shifted, killing all 38 passengers and crew on board.
18 JanuaryChina Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 (an Il-18D, B-222) crashed while on approach to Chongqing Airport due to loss of control caused by an engine fire, killing all 108 passengers and crew on board.
14 AugustA Tarom Il-18V (YR-IMH, c/n. 185008301) crashed near Uricani, Romania after the crew descended too soon, killing all nine passengers and crew on board.
15 NovemberAn Aerocaribbean Il-18D (CU-T1270, c/n 187010301) struck Pico Isabel de Torres near San Felipe de Puerto Plata, while on approach to
Gregorio Luperón International Airport, Dominican Republic, for an intermediate stop, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.
JanuaryA Kazakhstan Government
Ilyushin Il-22M-15 (UN-75915, c/n 2964111701) was damaged beyond repair in a ground collision with an
Antonov An-12 at Almaty Airport.
17 DecemberRamaer Cargo Flight 202, an Il-18V (RA-75554, c/n 185008404) from Johannesburg International Airport, to
Bujumbura International Airport, Burundi, was written off after an aborted take-off due to incorrect centre of gravity.
23 NovemberAn Air Cess Ilyushin Il-18Gr (3D-SBZ, c/n 188010903) was strafed by fighters from the Zimbabwe Air Force at
Kalemie Airport, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
25 OctoberA
Russian Air Force Il-18D (RA-74295) struck Mount Mtirala, in the
Meskheti Range, while on approach to Chorokh Airport due to crew and ATC errors, killing all 84 passengers and crew on board.
19 NovemberAn IRS Aero Il-18V (RA-75840) crashed near
Kalyazin after the elevator control system malfunctioned, killing all 27 passengers and crew on board.
19 DecemberA Russian Air Force Il-18V (RF-91821) crash-landed in Yakutia, Siberia, during severe weather conditions, seriously injuring 16.