OK-NAB

Safety history

• July 28, 1976Accident

  While descending to runway 22 at Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport, the crew adopted a wrong approach configuration and descended with a rate of descent of 22 m/s instead of 10 m/s. This caused the airplane to be unstable while its speed varied from 435 to 225 km/h.

  Ilyushin II-18 · 76 fatalities

  Wrong approach configuration on part of the flying crew who failed to follow the approved procedures. The following contributing factors were reported: - Poor approach planning, - Poor crew coordination, - Unstable approach, - Failure of the n°3 engine, - Reverse thrust activated on engines n°2 and 3 at an unsafe altitude, - Propeller on engine n°4… Full accident record