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2001 aviation accident

Not to be confused with Aeroflot Flight 821.

Aeroflot Flight 521
Accident
RA-86074, The aircraft involved in this accident. Seen on March 20, 1993
Date	21 September 2001 (2001-09-21)
Summary	Belly landing, pilot error
Site	Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-86
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	RA-86074
Flight origin	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
Destination	Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Occupants	322
Passengers	307
Crew	15
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	322

Aeroflot Flight 521 was a scheduled passenger flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Dubai International Airport that, on 21 September 2001, belly landed at Dubai after the crew members forgot to activate the landing gear circuit breaker. Out of all 322 occupants on board, none was harmed.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-86 (registration RA-86074, serial number 51483205041). It first flew and also entered service in 1985. By the time of the accident, it had logged 23,711 flight hours with 7,132 pressurization cycles.

The crew consisted of four pilots and 11 flight attendants:

Captain V. I. Ivochkin with 16,501 flight hours, of which 6,080 hours were on the Il-86
First officer S. K. Sevastiyanov with 8,920 flight hours, of which 1,126 were on the Il-86
Flight engineer E. A. Malinin
Navigator S. N. Afanasyev.

Accident

The flight from Moscow was uneventful. During the approach to Dubai, the crew switched off the landing gear circuit breaker for the flaps to be extended before landing gear extension, as this was a non-standard procedure meant to reduce noise. The flight engineer, Malinin, extended the gears, but they forgot to activate the landing gear circuit breaker before. Malinin violated the rules and did not realise the landing gears were still up.

At 20:09, Flight 521 landed at Runway 30R with the landing gears still retracted. The Il-86 skid for a few dozen metres before coming to a stop. Engine two, three, and the rear cargo compartment caught fire. The firefighters at the airport quickly extinguished the fire, and all 322 occupants were evacuated safely.

Investigation

The Interstate Aviation Committee, Federal Air Transport Agency, Ilyushin, and Aeroflot took part in the investigation. The investigation concluded that the pilots initiated a poor approach configuration and violated several laws. The poor coordination and crew resource management contributed to the accident.

Aftermath

Aeroflot had to pay each passenger an amount of money equivalent to 400 dollars as compensation. They also indemnified the Dubai International Airport 10 million dollars due to the airport halting operations for 13 hours as the Il-86 obstructed Runway 30R. The pilots lost their certificates, and the captain was fired.

The accident Il-86 was written off and sank at the Persian Gulf.

References

^ "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-86 RA-86074 Dubai Airport (DXB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Карточка самолёта: Ильюшин · Ил-86 · RA-86074 (зав.н. 51483205041)". russianplanes.net (in Russian). Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ "Crash of an Ilyushin Il-86 in Dubai". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
Dyupin, Sergey (February 27, 2002). ""Аэрофлот" оплатит забывчивость пилотов". Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved January 25, 2024.
^ "Авиапроисшествие, чуть не ставшее катастрофой. 21 сентября 2001 года. Рейс Аэрофлота Москва-Дубай. Ил-86, 307 пассажиров". dzen.ru (in Russian). September 7, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2024.

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