Date
Location
Airline
Aircraft model
Tail number
Aircraft damage
Fatalities
Description
Refs
Unknown
Novokuznetsk
Soviet Air Force
Il-76M
CCCP-86714
W/O
0
Hard landing at Novokuznetsk Airport before 1989.
[1]
23 November 1979
Vitebsk
Soviet Air Force
Il-76
CCCP-86714
W/O
7 /7
Banked left during an approach to Vitebsk Airport . Control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed some 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the airport.
[2]
25 December 1979
Off Kabul
Soviet Air Force
Il-76M
CCCP-86036
W/O
43 /43
Struck the top of a 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) high mountain while on descent to Bagram Air Base . The crew was unfamiliar with the airport of destination and the approach was started with no navigational aid from the ground. The aircraft had departed Tashkent-Yuzhny Airport and was carrying paratroopers to support the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan .
[3]
23 September 1980
Baghdad
Iraqi Airways
Il-76
YI-AIO
W/O
Unknown
The aircraft was completing a Paris-Orly –Saddam International Airport cargo flight, when it was apparently shot down by the Iranians during the Iran–Iraq War .
[4]
27 October 1984
Off Kabul
Soviet Air Force
Il-76M
CCCP-86739
W/O
11 /11
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile . The aircraft crashed 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kabul.
[5]
15 April 1986
Tripoli
Jamahiriya Air Transport
Il-76TD
5A-DNF
W/O
0
Destroyed during Operation El Dorado Canyon while standing at Tripoli International Airport .
[6]
Jamahiriya Air Transport
Il-76TD
5A-DNL
W/O
0
[7]
Libyan Arab Air Force
Il-76TD
5A-DLL
W/O
0
[8]
2 April 1987
Lake Sivash
Soviet Air Force
Il-76MD
CCCP-76679
W/O
8 /8
Both aircraft collided in the air while performing a night formation.
[9]
Soviet Air Force
Il-76MD
CCCP-76685
W/O
8 /8
[10]
8 August 1987
Sebha
Libyan Arab Air Force
Il-76M
5A-DKK
W/O
Unknown[nb 1]
During the Chadian–Libyan conflict , the aircraft took off under shelling following the evacuation of the Aouzou Strip . The altimeter was not correctly set on take-off, and the aircraft crashed on approach to Sebha Airport .
[11]
19 November 1988
Rogachevo
Soviet Air Force
Il-76MD
CCCP-78771
W/O
0 /10
The aircraft was completing a military Arkhangelsk –Rogachevo flight when it landed short of the runway at the airport of destination.
[12]
11 December 1988
Off Leninakan
Soviet Air Force
Il-76M
CCCP-86732
W/O
77 /78
Crashed into mountainous terrain on approach to Leninakan Airport , some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) off the airport. The crew had incorrectly set the altimeter. The aircraft was part of the air relief that followed the Spitak earthquake .
[13] [14]
19 February 2003
Off Kerman
IRGCAF
Il-76MD
15-2280
W/O
275 /275
Crashed into the Sirach Mountains , 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Kerman, while en-route from Zahedan to Kerman.
[15]
10 May 2007
Pointe-Noire
Tenir Air
Il-76TD
EX-093
W/O
0
Destroyed by fire at Pointe Noire Airport .
[16] [17]
6 July 2011
Off Bagram
Silk Way Airlines
Il-76TD
4K-AZ55
W/O
9 /9
Crashed short of landing at Bagram Air Base.
[18]
26 August 2011
Tripoli
Unknown
Il-76
Unknown
W/O
0
Destroyed at Tripoli International Airport during a battle between troops loyal to Gaddafi and rebels during the Libyan civil war .
[19]
30 November 2012
Brazzaville
Aéro-Service
Il-76T
EK-76300
W/O
32
Struck the ground on short finals to Maya-Maya Airport , killing all seven occupants on board plus 25 people on the ground.
[20]