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Il-114
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In the mid-1980s, Ilyushin started to develop the Il-114, a commuter aircraft seating up to 60 passengers. The development of the Il-114 received a major setback shortly after the CIS was formed, when one of the early production aircraft, used on a trial basis by Uzbekistan Airways, crashed supposedly due to technical problems with the engines and/or the propellers.
It took the program several years to recover, and introduction of the Il-114 into commercial service, planned for the early 1990s, was delayed indefinitely. By 1997, Ilyushin had reworked the design. It also had included a freighter version named Il-114T in the program. Demand still remained sluggish, and a second engine related loss of an Il-114 on a route trial flight - this time a serial production Il-114T operated by the Tashkent Aircraft Production Corporation - in the winter 1999/2000 has recently put renewed pressure on the future of the program.
Furthermore, the rivaling Antonov 140 - a design that has entered the market much later than the Il-114 - caught up in the meantime and has already received important orders from launching customers. |
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Role |
Commuter aircraft |
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Runway required, m |
1,500 |
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Payload Capacity, kg |
64 prs (passenger version)
or 7,000 (cargo) |
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Crew, prs |
2-3 |
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Ceiling, m |
7,600 |
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Range, km |
4,000 |
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Cruise speed, kmph |
500 |
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Maximum take-off mass, kg |
21,000 (passenger version)
or 23,500 (cargo) |
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Wing area, m2 |
81.9 |
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Takeoff mass, kg |
30.0 |
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Lenght, m |
26.88 |
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Engines |
2 Klimov TV-7-117S, 2,400hp |
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Fuel consumption, g/passenger/km |
18.5 |
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