Il-114

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.

Technical Data	Photos
Role Commuter aircraft Runway required, m 1,500 Payload Capacity, kg 64 prs (passenger version) or 7,000 (cargo) Crew, prs 2-3 Ceiling, m 7,600 Range, km 4,000 Cruise speed, kmph 500 Maximum take-off mass, kg 21,000 (passenger version) or 23,500 (cargo) Wing area, m2 81.9 Takeoff mass, kg 30.0 Lenght, m 26.88 Engines 2 Klimov TV-7-117S, 2,400hp Fuel consumption, g/passenger/km 18.5