ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42486 Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME)
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Date:Saturday 13 October 1973
Time:20:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic t104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-104B
Operator:Aeroflot / Georgia
Registration: CCCP-42486
MSN: 021504
First flight: 1960
Total airframe hrs:16250
Cycles:9776
Engines: 2 Mikulin AM-3M-500
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 114 / Occupants: 114
Total:Fatalities: 122 / Occupants: 122
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:17 km (10.6 mls) NW of Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) (   Russia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kutaisi Airport (KUT/UGKO), Georgia
Destination airport:Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME/UUDD), Russia
Flightnumber: 964
Narrative:
A Tupolev 104B passenger plane, CCCP-42486, was destroyed when it crashed near Moscow-Domodedovo Airport (DME), Russia. All 114 passengers and eight crew members were killed.
Aeroflot flight SU964 departed Kutaisi (KUT) AT 18:12 on a flight to Moscow. An electrical power failure on approach to Moscow-Domodedovo Airport disabled the compass system and main gyros. This made it very difficult for the crew to establish their heading attitude. With gear down and flaps up a right turn was made at a height of 1300 feet, followed by a steep left spiral. Banking attitude increased to 75deg when the aircraft crashed into the ground.

Classification:
Electrical system problem
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Kutaisi Airport to Moskva-Domodedovo Airport as the crow flies is 1498 km (936 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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