Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JAN 1989 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154S |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85067 |
| C/n / msn: | 74A-067 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13266 |
| Cycles: | 5949 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB) (Liberia)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB/GLRB), Liberia |
| Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS), Mali |
The aircraft failed to lift off and the take-off was rejected. The plane overran runway 04 and crashed into a ditch. Shifted cargo caused the Centre of Gravity to be 12% forward. Adding to that the Tupolev was overloaded by 6.604 kilos.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/89 (#37)
» Soviet Transports
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Monrovia-Roberts International Airport to Bamako Airport as the crow flies is 745 km (466 miles).
Distance from Monrovia-Roberts International Airport to Bamako Airport as the crow flies is 745 km (466 miles).
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.
