Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 DEC 1992 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154A |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Armenia |
| Registration: | CCCP-85105 |
| C/n / msn: | 75A-105 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 146 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 154 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Yerevan Airport (EVN) (Armenia) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Yerevan Airport (EVN/UDYZ), Armenia |
The Tupolev veered right off the runway. The nosegear struck a concrete wall. The landing was carried out in poor visibility and the pilot mistook the runway edge lights for centreline rights.
Sources:
» Scramble 166
» Soviet Transports
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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.
