Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 SEP 1994 |
| Time: | 11:07 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134AK |
| Operator: | MAP Zhukovski LII |
| Registration: | RA-65760 |
| C/n / msn: | 62187 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Samoyliha, Shatura District (Russia)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Photo/air-to-air |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Zhukovsky (Ramenskoye) Airport (UUBW), Russia |
| Moskva-Zhukovsky (Ramenskoye) Airport (UUBW), Russia |
The Tupolev 134 was acting as a photographic chase aircraft to a Tupolev 22M3-LL aerodynamics research aircraft ("32 Red") when both aircraft collided in flight at an altitude of 3000m.
The Tu-134 sustained major damage to the stabilizer, lost control and crashed into the swampy forest. The Tu-22 managed to land safely back at Zhukovsky. The Tu-134 was operated by the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII) of the Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAP).
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Scramble 185
» airdisaster.ru
Photos
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.
