Date: | Sunday 25 July 1971 |
Time: | 08:35 |
Type: | Tupolev Tu-104B |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-42405 |
MSN: | 820202 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 19489 hours |
Cycles: | 9929 flights |
Engine model: | Mikulin AM-3M-500 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 97 / Occupants: 126 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT) -
Russia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN) |
Destination airport: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII) |
Narrative:The Tupolev was on a night-time approach to Irkutsk in instrument conditions when the crew were told that they were flying to the left of the extended runway centerline. An excessive turn then placed the aircraft to the right of the extended centerline. The approach was being flown at a speed some 15-20 mph below the normal approach speed with a high rate of descent. The plane was in a slight left bank when it touched down hard some 500 feet short of the runway. The left wing broke off, causing the plane to roll to the left, bursting into flames.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Aviation Disasters / D. Gero
Flight International 11 December 1976 (1695)
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