ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A CCCP-65129 Alma-Ata Airport (ALA)
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Date:Tuesday 30 August 1983
Time:20:17
Type:Silhouette image of generic T134 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator:Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-65129
MSN: 60630
First flight: 1978
Total airframe hrs:9976
Cycles:6515
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 84 / Occupants: 84
Total:Fatalities: 90 / Occupants: 90
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:36 km (22.5 mls) SW of Alma-Ata Airport (ALA) (   Kazakhstan)
Crash site elevation: 1365 m (4478 feet) amsl
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK/USCC), Russia
Destination airport:Alma-Ata Airport (ALA/UAAA), Kazakhstan
Flightnumber:5463
Narrative:
Tupolev Tu-134 CCCP-65129 operated on a flight from Kazan to Alma-Ata via Chelyabinsk. Approaching Alma-Ata, the Tu-134 descended prematurely over mountainous terrain. The GPWS alarm sounded for 23 seconds before the crew took action by initiating a climbing left turn. Two seconds later the airplane collided with the slope of Dolan Mountain at an altitude of 690 m above airfield elevation, which is 1365 m above sea level.

Classification:
Premature descent
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Chelyabinsk Airport to Alma-Ata Airport as the crow flies is 1721 km (1076 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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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