Narrative:
The Tupolev crashed during takeoff for a post-maintenance test flight. The airplane had just taken off from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) runway 25 when it banked left. The bank angle reached 90 degrees, some 800 m after takeoff. It then continued to 150 degrees before it crashed into trees.
It appeared the rudder controls were cross-connected.
Rudder issue
Loss of control
» airdisaster.ru
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 25 October 1962 |
| Time: | 10:33 |
| Type: | Tupolev Tu-104B |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-42495 |
| MSN: | 021703 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1966 |
| Cycles: | 881 |
| Engines: | 2 Mikulin AM-3M-500 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) ( Russia)
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| Crash site elevation: | 192 m (630 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia |
| Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia |
The Tupolev crashed during takeoff for a post-maintenance test flight. The airplane had just taken off from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) runway 25 when it banked left. The bank angle reached 90 degrees, some 800 m after takeoff. It then continued to 150 degrees before it crashed into trees.
It appeared the rudder controls were cross-connected.
Classification:
Wrong installation of parts Rudder issue
Loss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
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