Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 FEB 1966 |
| Type: | Tupolev 114D |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-76491 |
| C/n / msn: | 64M472 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Engines: | 4 Kuznetsov NK-12MV |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 13 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 35 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 48 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) (Russia)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia |
| Conakry Airport (CKY/DGCY), Guinea |
It was snowing as Aeroflot's inaugural service to Conakry (CKY) and Brazzaville (BZV) was prepared for departure. The runway was cleared, but not the entire width. Snow on the runway edges was limiting the visibility of the runway edge lights. Upon takeoff, the Tu-114 struck a snow drift with the left main undercarriage. The pilot banked the plane to the right, causing the nr.3 propeller to strike the runway. The airplane crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru
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Distance from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport to Conakry Airport as the crow flies is 6731 km (4207 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport to Conakry Airport as the crow flies is 6731 km (4207 miles).
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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