ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330023
| Date: | Friday 7 December 1973 |
| Time: | 22:29 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-104B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-42503 |
| MSN: | 021901 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18300 hours |
| Cycles: | 10983 flights |
| Engine model: | Mikulin AM-3M-500 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 75 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV/URMM) |
| Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME/UUDD) |
A Tupolev 104B passenger plane, operated by Aeroflot's Georgia division was destroyed in a landing accident at Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME), Russia. There were 68 passengers and seven crew members on board. Eleven passengers and five crew members died in the accident.
Flight 964 took off from Kutaisi Airport (KUT), Georgia at 15:41, bound for Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME). Because of poor weather at Moscow, the flight diverted to Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV) were it landed at 18:37. When the weather had improved, the flight took off at 20:43, again bound for Moscow.
The flight was vectored for the approach to Domodedovo. During the approach the airplane was at first 100 m to the right of the localizer. This was overcorrected with the airplane being 60 m to the left of the localizer. The airplane approached the runway with a 10-15 degree bank to the right. Shortly before touchdown the movement to the right had to be arrested and the crew banked aggressively to the left at a 30-45 degree bank. The wing touched ground and the airplane touched down hard. It slid off the runway into the snow and caught fire.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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