ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328859
| Date: | Friday 19 May 1978 |
| Time: | 13:43 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Azerbaijan |
| Registration: | CCCP-85169 |
| MSN: | 76A169 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3308 hours |
| Cycles: | 1567 flights |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 134 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km SE of Maksatiha, Tver region -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK/UBBB) |
| Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI) |
En route from Baku to Leningrad, the flight engineer accidentally disconnected the automatic transferring of fuel of the sump tank. When the sump tank became empty, all three engines stopped. The plane crash-landed near Maksatiha, Tver region.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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