Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 23 MAI 1978 |
| Heure: | 18:51 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Tupolev 144D |
| Compagnie: | Tupolev Design Bureau |
| Immatriculation: | CCCP-77111 |
| Numéro de série: | 10062 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1978-04-27 () |
| Heures de vol: | 9 |
| Cycles: | 5 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 8 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Yegoryevsk (Fédération de Russie)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Aéroport de départ: | Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH), Fédération de Russie |
| Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH), Fédération de Russie |
The Tupolev 144 supersonic passenger jet was to make a test flight before delivery to Aeroflot. At an altitude of 3000 m a fire started at the APU, located in the right delta-shaped wing. A turn was made to return to the airport and the both engines located in the right wing (engines no. 3 and 4) were shut down. The plane began to lose height. Fire trailed the plane and the cockpit filled with smoke. Then one of the remaining two engines failed. The crew managed to belly land the plane in a field, six minutes from the moment of the beginning of the fire. On impact the nose cone collapsed under the fuselage, penetrating the compartment in which two flight engineers were seated.
It appeared that 27 minutes prior to the ignition, a fuel line ruptured, causing eight tons of fuel to leak, entering several compartments of the right wing. The fuel readings were judged incorrect by the flight engineers and where thus not reported to the commander.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Dmitriy Yertsov
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Khabarovsk-Novy Airport et Khabarovsk-Novy Airport est de NAN km (NAN miles).
La distance entre Khabarovsk-Novy Airport et Khabarovsk-Novy Airport est de NAN km (NAN miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
