Last updated: 17 February 2019
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 29 August 1979 |
| Time: | 00:26 |
| Type: | Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-45038 |
| C/n / msn: | 3351003 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23232 |
| Cycles: | 18369 |
| Engines: | 2 Soloviev D-20P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 58 / Occupants: 58 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 63 / Occupants: 63 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kirsanov ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB), Ukraine |
| Kazan Airport (KZN/UWKD), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 5484 |
The Tu-124, on a flight from Odessa to Kazan via Kiev, departed Borispol Airport at 23:21 and climbed to FL270. At almost one hour into the flight the plane lost control and entered a spin. At an altitude of 3000 meters the airplane disintegrated due to overstress, causing the debris to be scattered over a large area.
Reportedly, an inadvertent flap extension had caused the plane to lose control.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» Dmitriy Yertsov
Follow-up / safety actions
After this accident, the Tu-124 as a type was decommissioned on passenger flights.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kiev-Borispol Airport to Kazan Airport as the crow flies is 1348 km (842 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Kiev-Borispol Airport to Kazan Airport as the crow flies is 1348 km (842 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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