ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B-2 CCCP-85479 Aleppo Airport (ALP)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Saturday 24 September 1988
Time:14:26
Type:Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator:Aeroflot / Armenia
Registration: CCCP-85479
MSN: 81A479
First flight: 1981
Engines: 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 158
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 168
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Aleppo Airport (ALP) (   Syria)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Yerevan Airport (EVN/UDYZ), Armenia
Destination airport:Aleppo-Nejrab Airport (ALP/OSAP), Syria
Narrative:
The aircraft landed hard following an unstabilized visual approach in light turbulence. The gear collapsed and the aircraft overran the runway.
The centre of gravity was out of limits and the crew had manually set the aircraft out of trim.

Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approach
Centre of Gravity outside limits
Heavy landing
Runway excursion

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/89 (#33)
» Soviet Transports


Photos

photo of Tupolev-Tu-154B-2-CCCP-85479
accident date: 24-09-1988
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: CCCP-85479
photo of Tupolev-Tu-154B-2-CCCP-85479
accident date: 24-09-1988
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: CCCP-85479
photo of Tupolev-Tu-154B-2-CCCP-85479
accident date: 24-09-1988
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: CCCP-85479
 

Map
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 Yerevan Airport to Aleppo-Nejrab Airport as the crow flies is 761 km (476 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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