Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 MAY 1991 |
| Time: | 13:06 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-1 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85097 |
| C/n / msn: | 75A-097 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 172 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 178 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) (Russia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
| Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI), Russia |
The Tupolev approached with a rate of descent during a rain shower and landed hard 13m short of the runway. The right gear collapsed and the aircraft started to break up.
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 25.1.93-p.60
» Flight International
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/91 (#31)
» Soviet Transports
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Distance from Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport to Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport as the crow flies is 2008 km (1255 miles).
Distance from Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport to Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport as the crow flies is 2008 km (1255 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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