Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 MAY 1994 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134A-3 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | RA-65976 |
| C/n / msn: | 3352007 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 33606 |
| Cycles: | 21071 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 62 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Arkhangelsk Airport (ARH) (Russia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia |
| Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport (ARH/ULAA), Russia |
The right main gear leg would not extend on approach. Attempts to rectify the problem failed and the aircraft landed on runway 26 with nosegear and left main gear extended. The aircraft veered to the right and went off the side of the runway. The story goes that the hydraulic system was low on fluid; the crew then poured the onboard beverages into the hydraulic system and were able to lower the right main gear slightly.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Airclaims
Photos
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 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport to Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport as the crow flies is 969 km (606 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport to Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport as the crow flies is 969 km (606 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.
