Narrative:
Immediately after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport, runway 24, the Tu-124 jet aircraft entered clouds. Both artificial horizons then failed. The crew members did not have any visual cues outside the aircraft and lost situational awareness. The airplane banked left until the angle of bank reached about 95 degrees. At a descent rate of 50 m/s the airplane struck the ground, destroying several houses.
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was a flight from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (VKO) to Minsk-1 Airport (MHP) and Brest (BQT), Belarus.
Loss of control
» Soviet Transports
» Flight International 24 January 76 (144)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 3 January 1976 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: | Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-45037 |
| MSN: | 2351002 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17014 |
| Cycles: | 14409 |
| Engines: | 2 Soloviev D-20P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 56 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 61 / Occupants: 61 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7 km (4.4 mls) W of Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia |
| Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM), Belarus | |
| Flightnumber: | 2003 |
Immediately after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport, runway 24, the Tu-124 jet aircraft entered clouds. Both artificial horizons then failed. The crew members did not have any visual cues outside the aircraft and lost situational awareness. The airplane banked left until the angle of bank reached about 95 degrees. At a descent rate of 50 m/s the airplane struck the ground, destroying several houses.
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was a flight from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (VKO) to Minsk-1 Airport (MHP) and Brest (BQT), Belarus.
Classification:
ADI issues Loss of control
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru» Soviet Transports
» Flight International 24 January 76 (144)
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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 Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Minsk-1 International Airport as the crow flies is 648 km (405 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Minsk-1 International Airport as the crow flies is 648 km (405 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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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