Narrative:
The Tupolev approached with a rate of descent during a rain shower and landed hard 13 m short of the runway. The right gear collapsed and the aircraft started to break up.
» Flight International
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/91 (#31)
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Thursday 23 May 1991 |
| Time: | 13:06 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-1 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Leningrad Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85097 |
| MSN: | 75A097 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 174 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 181 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
| Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 8556 |
The Tupolev approached with a rate of descent during a rain shower and landed hard 13 m short of the runway. The right gear collapsed and the aircraft started to break up.
Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 25.1.93-p.60» Flight International
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/91 (#31)
» Soviet Transports
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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 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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