| Date: | Monday 20 July 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B |
| Owner/operator: | Tbilisi Aviation Enterprise |
| Registration: | 85222 |
| MSN: | 77A222 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS) -
 Georgia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS/UGGG) |
| Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV/URMM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft didn't become airborne and overran the runway, striking the localizer building. The Tu-154 broke up, overturned and crashed into a ravine.
It was loaded with about 20 tons of tea. Not all of the cargo was documented. The actual take-off mass was more than 2 tons higher than the physically possible for a safe take-off. Furthermore, the forward centre of gravity limit was exceeded.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Violation of the rules of loading by the crew, storehouse personnel and operations service. The attempt to take-off was with weight in excess of max allowed in the given conditions, and with cargo outside its forward limit. None of the pax were ticketed.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/93 (#34)
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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