| Date: | Saturday 20 October 1990 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-85268 |
| MSN: | 78A268 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23472 hours |
| Cycles: | 10227 flights |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 171 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kutaisi Airport (KUT) -
 Georgia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kutaisi Airport (KUT/UGKO) |
| Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB) |
The Tupolev failed to rotate on takeoff because the airplane was overloaded and a CofG which was too far forward. The captain aborted the takeoff, but the plane could not be stopped on the remaining runway length. It overran the runway by 781 m and was considered damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
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