Accident Tupolev Tu-154S CCCP-85067, Friday 13 January 1989

Date:	Friday 13 January 1989
Time:	06:30
Type:	Tupolev Tu-154S
Owner/operator:	Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration:	CCCP-85067
MSN:	74A067
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	13266 hours
Cycles:	5949 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB) - Liberia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB/GLRB)
Destination airport:	Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The aircraft failed to lift off and the takeoff was rejected. The plane overran runway 04 and crashed into a ditch. Shifted cargo caused the Centre of Gravity to be 12% forward. Adding to that the Tupolev was overloaded by 6.604 kilos.

Sources:

ICAO Adrep Summary 2/89 (#37)
Soviet Transports

Location

Images:

photo (c) U.S. DoD; Monrovia-Roberts International Airport (ROB); 13 January 1989