| Date: | Monday 16 November 1981 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85480 |
| MSN: | 81A480 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1889 hours |
| Cycles: | 697 flights |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 99 / Occupants: 167 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Noril'sk Airport (NSK) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL) |
| Noril'sk Airport (NSK/UOOO) |
While on approach to Noril'sk, the plane acquired an excessive vertical speed and descended below the glideslope. It impacted terrain in an open field about 470 m from the runway threshold and slid across the frozen ground for about 300 m. The Tu-154 had a high descent speed, maximum forward centre of gravity and slow flying speed. The high descent speed could not be countered by applying maximum elevator trim.
Sources:
Dmitriy Yertsov
posadki.net
Soviet Transports
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