| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-65871 |
| MSN: | 28311 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11492 hours |
| Cycles: | 8206 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Simferopol Airport (SIP) -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB) |
| Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF) |
A wheel on starboard main gear overheated during an aborted takeoff at Kiev-Borispol. The Tupolev took off again for Simferopol. After touchdown the tyre exploded, puncturing a fuel tank and causing a massive fire.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 19 August 1978
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