| Date: | Saturday 1 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154A |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85103 |
| MSN: | 75A103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6922 hours |
| Cycles: | 3075 flights |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 161 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orenburg Airport (REN) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS) |
| Orenburg Airport (REN/UWOO) |
The Tupolev 154A operated on a flight from Simferopol to Novosibirsk with en route stops at Sochi and Orenburg.
While on approach to Orenburg Airport, the flight deviated from the glide path. The approach was continued and the airplane touched down at 3 g, 68 metres before the runway threshold. The airplane bounced and touched down again at 3.9 g, 635 metres further on, causing the fuselage to break in two.
Sources:
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