| Date: | Sunday 16 December 1973 |
| Time: | 19:13 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Lithuania |
| Registration: | CCCP-45061 |
| MSN: | 4351406 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14903 hours |
| Cycles: | 13832 flights |
| Engine model: | Soloviev D-20P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 51 / Occupants: 51 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Karacharovo -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI) |
| Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
The Tu-124 was descending towards Moscow when, at 8000 m, a short circuit occurred in the elevator trim system. The horizontal stabilizer moved to a position which put the Tupolev in a dive and a resulting spin. The crew brought the plane under control at an altitude of about 2000 m. Because of a loss of situational awareness and a gyro that had failed due to loads sustained in the dive, he crew again lost control of the airplane. They were unable to regain control and the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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