| Date: | Tuesday 7 August 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-114D |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-76479 |
| MSN: | 628445 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-12MV |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Tu-114 was severely damaged when the nose gear suddenly retracted during maintenance at ATB Vnukovo in August 1962. A junior engineer was working on the electronics of this aircraft and somehow managed to by-pass the protection mechanism preventing from the gear going up while on the ground.
Sources:
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