ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-124V CCCP-45061 Karacharovo
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Date:Sunday 16 December 1973
Time:19:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic t124 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-124V
Operator:Aeroflot / Lithuania
Registration: CCCP-45061
MSN: 4351406
First flight: 1964
Total airframe hrs:14903
Cycles:13832
Engines: 2 Soloviev D-20P
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45
Total:Fatalities: 51 / Occupants: 51
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Karacharovo (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI), Lithuania
Destination airport:Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia
Flightnumber:2022
Narrative:
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.

Classification:
Electrical system problem
Horizontal stabilizer
Loss of control

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports


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Distance from Vilnius Airport to Moskva-Vnukovo Airport as the crow flies is 762 km (476 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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