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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Karacharovo -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI) |
Destination airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
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.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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