ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154 SU-AXB Cairo
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Date:Wednesday 10 July 1974
Time:17:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-154
Operator:EgyptAir
Registration: SU-AXB
MSN: 73A048
First flight: 1973
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Cairo (   Egypt)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt
Destination airport:Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt
Narrative:
After a training flight of 3h14 min an overshoot was practiced on Cairo runway 23. The aircraft, named "Nefertiti", lost control and crashed while climbing out.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: Continual increase of pitching up attitude during overshoot which lead to the stalling of the aircraft at an insufficient height for recovery.
Contributing were the inaccurate calculation of the CG position before takeoff and the possibility of movement of the ballast weight aft during flight.

Classification:
Centre of Gravity outside limits
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports


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photo of Tupolev-Tu-154-SU-AXB
accident date: 10-07-1974
type: Tupolev Tu-154
registration: SU-AXB
 

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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