Date: | Saturday 7 February 1981 |
Time: | 18:00 |
Type: | Tupolev Tu-104A |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Navy |
Registration: | CCCP-42332 |
MSN: | 76600402 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Engine model: | Mikulin AM-3M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 20 km S of Leningrad -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pushkin Airport (ULLP) |
Destination airport: | Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH) |
Narrative:Immediately after takeoff the aircraft stalled, banked right at an altitude of about 50 m, and crashed almost inverted. A post impact fire erupted. Some high-ranking navy officials were aboard, returning to Vladivostok after an exercise in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
The accident was caused by the wrong seating of the passengers and improperly secured cargo which began to shift after takeoff. This caused the center of gravity to move beyond the certfied limits.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Dmitriy Yertsov
posadki.net
Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft / Andrei Kandalov, Paul Duffy , 1996 (ISBN 1560918993)
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