Tupolev TU-134

Operator:

Registration:

DM-SCA

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Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Schedule:

Leipzig - Kraków

MSN:

8 35 05 02

YOM:

1968

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Few minutes after takeoff from Leipzig-Halle Airport, en route to Kraków, Poland, the pilot informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to divert to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. The airplane landed hard on runway 25L and after touchdown, was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134 into the Ikchinskoye Reservoir

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1972 at 1827 LT

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Registration:

CCCP-65607

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Test

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Moscow - Moscow

MSN:

6 35 01 04

YOM:

1966

Location:

Ikshinskoye Reservoir

Moscow oblast

Country:

Russia

Region:

Asia

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The crew departed Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport on a local test flight in which he had to turn off all generators in order to know the maximum life of batteries. On approach, while completing a turn at an altitude of 400 meters, both engines failed simultaneously. The crew elected to restart the engine but without success so the captain elected to ditch the aircraft into the Ikshinskoye Reservoir (Moscow Canal) located 18 km north of Sheremetyevo Airport. The aircraft was partially submerged but recovered and all five crew members escaped uninjured.

Probable cause:

It was determined that both engines failed because during the test, all electrical systems were out of order. The crew forgot that the fuel transfer system was unserviceable as well and that the fuel should be transferred manually. Such situation forced the crew to ditch the aircraft.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134A in Kiev: 49 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1971 at 1143 LT

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Registration:

HA-LBD

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Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Schedule:

Budapest - Kiev

MSN:

9 35 08 01

YOM:

1969

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On approach to Kiev-Borispol Airport in poor weather conditions, the crew encountered technical problems with the generator that failed and he was forced to switch to auxiliary batteries. Due to limited visibility caused by foggy conditions, the crew made a go-around. Few minutes later, a second attempt to land was also abandoned. During the third approach, the airplane crashed in a field located few km short of runway and was totally destroyed upon impact. All 49 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134A in Rijeka: 78 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1971 at 2000 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

YU-AHZ

Flight Phase:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Schedule:

London-Gatwick – Rijeka

MSN:

1 35 12 05

YOM:

1971

Flight number:

JJ130

Location:

Rijeka

Primorje-Gorski Kotar

Country:

Croatia

Region:

Europe

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Captain / Total flying hours:

9230

Captain / Total hours on type:

138.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2563

Copilot / Total hours on type:

899

Aircraft flight hours:

111

Aircraft flight cycles:

Circumstances:

The aircraft departed London-Gatwick Airport on a charter flight (JJ130) to Rijeka, Croatia, carrying 76 British tourists and a crew of seven. While approaching runway 14 at Rijeka Airport, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with cumulonimbus, heavy rain falls and turbulences. As the aircraft passed through the area, it was carried upwards and rolled to the right. The aircraft was now above the ILS glide slope. Some 800 meters short of the runway, at a height of 60 meters, the crew decided to continue the approach. Power was reduced and the angle of descent increased to 10°. The aircraft struck the runway surface with its right main gear at a speed of 260 km/h with 4 g deceleration force. On impact, the right wing was torn off, the airplane slid for about 760 meters and came to rest upside down, in flames. Three crew members and 75 passengers were killed. Brand new, the aircraft was totally destroyed.

Probable cause:

It is considered that the probable main cause of the accident was a heavy landing on the right leg of the main landing gear, emphasised by an irregular position of the wheels and 0.7% slope up of the runway at the point of touchdown. The Commission consider that the described deviation from the flight technique in itself, did not cause the crash of the aircraft, but that loading which resulted from the conditions under which the landing was performed made a greater contribution to the crash. However, non-adequate handling of controls of the aircraft and engines could be explained only by false perceptions (illusions) of the crew concerning the aircraft position in respect to the runway. The last minute of the flight was analysed on the basis of:
- Flight recorder oscillogram,
- Results obtained during the investigation on the flight on board of the same type of aircraft,
- Study of aerodynamic characteristics and stability of TU-134A - analysis of meteorological situation,
- Analysis of crew members' statement.
According to the opinion of the Commission this was an exceptional and complex case of many unfavourable circumstances which resulted in this catastrophe.

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Crash of a Tupolev TU-134 in Istanbul

Date & Time: Nov 19, 1969

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

HA-LBA

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi)

Schedule:

Budapest - Istanbul

MSN:

8 35 06 04

YOM:

1968

Location:

Istanbul-Atatürk

Country:

Turkey

Region:

Asia

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Circumstances:

The crew completed the approach in rain falls. After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. While contacting soft ground, the left main gear and the nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest down a bank. All occupants escaped uninjured except the navigator who was seating in the nose of the airplane.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134 in Moscow: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1966

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-45076

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Test

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