Incident Overview
Date: Monday 9 February 1976
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-104A
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-42327
Location: Irkutsk Airport (IKT) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 115
Component Affected: Tupolev 104 aircraft’s control surfaces and aerodynamic stability system.Tupolev 104 aircraft’s control surfaces and aerodynamic stability system.
Category: Accident
A Tupolev 104 aircraft experienced a sudden right bank turn during takeoff, resulting in a significant impact with the ground. The aircraft descended rapidly, inducing a right bank angle of approximately 70ø.A Tupolev 104 aircraft experienced a sudden right bank turn during takeoff, resulting in a significant impact with the ground. The aircraft descended rapidly, inducing a right bank angle of approximately 70ø.
Description
The Tupolev 104 suddenly banked to the right about 20ø when climbing through 30 m on takeoff. The airplane began to descend with an increasing roll, striking the ground 129 m to the right and 180 m from the south-eastern end of the runway at a right bank angle of 70ø.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=118https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=118Primary Cause
Rapid descent and banking during takeoff, leading to a significant right bank angle.Rapid descent and banking during takeoff, leading to a significant right bank angle.Share on:
