Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 16 March 1961
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-104B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-42438
Location: 9 km W of Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX) – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 51
Component Affected: Right Hand EngineRight Hand Engine
Category: Accident
A Tupolev 104B aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing due to a severe engine failure during an emergency landing near Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport. The aircraft suffered a rapid loss of altitude and control, resulting in a significant impact with the frozen pond. The failure of the right hand engine led to a shutdown of the left hand engine, causing a rapid descent and subsequent slide onto the ice.A Tupolev 104B aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing due to a severe engine failure during an emergency landing near Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport. The aircraft suffered a rapid loss of altitude and control, resulting in a significant impact with the frozen pond. The failure of the right hand engine led to a shutdown of the left hand engine, causing a rapid descent and subsequent slide onto the ice.

Description

A Tupolev 104B sustained substantial damage in an forced landing accident in a pond near Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Russia. There were 41 passengers and ten crew members on board. Three passengers, two crew members and two persons on the ground were killed. The airplane operated Aeroflot flight 068 from Khabarovsk (KHV) to Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) with an en route stop at Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX). The flight took off from runway 27 at Sverdlovsk at 13:08. At an altitude of 130-150 m, upon selection of nominal thrust after takeoff, there was a failure of the right hand engine. This was accompanied by a strong vibration of the fuselage. The crew was not able to determine which engine had failed because they could not read the instruments because of the vibration. One of the crew members tried to manipulate the throttle for the left hand engine in an attempt to hear the difference in engine power and thus to determine which engine had failed. He inadvertently shut down the left hand engine. This caused a rapid loss of altitude, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing on the frozen water of the Nizhneisetsky pond. The airplane touched down fast and slid on the ice for about 870 m. It then slid ashore, striking trees and demolishing a holiday home. It collided with another group of trees and came to rest about 350 meters from the pond and 1220 m from the point of initial contact with the surface of the water. The fuselage broke in three. There was no fire. Crashed while making an emergency landing on frozen water following double engine failure.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Double engine failure.Double engine failure.

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