Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 25 October 1962
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-104B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-42495
Location: Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Component Affected: Rudder controlsRudder controls
Category: Accident
A Tupolev aircraft crashed during a post-maintenance test flight from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) runway 25, banking left. The aircraft experienced a rapid 90-degree bank angle, increasing to 150 degrees before impact with trees. Cross-connected rudder controls are suspected to have contributed to the incident.A Tupolev aircraft crashed during a post-maintenance test flight from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) runway 25, banking left. The aircraft experienced a rapid 90-degree bank angle, increasing to 150 degrees before impact with trees. Cross-connected rudder controls are suspected to have contributed to the incident.
Description
The Tupolev crashed during takeoff for a post-maintenance test flight. The airplane had just taken off from Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) runway 25 when it banked left. The bank angle reached 90 degrees, some 800 m after takeoff. It then continued to 150 degrees before it crashed into trees. It appeared the rudder controls were cross-connected.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=253https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=253Primary Cause
Rudder control cross-connectivity during a rapid bank angle change.Rudder control cross-connectivity during a rapid bank angle change.Share on:
