Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 13 January 1990
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-134A
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-65951
Location: 3 km E of Pervouralsk – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 71
Component Affected: Electrical wiring within the cargo hold.Electrical wiring within the cargo hold.
Category: Accident
During a cruise flight at 10,600 meters, an emergency descent was initiated due to a fire detected in the rear cargo hold. The APU fire warning activated, followed by the DC electrical system failure, impacting navigation, compass, and flap systems. The aircraft landed in a snow-covered field, resulting in collision with irrigation equipment and aircraft breakup. The probable cause is an in-flight fire originating in the underfloor area of the cargo hold, likely caused by a short circuit in the electrical wiring.During a cruise flight at 10,600 meters, an emergency descent was initiated due to a fire detected in the rear cargo hold. The APU fire warning activated, followed by the DC electrical system failure, impacting navigation, compass, and flap systems. The aircraft landed in a snow-covered field, resulting in collision with irrigation equipment and aircraft breakup. The probable cause is an in-flight fire originating in the underfloor area of the cargo hold, likely caused by a short circuit in the electrical wiring.

Description

The “smoke in the rear cargo hold” warning activated during cruise at 10,600 m. The presence of smoke was confirmed but the source of fire could not be identified. Then the APU fire warning activated. The crew initiated an emergency descent to land at an intermediate airport. During descent the fire warning in both powerplants activated, the DC electrical system went dead, the attitude indicators, the compass system and the flap extension system shut off and the electromechanical altimeters stopped working. The crew force landed in a snow-covered field 3 km from Pervouralsk. The aircraft collided with irrigation equipment and broke up. PROBABLE CAUSE: The in-flight fire that spread in the underfloor area of the rear cargo hold was probably due to a short circuit in the electrical wiring.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Short circuit in the electrical wiring of the cargo hold.Short circuit in the electrical wiring of the cargo hold.

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