Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 5 December 1992
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-154B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Armenia
Registration Number: CCCP-85105
Location: Yerevan Airport (EVN) –
ÿ Armenia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 154
Component Affected: NosegearNosegear
Category: Accident
A Tupolev aircraft veered off the runway during landing due to poor visibility and a pilot misinterpreting runway edge lights as centerlines.A Tupolev aircraft veered off the runway during landing due to poor visibility and a pilot misinterpreting runway edge lights as centerlines.
Description
The Tupolev veered right off the runway. The nosegear struck a concrete wall. The landing was carried out in poor visibility and the pilot mistook the runway edge lights for centreline rights.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Pilot error ? misinterpretation of runway edge lights.Pilot error ? misinterpretation of runway edge lights.Share on:
