Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56
| Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56 | |
|---|---|
 A Tupolev Tu-134B-3 machine |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Engine failure and pilot error |
| place |
Naxçıvan , Azerbaijan
|
| date | 5th December 1995 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 30th |
| Injured | 30th |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134B-3 |
| operator | Azerbaijan Airlines |
| Mark | 4K-65703 |
| Departure airport |
Naxçıvan Airport
|
| Destination airport |
Baku airport
|
| Passengers | 76 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Azerbaijan Airlines flight 56 was a domestic scheduled flight of Azerbaijan Airlines from Naxçıvan to Baku , on which a Tupolev Tu-134B-3 crashed on December 5, 1995 after an engine failure and a resulting pilot error. 52 people lost their lives in the impact.
Flight history
The Tupolev Tu-134 took off from Naxçıvan at 5:52 p.m. local time (3:52 p.m. CET). The co-pilot piloted the machine on this flight. At a height of 60 meters and at a speed of 317 km / h, the left engine failed. The co-pilot responded with a blow against the left bank , whereupon five seconds later a failure of the right engine was indicated. The captain then took the helm. Due to the action of the co-pilot, however, the master did not know which of the engines had really failed, which is why he gave the instruction to switch off the right engine at a height of 140 meters. The flight engineer tried to react to the drop in performance by switching on the right engine again, but this had already stopped. Eight seconds later, the engineer reported a failure of both engines. At that time, the aircraft was at an altitude of 197 meters and was flying at a speed of 290 km / h. The captain decided to make an emergency landing. The plane crashed into a field four kilometers from the runway. 52 of the 82 people on board died in the impact.
examination
The investigation revealed that the left engine failed because it had been in operation for over 30 hours of flight with an unrepaired defect and the crew switched off the wrong engine as a result of the engine failure.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134B-3 4K-65703 Nakhichevan Airport. In: Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved April 8, 2020 .