Vladivostok Avia Flight 352
| Vladivostok Avia Flight 352 | |
|---|---|
 A Tu-154M of the Vladivostok Avia |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Stall on approach |
| place | Burdakovka, Irkutsk Oblast , Russia |
| date | 4th July 2001 |
| Fatalities | 145 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154M |
| operator | Vladivostok Avia |
| Mark | RA-85845 |
| Departure airport | Ekaterinburg airport |
| Stopover | Irkutsk airport |
| Destination airport | Vladivostok Airport |
| Passengers | 136 |
| crew | 9 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Vladivostok Avia flight 352 was a national scheduled flight of the Russian airline Vladivostok Avia from Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok , which crashed on July 4, 2001 while approaching the stopover in Irkutsk .
The Tupolev Tu-154M crashed after a fault caused by the pilot flow separation from. All 145 people on board were killed. At the time of the accident, it was the third worst flight accident over Russian territory to date .
the accident
Flight 352 took off from Yekaterinburg at 19:47 local time ( UTC + 6 ) and began to descend towards Irkutsk Airport about three hours later . At 02:05 a.m. ( UTC + 9 ) the runway came into view. The landing gear was extended at a height of around 900 m and the speed was reduced to 395 km / h . Then a left turn was flown, whereby the speed decreased further to 365 km / h. In order to maintain the flight altitude of around 850 m with decreasing speed, the autopilot increased the angle of attack to 16.5 °, and the pilots were made aware of the high angle of attack by an acoustic signal. To correct the problem, the first officer deactivated the autopilot, tilting the aircraft 48 ° to the left. The plane's nose sagged.
Due to a cloud cover and the prevailing darkness, the pilots could not see the natural horizon . The captain tried to bring the aircraft back under control by manual steering, the lean angle again reaching 45 ° to the left. In order to reduce the extremely high rate of descent of 20 m / sec (4000 ft / min), the pilots pulled the elevator control, whereupon the nose of the Tupolev rose sharply and it came to a stall with a subsequent flat spin . 22 seconds later, at 2:08 a.m., the plane hit the ground, shattered, and burned out.
According to the Russian aviation authority , the crew had to abandon two approaches before the accident.
Web links
- Photo gallery on AirDisaster.com
- Transcript of the voice recorder on Aviation Safety Network
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ^ Russians search for plane crash clues. BBC , July 4, 2001, accessed July 22, 2013 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 36 ″ N , 104 ° 37 ′ 20 ″ E