Aeroflot Flight 3932
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B similar to the aircraft involved | |
Accident summary | |
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Date | 30 September 1973 |
Summary | Spatial disorientation after electrical failure |
Site | 16 km north-west of Koltsovo Airport |
Passengers | 100 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 108 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104 |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-42506 |
Flight origin | Koltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union |
Destination | Omsk Tsentralny Airport, Soviet Union |
Aeroflot Flight 3932 was a flight operated by Aeroflot from Koltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk to Omsk Tsentralny Airport, Soviet Union. On 30 September 1973 a Tupolev Tu-104 operating on the route crashed shortly after takeoff from Sverdlovsk, killing all 108 passengers and crew on board.[1]
Accident
The aircraft crashed due to incorrect indications by the main artificial horizon and the compass system, caused by a failure of the electrical supply, resulting in spatial disorientation of the pilots. The aircraft crashed approximately five miles from Koltsovo Airport.[2]
See also
Aeroflot Flight 964 which crashed just two weeks after Flight 3932 after experiencing a similar electrical failure.
References
- ↑ "Accident synopsis, Tupolev Tu-104 CCCP-42486". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 121.
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Coordinates: 56°42′41″N 60°38′41″E / 56.7114°N 60.6447°E
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