1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash - Event

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On 7 February 1981, a Tupolev Tu-104 passenger jet crashed during take off from Pushkin Airport near Leningrad (today's Saint Petersburg), Russia, resulting in the death of all 50 people on board, including 28 high-ranking Soviet military personnel. The official investigation concluded that the aircraft was improperly loaded.

1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash
Accident
A Tu-104 similar to the accident aircraft
Date	7 February 1981 (1981-02-07)
Summary	Pilot error
Site	20 meters south of the runway at Pushkin Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104
Operator	Soviet Navy
Registration	СССР-42332
Flight origin	Pushkin Airport
Destination	Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Occupants	50
Passengers	44
Crew	6
Fatalities	50
Survivors	0

Accident

At 18:00 local time, the Tu-104 lined up on runway 21 and commenced its take-off run during snowing weather conditions. After rotation, the aircraft pitched up beyond normal take-off attitude, and eight seconds after lift off, at an altitude above ground level of 50 m (160 ft), the Tupolev stalled and entered a right bank. The aircraft continued to roll right until it struck the ground 20 m (66 ft) from the departure end of the runway, crashing nearly inverted and bursting into flames, killing 49 of the 50 people on board. One person in the cockpit was ejected from the nose of the aircraft, and was found alive in the snow not far from the crash site, but died on the way to a hospital.[1][2][3][4]

Aircraft

The Tupolev Tu-104A involved was serial number 76600402 and registered as СССР-42332 to the Soviet Navy. The construction of the airliner was completed on 26 November 1957.[1]

Investigation

The investigation of the accident revealed that the crew allowed the aircraft to be improperly loaded. Evidence was uncovered that led investigators to believe that some military officers did not comply with seating assignments given by the crew and that these officers pressured the crew to make the flight in an unsafely loaded aircraft. Another factor reported by witnesses was that large rolls of printing paper were loaded on board, and these are believed to have rolled rearward during acceleration on take-off, causing the center of gravity to shift aft of acceptable limits, thereby reducing the stability of the aircraft in pitch, making lowering the nose impossible for the crew.[1][2][3][4]

Casualties

The Tupolev Tu-104A was carrying many of the Pacific Fleet's senior officers from Leningrad, where they had been attending meetings with the naval command, to Vladivostok, via Khabarovsk. Among the dead were 16 admirals and generals, including the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Emil Spiridonov, and his wife. They were both interred with most of the other victims of the crash in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery in Leningrad, where a memorial to the dead was erected on the orders of the Navy's commander-in-chief, Sergey Gorshkov.[5] A memorial service is held annually on 7 February at the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg, and on the 20th anniversary of the crash, the line: "Those who died in the line of duty on 7 February 1981", and an Orthodox cross were added to the memorial stele commemorating the Pacific Navy sailors.[5]

References

"Tupolev Tu-104A Board number: USSR-42332". russianplanes.net (in Russian). 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
"Crash of a Tupolev TU-104 in Pushkin :52 killed". baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Accident description 7 February 1981". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
"Even the admiral will not abolish the laws of aerodynamics". nvo.ng.ru (in Russian). 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
Koshelev, S. "ЧЕРНЫЙ ФЕВРАЛЬ" (in Russian). Morskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1981

Feb 7 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash
Mar 2 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326
Mar 28 Garuda Indonesia Flight 206
May 2 Aer Lingus Flight 164
May 7 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901
Jun 14 Aeroflot Flight 498
Jun 26 Dan-Air Flight 240
Jul 18 Armenia mid-air collision
Jul 20 Somali Airlines Flight 40
Jul 27 Aeroméxico Flight 230
Jul 31 Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash
Aug 9 1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance
Aug 13 G-ASWI ditching
Aug 19 Gulf of Sidra incident
Aug 22 Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
Aug 24 Aeroflot Flight 811
Aug 26 Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221
Sep 18 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision
Sep 22 Eastern Air Lines Flight 935
Sep 29 Indian Airlines Flight 423
Oct 6 NLM CityHopper Flight 431
Nov 8 Aeroméxico Flight 110
Nov 17 Aeroflot Flight 3603
Dec 1 Inex-Adria Flight 1308

1980 ◀ ▶ 1982

Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union and Russia

Soviet
Union

1930s	Osoaviakhim-1 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim
1940s	1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
1950s	1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash Aeroflot Flight 04 1958 Aeroflot Tu-104 Kanash crash Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aeroflot Flight 120
1960s	Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) Aeroflot Flight 207 Aeroflot Flight 036 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Aeroflot Flight 068 Aeroflot Flight 245 Aeroflot Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962) Aeroflot Flight 191 Aeroflot Flight 03 Aeroflot Flight 25 Aeroflot Flight 012 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aeroflot Flight 663 Aeroflot Flight 721 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Aeroflot Flight 542 Aeroflot Flight 513 Aeroflot Flight 99 Aeroflot Flight 065 Aeroflot Flight 2723 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 Aeroflot Flight L-51 Aeroflot Flight 15 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight N-826
1970s	Aeroflot Flight U-45 Aeroflot Flight 1661 Aeroflot Flight 3630 1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aeroflot Flight 1912 Malév Flight 110 Aeroflot Flight 773 Aeroflot Flight 2174 Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Aeroflot Flight 217 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Aeroflot Flight 6263 Aeroflot Flight 141 Aeroflot Flight 630 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 Aeroflot Flight 6551 Aeroflot Flight 109 Aeroflot Flight A-13 Aeroflot Flight 3932 Aeroflot Flight 964 Aeroflot Flight 19 Aeroflot Flight 2022 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash 1974 Surgut mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2003 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976) Aeroflot Flight 909 Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aeroflot Flight 418 1976 Anapa mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2415 Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aeroflot Flight 3843 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977) Aeroflot Flight 331 1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking Aeroflot Flight B-2 Aeroflot Flight 6709 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Korean Air Lines Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 1080 Aeroflot Flight 1691 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5484
1980s	Aeroflot Flight 4225 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash Aeroflot Flight 498 1981 Armenia mid-air collision 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 811 Aeroflot Flight 3603 Aeroflot Flight 8641 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 343 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Aeroflot Flight 601 Aeroflot Flight 3352 Aeroflot Flight 3519 Aeroflot Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5143 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Aeroflot Flight 2306 Aeroflot Flight 6502 Aeroflot Flight 892 Aeroflot Flight U-505 Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aeroflot Flight 699 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)

Russia

1990s	Aeroflot Flight 2808 (1992) Sakha Avia Flight 301 (1993) Baikal Airlines Flight 130 (1994) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045 (1994) Aeroflot Flight 593 (1994) Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 (1995) Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 (1997) Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash (1997)
2000s	Omsk An-70 crash (2001) Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (2001) Grozny Mi-8 crash (2001) Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (2001) Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Flight 9064 (2001) Shelkovskaya Mi-8 crash (2002) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 (2002) Khankala Mi-26 crash (2002) Russian aircraft bombings (2004) Regional Airlines Flight 9288 (2005) Armavia Flight 967 (2006) S7 Airlines Flight 778 (2006) UTair Flight 471 (2007) Shatoy Mi-8 crash (2007) Moskovia Airlines Flight 9675 (2008) Aeroflot Flight 821 (2008) Makhachkala Il-76 collision (2009) Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash (2009)
2010s	Aviastar-TU Flight 1906 (2010) Smolensk air disaster (2010) Katekavia Flight 9357 (2010) Alrosa Flight 514 (2010) Dagestan Airlines Flight 372 (2010) Kolavia Flight 348 (2011) Garbuzovo Antonov An-148 crash (2011) RusAir Flight 9605 (2011) Angara Airlines Flight 9007 (2011) Avis-Amur Flight 9209 (2011) 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash (2011) UTair Flight 120 (2012) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012) Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 (2012) Polar Airlines Flight 9949 (2013) Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 (2013) Unijet Flight 074P (2014) Flydubai Flight 981 (2016) Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash (2016) Skol Airlines Flight 9375 (2016) Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash (2016) Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463 (2017) Saratov Airlines Flight 703 (2018) UTair Flight 579 (2018) Aeroflot Flight 1492 (2019) Angara Airlines Flight 200 (2019) Ural Airlines Flight 178 (2019)
2020s	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Flight 4066 (2020) Kemerovo parachute Let L-410UVP-E crash (2021) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021) Siberian Light Aviation Flight 42 (2021) Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 (2021) Menzelinsk parachute Let L-410UVP-E crash (2021) Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252 (2021) Yeysk military aircraft crash (2022) Irkutsk military aircraft crash (2022)

This includes accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union, and Russia only. It does not include accidents in other post-Soviet states after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

External links

YouTube summary of accident

На других языках

[de] Flugunfall einer Tupolew Tu-104 bei Leningrad 1981

Der Flugunfall einer Tupolew Tu-104 bei Leningrad 1981 ereignete sich am 7. Februar 1981, als eine vom Flughafen Puschkin zu einem Flug zum Flughafen Chabarowsk gestartete Tupolew Tu-104A der Marine der Sowjetunion kurz nach dem Start zu Boden stürzte, wobei alle 50 Insassen ums Leben kamen. Es handelte sich um den weltweit letzten Zwischenfall einer Maschine dieses Typs mit Totalverlust und Todesopfern.

- [en] 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash

[fr] Accident du Tu-104 à l'aéroport de Pouchkine

Le 7 février 1981, un avion de ligne Tupolev Tu-104 s'écrase lors du décollage de l'aéroport militaire Pouchkine près de Leningrad (aujourd'hui Saint-Pétersbourg), en Russie, entraînant la mort des 50 personnes à bord, dont 28 militaires soviétiques de haut rang. L'enquête officielle a conclu que la charge de l'avion n'était pas équilibrée.

[ru] Катастрофа Ту-104 в Пушкине

Катастрофа Ту-104 в Пушкине — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая 7 февраля 1981 года. Авиалайнер Ту-104А, принадлежавший отряду управления 25-й МРАД ВВС КТОФ СССР, выполнял пассажирский рейс по маршруту Пушкин—Владивосток, но через несколько секунд после взлёта рухнул на землю и полностью разрушился. Погибли все находившиеся на его борту 50 человек — 44 пассажира и 6 членов экипажа.

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