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Date Saturday 5 December 1992
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154B
Operator Aeroflot / Armenia
Registration CCCP-85105
MSN 75A105
Year of manufature 1975
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 146
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 154
Aircraft damage Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate w/o
Location Yerevan Airport (EVN)   Armenia
Phase Landing
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport
Destination Airport Yerevan Airport (EVN/UDYZ)
Narrative 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.

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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG); June 1975