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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Tuesday 13 October 1992
Time
Type	Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator	Aeroflot / Belarus
Registration	EW-85528
MSN	82A528
Year of manufature	1982
Engines	Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 62
Total occupants	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67
Aircraft damage	Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate	w/o
Location	Vladivostok Airport (VVO) Russia
Phase	Take off
Nature	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure Airport	Vladivostok Airport (VVO/UHWW)
Destination Airport
Narrative	The Tu-154 operated on a charted flight, carrying Lithuanian tourists from North Korea. During the takeoff run from Vladivostok Airport, the captain made a belated decision to abort the take off at a speed of 320 km/h after a failed attempt to raise the nose. The length of the takeoff run by then was 2500m. The aircraft failed to stop in the remaining 1000m and overran the end of the runway at a speed of 200 km/h. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped 283 meters past the end of the runway. Investigation showed that 16,800 kg of passenger baggage was loaded onto the aircraft which was officially declared being 10 tons. Consequently the centre of gravity calculations and stabilizer setting was incorrect. PROBABLE CAUSE: Overloaded; centre of gravity too far forward.

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