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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Monday 20 July 1992
Time
Type	Tupolev Tu-154B
Operator	Tbilisi Aviation Enterprise
Registration	85222
MSN	77A222
Year of manufature	1977
Engines	Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers	Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Total occupants	Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage	Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate	w/o
Location	Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS) Georgia
Phase	Initial climb
Nature	Cargo
Departure Airport	Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS/UGGG)
Destination Airport	Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV/URMM)
Narrative	The aircraft didn't become airborne and overran the runway, striking the localizer building. The Tu-154 broke up, overturned and crashed into a ravine. It was loaded with about 20 tons of tea. Not all of the cargo was documented. The actual take-off mass was more than 2 tons higher than the physically possible for a safe take-off. Furthermore, the forward centre of gravity limit was exceeded. PROBABLE CAUSE: Violation of the rules of loading by the crew, storehouse personnel and operations service. The attempt to take-off was with weight in excess of max allowed in the given conditions, and with cargo outside its forward limit. None of the pax were ticketed.

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