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Status Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Date Saturday 24 September 1988
Time 14:26
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator Aeroflot / Armenia
Registration CCCP-85479
MSN 81A479
Year of manufature 1981
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 158
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 168
Aircraft damage Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate w/o
Location Aleppo Airport (ALP)   Syria
Phase Landing
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Yerevan Airport (EVN/UDYZ)
Destination Airport Aleppo-Nejrab Airport (ALP/OSAP)
Narrative The aircraft landed hard following an unstabilized visual approach in light turbulence. The gear collapsed and the aircraft overran the runway.
The centre of gravity was out of limits and the crew had manually set the aircraft out of trim.

sources

ICAO Adrep Summary 1/89 (#33)
Soviet Transports

Safety recommendations

Photos


photo (c) Hakob; Aleppo Airport (ALP); 24 September 1988


photo (c) Hakob; Aleppo Airport (ALP); 24 September 1988


photo (c) Dietrich Eggert; Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB); April 1981