Aeroflot Flight 513

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Aeroflot Flight 513
Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 at Arlanda, April 1966.jpg
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date8 March 1965 (1965-03-08)
SummaryStall, loss of control
SiteNear Kuybyshev Airport, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-124
Operator Aeroflot
Registration СССР-45028
Flight originKuybyshev Airport
Stopover Rostov-on-Don Airport
Destination Sochi International Airport
Passengers30
Crew9
Fatalities30
Survivors9

Aeroflot Flight 513 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot that crashed during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport in the Soviet Union on 8 March 1965, resulting in the deaths of 30 passengers and crew. It was the first fatal accident involving a Tupolev Tu-124. [1]

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Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Tupolev Tu-124V with two Soloviev D-20P engines, registered SSSR-45028 to the Soviet Union's state airline, Aeroflot. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated 1,612 flight hours and 1,151 pressurization cycles in service. [1] [2]

Crew

Thirty passengers and crew members were on board the flight. The crew consisted of the following: [3]

Stewardesses Zoya Chicherina and Tamara Kolesnikova worked in the cabin.

Flight and accident

The aircraft was de-iced before takeoff. In the cockpit, the check captain observing the trainee's performance sat on the right; the trainee sat on the left. The captains and first officer remained in the cabin and did not assist the trainee and check captain during takeoff. Flight 513 took off from the runway at a bearing of 100°. At an altitude of 40–50 meters the angle of attack increased to the point of causing a stall. The Tu-124 never recovered from the stall and crashed into a field of snow. All 9 crew members and 21 out of 30 passengers died in the accident; There were initially 16 passenger fatalities, but five passengers later died in hospital from their injuries. [4]

Cause

The investigation concluded that the accident was most likely caused by: [4]

One member of the investigation board disagreed with the conclusions reached, insisting that the accident was caused by pilot error.

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