Aeroflot Flight 7425

Aeroflot Flight 7425
	An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154B-2 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	10 July 1985
Summary	Pilot error and fatigue
Site	Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union ; 42°9′24″N 63°33′20″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-85311
Flight origin	Karshi Airport
Stopover	Ufa Airport
Destination	Pulkovo Airport
Occupants	200
Passengers	191
Crew	9
Fatalities	200
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 7425[nb 1] refers to a Tupolev Tu-154B-2, registration CCCP-85311, that was operating a domestic scheduled Karshi–Ufa–Leningrad passenger service under the airline's Uzbekistan division, that crashed near Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union on 10 July 1985. The crash killed all 200 occupants on board. Investigators determined that crew fatigue was a factor in the accident.[2]

Passengers and Crew

Flight 7425 had 139 adults and 52 children on board. Led by pilot-in-command Oleg Pavlovich Belisov, the cockpit crew consisted of co-pilot Anatoly Timofeevich Pozyumsky, navigator Garry Nikolaevich Argeev, and flight engineer was Abduvahit Sultanovich Mansurov. There were five flight attendants in the cabin.[3]

Description of the accident

The aircraft was covering the first leg of the flight, cruising at an altitude of 11,600 metres (38,100 ft) with an airspeed of only 400 kilometres per hour (250 mph), close to stalling speed for that altitude. The low speed caused vibrations which the aircrew incorrectly assumed were engine surges. Using the thrust levers to reduce engine power to flight idle, the crew caused a further drop in airspeed to 290 km/h (180 mph). The aircraft stalled and entered a flat spin, crashing into the ground near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan, at that time in the Soviet Union. There were no survivors among the 191 passengers and the 9 crewmen.[2]

Wreckage of Flight 7425

It is the deadliest air disaster in Soviet and Uzbek aviation history, the deadliest in Aeroflot's history, and the deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154.[2]

Cause

Flight 7425's cockpit voice recorder was destroyed in the crash. Investigators with the help of psychologists studied the human factors that led to the aviation incident. Their findings were that Flight 7425's flight crew were very fatigued at the time of the crash due to their having to spend 24 hours at the departure airport prior to takeoff. Another factor in the crash was inadequate regulations for crews encountering abnormal conditions.[4]

Notes

A Russian source claims the flightnumber was ″5143″.[1]

References

"Катастрофа Ту-154Б-2 Узбекского УГА в районе пос.Учкудук" [Accident Tu-154B-2 of the Uzbek UGA near the village Uchkuduk] (in Russian).
Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 February 2015.
"Катастрофа Ту-154Б-2 Узбекского УГА в районе пос.Учкудук (борт СССР-85311), 10 июля 1985 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика" [Accident Tu-154B-2 of the Uzbek UGA near the village of Uchkuduk (board USSR-85311), July 10, 1985. // AirDisaster.ru - aviation accidents, incidents and plane crashes in the USSR and Russia - facts, history, statistics]. www.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 187.

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[2] A Russian source claims the flightnumber was ″5143″.[1]

[1] "Катастрофа Ту-154Б-2 Узбекского УГА в районе пос.Учкудук" [Accident Tu-154B-2 of the Uzbek UGA near the village Uchkuduk] (in Russian).

[ASN-3] Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 February 2015.

[4] "Катастрофа Ту-154Б-2 Узбекского УГА в районе пос.Учкудук (борт СССР-85311), 10 июля 1985 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика" [Accident Tu-154B-2 of the Uzbek UGA near the village of Uchkuduk (board USSR-85311), July 10, 1985. // AirDisaster.ru - aviation accidents, incidents and plane crashes in the USSR and Russia - facts, history, statistics]. www.airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[Gero-5] Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 187.

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