Tupolev TU-104 crash, Feb 19, 1958, Savasleyka AFB Nizhny...
Tupolev TU-104 accident on February 19, 1958 near Savasleyka AFB Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: The aircraft ran out of fuel...
- Date: February 19, 1958
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-104
- Location: Savasleyka AFB Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft ran out of fuel after a diversion in bad weather and made an emergency landing in forest about 1.5 km short of the runway.
A Tu 104 on a training flight from Novosibirsk to Moscow ran short of fuel after a diversion to Savasleyka in bad weather. It made an emergency landing in forest about 1.5 km short of the runway on 19 February 1958. The aircraft was later restored and displayed at VDNKh in Moscow.