Tupolev TU-154 crash, Mar 1, 1980, Orenburg
Tupolev TU-154 accident on March 1, 1980 near Orenburg, Orenburg oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Crew error: wrong approach configuration,...
- Date: March 1, 1980
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Orenburg, Orenburg oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew error: wrong approach configuration, failure to follow the approach checklist and published procedures, descent below the glideslope without a go-around, and a controller clearance to land instead of an instruction to go around.
Aeroflot flight SU3324, a Tupolev Tu-154A (CCCP-85103) on the Simferopol - Sochi - Orenburg - Novosibirsk service, made a hard landing short of the runway at Orenburg on 1 March 1980. The aircraft bounced, touched down again and broke in two. No one was killed and the aircraft was written off.