Tupolev TU-154 crash, Jan 1, 2011 (3 killed), Surgut
Tupolev TU-154 accident on January 1, 2011 near Surgut, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Two unsynchronized generators were...
- Date: January 1, 2011
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Surgut, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: Two unsynchronized generators were connected together during engine start, producing an electrical arc, and worn contacts that had not been maintained made the fault worse.
A Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154B-2 was preparing to taxi at Surgut with 134 occupants aboard when a fire broke out in the tail generator compartment after engine start. The fire spread rapidly through the fuselage and everyone was evacuated, but three passengers died and dozens were seriously injured. The airplane was totally destroyed by the fire. Investigators traced the fire to an electrical arc from generators connected out of synchronization.