Tupolev TU-204 crash, Dec 29, 2012 (5 killed), Moscow-Vnu...
Tupolev TU-204 accident on December 29, 2012 near Moscow-Vnukovo, Moscow oblast, Russia with 5 fatalities. Cause: Actuator maladjustment and a...
- Date: December 29, 2012
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-204
- Location: Moscow-Vnukovo, Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Actuator maladjustment and a reverse-thrust locking fault on both engines, combined with the crew's unstabilized approach, late and incorrect thrust reverser use and failure to follow procedures, led to the overrun.
A Tu-204 operated by Red Wings on a ferry flight from Pardubice landed at Vnukovo in snow and a strong crosswind. It overran the runway at high speed because the reverse thrust and braking did not work as intended, then hit a ditch and highway structures and broke up and burned. All five crew on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.