Aeroflot Flight 343

1982 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 343
Accident
The aircraft involved in the accident
Date	29 September 1982 (1982-09-29)
Summary	Mechanical failure resulting in a runway excursion
Site	Luxembourg Findel Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-62M
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-86470
Flight origin	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
1st stopover	Luxembourg Findel Airport
2nd stopover	José Martí International Airport
Destination	Jorge Chávez International Airport
Occupants	77
Passengers	66
Crew	11
Fatalities	7
Injuries	70
Survivors	70

Aeroflot Flight 343 (SU343/AFL343) (Russian: Рейс 343 Аэрофлота Reys 343 Aeroflota) was a passenger flight from Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport to Jorge Chávez International Airport, on a stopover at Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, that veered off the runway on 29 September 1982, fatally injuring seven occupants. The Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight suffered a mechanical failure.^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was an Ilyushin Il-62M operated by Aeroflot, registered CCCP-86470. The aircraft rolled off the assembly line of the Kazan production facility in April 1977. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had 10,325 flight hours.^[2]

Accident description

The flight was intended for the Moscow-Luxembourg-Havana-Lima route, but crashed on the first stopover in Luxembourg. The flight had 66 passengers and 11 crew members. The aircraft started experiencing technical difficulties on approach to landing. At an altitude of just 5 m (16 ft) above the runway and a speed of 278 km/h (173 mph; 150 kn), with the engines set at 40% Nh, the thrust reversers on engines No. 1 and 4 were released; immediately thereafter the Il-62 suddenly began to pivot to the right. Five seconds later at a speed of 265 km/h (165 mph; 143 kn), the crew increased power on engine No. 4 to 80% Nh and engine No. 1 – to 86% Nh, intending to re-align the aircraft with the runway. Instead, the deviation to the right only increased. Instead of stopping on the runway, the aircraft wing hit a water tower, then continued on, striking a small airport fence before it rolled into a small forest, damaged several trees, then fell into a small ravine 200 meters from the runway at 20:23 local time.^[3]

Causes

The investigation determined the probable cause of the accident to be mechanical failure of the thrust reversers on engine No.1:^[3]

"The accident may be attributed to a mechanical failure affecting the mechanism of controlling thrust which occurred during the most critical phase of landing. This failure, sudden and unpredictable, was identified by the crew and made the aircraft uncontrollable in direction during the execution of the normal landing procedure."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M CCCP-86470 Luxembourg-Findel Airport (LUX)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ "Ильюшин Ил-62М Бортовой №: СССР-86470". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ ^a ^b "Катастрофа Ил-62М ЦУМВС в а/п Люксембург-Финдель". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-05.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 (1982)

Jan 13

Air Florida Flight 90

Jan 18

Thunderbirds Indian Springs "Diamond Crash"

Jan 23

World Airways Flight 30

Feb 6

Korean Air Force C-123 crash

Feb 9

Japan Air Lines Flight 350

Feb 21

Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458

Mar 11

Widerøe Flight 933

Mar 20

Garuda Fokker F28 crash

Mar 26

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217

Apr 26

CAAC Flight 3303

May 25

RAF Jaguar shootdown incident

Jun 6

British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident

Jun 8

VASP Flight 168

Jun 12

TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident

Jun 21

Air India Flight 403

Jun 24

British Airways Flight 009

Jun 28

Aeroflot Flight 8641

Jul 6

Aeroflot Flight 411

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Pan Am Flight 759

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Twilight Zone accident

Aug 11

Pan Am Flight 830

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Southwest Air Lines Flight 611

Sep 1

Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

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Spantax Flight 995

Sep 13

Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 accident

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Japan Airlines Flight 792

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Aeroflot Flight 343

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Aeronor Flight 304

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CAAC Flight 2311

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