An Aeroflot Tu-134A, similar to that involved in the accident
Aviation Accident
Date
20 October 1986 (1986-10-20)
Summary
Runway overrun due to pilot recklessness
Site
Kuibyshev Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator
Aeroflot
Registration
CCCP-65766
Flight origin
Koltsovo Airport
Stopover
Kuibyshev Airport
Destination
Grozny Airport
Occupants
94
Passengers
87
Crew
7
Fatalities
70
Survivors
24
Aeroflot Flight 6502 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-134A from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Grozny, which crashed on 20 October 1986; 70 of the 94 passengers and crew on board were killed. The accident occurred when, on a bet, the pilot attempted to make an instrument-only approach with curtained cockpit windows. Investigators determined the cause of the accident was pilot negligence.[1]
^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A CCCP-65766 Kuybyshev Airport (KUF)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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