Kutaisi - Mineralnye Vody - Moscow

On December 7, 1973 at 10:29 PM, Kutaisi - Mineralnye Vody - Moscow experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

75 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 63 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 68, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The descent to Domodedovo Airport was initiated by night and marginal weather conditions with limited visibility due to snow falls. On final, the airplane was unstable and not properly aligned on the glide so the captain decided to make a turn to the left when the airplane banked left to 35-40°, causing the left wing to struck the ground 135 meters short of runway threshold and 25 meters to the right of its extended centerline. Out of control, the airplane crashed in flames and came to rest 340 meters past the threshold and 220 meters to the left of the runway. Five crew members and seven passengers were killed while 63 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. Within 10 days after the accident, four other passengers died from their injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-42503, MSN 0 2 19 01, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3416°, 37.8304°.