Mineralnye Vody - Donetsk - Ivanovo

On August 27, 1992 at 10:44 PM, Mineralnye Vody - Donetsk - Ivanovo experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-134, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Ivanovo-Yuzhny Ivanovo 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.

84 people were known to be on board, 84 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 77, passenger fatalities: 77, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Mineralnye Vody on a schedule service to Ivanovo with an intermediate stop in Donetsk. Following an uneventful flight, the crew initiated the descent to Ivanovo-Yuzhny Airport. The visibility was limited due to the night and poor weather conditions. On final approach, the aircraft was not properly aligned on the glide and the copilot and the navigator attempted to inform the captain about the deviation but without success. The captain continued the approach in a wrong configuration when, at a speed of 370 km/h and a rate of descent of 6 metres per second, the left wing struck a residential building. The aircraft entered a nose-down attitude and crashed 512 metres further, some 2,450 metres short of runway 29, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 84 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-65058, MSN 49868, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.9411°, 40.9390°.