- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 23, 1991
Time: 1306
Location: Leningrad, USSR
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: ?
Route: Sukhumi - St. Petersburg
AC Type: Tupolev TU-154B-1
Registration: CCCP-85097
cn / ln: 97
Aboard: 181   (passengers:174  crew:7)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:13  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Undershot the runway and broke in half after a hard landing. Crew error. A rapid rate of descent, leading to landing gear failure. The accident happened durining daylight in a rain shower.
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