Plane crash of Tu-154M Polish Air Force with the government delegation on board near Smolensk

• Date of the crash: 10.04.2010

• The time of the crash: 10: 41

• Country air crash: Russia

• Place the crash: Smolensk region, near the airport Smolensk-North

• Type of aircraft: Tu-154M

• Registration of aircraft: 101

• Name of aviation companies: Polskie Wojska Lotnicze

• Flight: PLF 101

Chronology of events:

At the distance of 244 m from the first collision and for 61 m to the left of the axis of the strip the aircraft collided with the left birch trunk, the diameter of which was 30-40 cm at a height of 5 m. As a result, a part of the left PEC of length 6,5 m was separated. He reached about 90 degrees, and continued the movement, colliding with the trees and collapsing. At a distance of 580 m in an inverted position from the site of the first collision with the left bank, 200-210 ° collided with the ground and collapsed completely. The main part of the debris was found in 350-500 m from the end of the 26 strip to the left of its axis at 100-150 m. At the time of the crash, the actual visibility was horizontal 300-500 m and vertical 40-50 m, fog. In the valley, directly, where there was a collision with the ground plane, the vertical visibility was no more than 20 m.

Data on victims:

• Total on board were people 96: 8 88 crew members and passengers. Total killed 96 people: crew 8, 88 passengers.

Details of the crash:

• Phase of flight: the approach

• Identified causes of the crash: crew error

Data on the plane:

• Type of aircraft: Tu-154M

• Aircraft ID: 101

• The country in which the registered aircraft: Poland

• Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 29.06.1990

• Serial number of the aircraft :: 90A837

• Hours aircraft: 5143

• The cycles of use of the aircraft: 3899

• Engines: 59319012423 59249012426 59219012414

Flight data:

• Flight: PLF 101

• Tour type: Administrative

• Aviation company: Polskie Wojska Lotnicze

• The country in which the company was registered aircraft: Poland

• Flying from: Warsaw

• Flying in: Smolensk (North)

• Original item: Warsaw

• A final point: Smolensk (North)

Additional information:

Information about the crew:

• FAC Captain Arkadiusz Protasiuk

• copilot Major Robert Gzhivna

• Zantac navigator Lieutenant Arthur

• mechanic cornet Andrzej Michalak

• flight attendants:

• Yanushko Natalia Matseychik Barbara

• Justyna Moniuszko

• Flight service VIPs - Pogrudka-Ventslavek Agnieszka.