35 Years ago today: On 10 July 1985 an Aeroflot Tupolev 154B-2 stalled, entered a flat spin and crashed near Uch-Kuduk, killing all 200 occupants.

Date:Wednesday 10 July 1985
Time:23:46 MSK
Type:Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator:Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration:CCCP-85311
C/n / msn:78A311
First flight:1978
Engines:Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 191 / Occupants: 191
Total:Fatalities: 200 / Occupants: 200
Aircraft damage:Destroyed
Aircraft fate:Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Uchkuduk (   Uzbekistan)
Phase:En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Karshi Airport (KSQ/UTSL), Uzbekistan
Destination airport:Ufa Airport (UFA/UWUU), Russia
Flightnumber:SU7425

Narrative:
The Tupolev 154 departed Karshi (KSQ) on a flight to Leningrad (LED) via Ufa (UFA). The flight crew climbed to the cruising altitude of FL380 (11.600 m) at an airspeed of 400 km/h, which is close to stall speed under the given conditions.

During cruise flight vibrations started because of the low airspeed. The crew assumed that the vibrations were caused by engine surges. They reduced power to flight idle, causing the airspeed to drop to 290 km/h. Trying to maintain altitude, the airplane eventually stalled. The Tu-154 went into a flat spin and crashed.