"With respect, you omitted the various accidents with the TU134,which is an extremely similar a/c albeit with only 2 engines, somewhat smaller, but also good safety record."
When made the list of Tu-154 crashes selected the most "significant", just to make it readable-non-bothering. And to remark the almost nil presence of "immediate-to-TO" crashes.
And the stats ARE about Tu-154. If I had to add "precursors" and "similars", list would be endless.
As far as I remember, Tu-154 wasn't a follower of any type.
It was drawn from the beginning after a B-727 "inspiration", but from zero... There are many tales about some blue-prints that went from Seattle to Basmanny...
And, BTW, the accidents you mention (3), AREN'T during TO procedures.
I agree with you. It's difficult to make a configuration mistake in a so "analogic" AC.
Time and investigation will tell us...