ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134 HA-LBC Urziceni

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Status:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:	Wednesday 21 September 1977
Time:	16:59 UTC
Type:	Tupolev Tu-134
Operator:	Malev Hungarian Airlines
Registration:	HA-LBC
MSN:	8350605
First flight:	1968
Total airframe hrs:	10547
Cycles:	8920
Engines:	2 Soloviev D-30
Crew:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 45
Total:	Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 53
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	6,3 km (3.9 mls) SW of Urziceni ( Romania)
Crash site elevation:	55 m (180 feet) amsl
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey
Destination airport:	Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania
Flightnumber:	MA203

Narrative:
Malev Hungarian Airlines flight 203, a Tupolev Tu-134, was a scheduled service from Istanbul to Budapest with an intermediate stop at Bucharest, Romania.
On the first leg, while at FL40, the crew were cleared to descend to 600 metres to the Ope NDB and prepare for a straight-in approach to runway 26 at Bucharest-Otopeni Airport. The aircraft struck level ground at an elevation of 55 m and crashed.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: The aircraft had been flown at reduced power, leading to a gradual loss of altitude, unnoticed by the crew.

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency:	Romania MoT
Status:	Investigation completed
Accident number:	final report
Download report:	Final report

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:

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Photos

accident date: 21-09-1977
type: Tupolev Tu-134
registration: HA-LBC

Map

This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport as the crow flies is 455 km (284 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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