Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | sábado 3 marzo 1973 |
Hora: | 12:45 |
Tipo: | Ilyushin Il-18V |
Operador: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
Registración: | LZ-BEM |
Numéro de série: | 182005602 |
Año de Construcción: | 1962 |
Motores: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20K |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 17 / Ocupantes: 17 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 25 / Ocupantes: 25 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) ( Rusia)
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Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Rusia |
Número de Vuelo: | 307 |
Descripción:After a missed approach, the crew were executing a second attempt at landing, when the aircraft began to loose height rapidly, went into a nosedive, crashed into the ground, disintegrated and caught fire. The exact cause of the accident could not be accurately determined, but it was thought that there was possibly icing on the stabiliser, a significant pitch manoeuvre and full landing flaps extended at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: Tail plane icing.
Fuentes:
» ICAO Circular 132-AN/93 (63-67)
Fotos
accident date:
03-03-1973type: Ilyushin Il-18V
registration: LZ-BEM
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 Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 1772 km (1107 miles).
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.