Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | miércoles 21 septiembre 1977 |
Hora: | 16:59 UTC |
Tipo: | Tupolev Tu-134 |
Operador: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
Registración: | HA-LBC |
Numéro de série: | 8350605 |
Año de Construcción: | 1968 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 10547 |
Ciclos: | 8920 |
Motores: | 2 Soloviev D-30 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 21 / Ocupantes: 45 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 29 / Ocupantes: 53 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 6,3 km (3.9 milles) SW of Urziceni ( RumanÃa)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 55 m (180 feet) amsl |
Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA), TurquÃa |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), RumanÃa |
Número de Vuelo: | MA203 |
Descripción: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:

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