Accident Tupolev Tu-134 HA-LBC,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329032

Date:	Wednesday 21 September 1977
Time:	16:59
Type:	Tupolev Tu-134
Owner/operator:	Malev Hungarian Airlines
Registration:	HA-LBC
MSN:	8350605
Year of manufacture:	1968
Total airframe hrs:	10547 hours
Cycles:	8920 flights
Engine model:	Soloviev D-30
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 53
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	6,3 km SW of Urziceni - Romania
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST/LTBA)
Destination airport:	Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP)
Investigating agency:	Romania MoT
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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

Accident investigation: