Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 OCT 1981 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B |
| Operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LCF |
| C/n / msn: | 75A-126 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8983 |
| Cycles: | 5642 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 81 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Praha-Ruzyne Airport (PRG) (Czech Republic)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic | |
| Flightnumber: | 641 |
After a PAR approach to Prague, the crew were high on the glideslope, and passed the runway threshold at 80 m instead of 20 m. The pilot reduced engine thrust and deployed the spoilers, which is not allowed at a height over 5m. The airplane smashed onto the runway with a 4 g acceleration force. It subsequently broke in two.
Sources:
» E-mail Ivan Rado, 15-2-2007
» Soviet Transports
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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 Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 700 km (437 miles).
Distance from Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 700 km (437 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.
