Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 16 JAN 2009 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: | IAI 1126 Galaxy |
| Operator: | Ion Tiriac Air |
| Registration: | YR-TIG |
| C/n / msn: | 012 |
| First flight: | 1999 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oradea Airport (OMR) (Romania) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania |
| Oradea Airport (OMR/LROD), Romania |
The Galaxy corporate jet sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident upon landing at Oradea Airport (OMR).
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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 Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Oradea Airport as the crow flies is 421 km (263 miles).
Distance from Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Oradea Airport as the crow flies is 421 km (263 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.
