ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62 SP-LAA Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW)
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Status:
Date:Friday 14 March 1980
Time:11:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL62 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyushin Il-62
Operator:LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration: SP-LAA
MSN: 11004
First flight: 1971
Engines: 4 Kuznetsov NK-8-4
Crew:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Passengers:Fatalities: 77 / Occupants: 77
Total:Fatalities: 87 / Occupants: 87
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:0,8 km (0.5 mls) NW of Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) (   Poland)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America
Destination airport:Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland
Flightnumber:LO007
Narrative:
When approaching Warsaw after a flight from New York, the crew initiated an overshoot procedure due to problems with the locking of the landing gear.
When power was increased, the no. 2 engine disintegrated. Debris of the no. 2 engine damaged rudder and elevator control lines, causing the Ilyushin to enter an uncontrolled descent. The aircraft struck the ground in a 20 degree nose down attitude and burst into flames, some 800 m short of the runway 15 threshold.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: Metal fatigue of a turbine disc in the no. 2 engine.

Classification:
Uncontained engine failure
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» polot.net


Photos

photo of Ilyushin-Il-62-SP-LAA
accident date: 14-03-1980
type: Ilyushin Il-62
registration: SP-LAA
 

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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 6801 km (4250 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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.
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