Flugunfall 14 MAR 1980 einer Ilyushin Il-62 SP-LAA - Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW)
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Status:
Datum:Freitag 14 März 1980
Zeit:11:15
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic IL62 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ilyuschin Il-62
Fluggesellschaft:LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Kennzeichen: SP-LAA
Werknummer: 11004
Baujahr: 1971
Triebwerk: 4 Kuznetsov NK-8-4
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 10 / Insassen: 10
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 77 / Insassen: 77
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 87 / Insassen: 87
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:0,8 km (0.5 Meilen) NW of Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) (   Polen)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), USA
Flug nach:Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Polen
Flugnummer:LO007
Unfallbericht:
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.

Informationsquelle:
» Soviet Transports
» polot.net


Fotos

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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