| Date: | Saturday 30 December 1995 |
| Time: | 17:25 |
| Type: |  BAC One-Eleven 525FT |
| Owner/operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-BCO |
| MSN: | 272 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 81 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (IST) -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP) |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA) |
Flight RO 261 from Bucharest landed at 17:25 LT in rain and snow (temp +4°C, wind 340°/24-29 kts.) at Istanbul runway 36. After touching down heavily on all three undercarriages, the One-Eleven bounced and touched down again. The nosegear had collapsed and the aircraft ran off the side of the runway at 60 kts.
Sources:
Scramble 201(50)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 1989 | EI-BSZ | Ryanair | 0 | London-Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) |  |
min |
Location
Images:
photo (c) Harro Ranter; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 21 August 1992; (CC:by-nc-nd)
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL); 13 July 1990; (CC:by-nc-nd)
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