| Date: | Wednesday 21 October 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B |
| Owner/operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LCF |
| MSN: | 75A126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8983 hours |
| Cycles: | 5642 flights |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 81 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Praha-Ruzyne Airport (PRG) -
 Czechia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) |
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 5 m. 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
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); February 1977
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