Date:	Friday 9 October 1964
Time:	20:26
Type:	Ilyushin Il-14P
Owner/operator:	Tarom
Registration:	YR-ILB
MSN:	146000902
Year of manufacture:	1960
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2 km S of Cugir -   Romania
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Timisoara Airport (TSR/LRTR)
Destination airport:	Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS)

Narrative:
A Tarom Ilyushin Il-14 broke in flight in poor weather while en route and crashed near Sibiu, Romania, killing all 31 occupants.

The airplane operated on a domestic flight from Timisoara (TSR) to Bucharest-Baneasa (BBU). A powerful storm was affecting most of the airspace of Romania that day. The plane could not land in Bucharest and was diverted to Craiova (CRA). It was re-directed to the north of the country, and contact was lost after the plane crossed a mountain range.
The scatter of the debris indicated that the plane disintegrated before hitting the ground.

The inquiry committee concluded that the airplane had encountered a strong downdraught. The pilot's attempt to maintain attitude caused the fuselage to overstress. The airplane disintegrated.

Nick Szirbik (E-mail 21-2-2012)
ziarulapulum.ro
Soviet Transports

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