Prague-Ruzyne

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Prague – Piešťany – Košice

MSN:

778 051 20

YOM:

1958

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After takeoff from Prague-Ruzyne Airport, while climbing, one of the engine failed. The airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located 7 km southwest from the airport. Three crew members and eight passengers were killed while 29 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was en route from Prague to Košice with an intermediate stop in Piešťany.

Probable cause:

Engine failure for undetermined reason. It was also reported that the crew coordination and reaction to an emergency situation was inappropriate, which was considered as a contributing factor.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-18 in Bratislava: 82 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1966 at 1630 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-18

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Registration:

LZ-BEN

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Site:

Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik

Schedule:

Sofia - Budapest - Prague - Berlin

MSN:

184 0071 01

YOM:

1964

Flight number:

LZ101

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Bratislava Region

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Slovakia

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Captain / Total flying hours:

11959

Captain / Total hours on type:

2002.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

5979

Copilot / Total hours on type:

768

Circumstances:

Flight LZ101 was a scheduled international air service from Sofia to Berlin with intermediate stops in Budapest and Prague. The four engine airplane departed Budapest-Ferihegy Airport at 1146LT bound for Prague, but en route, the crew was informed the airport of Prague-Ruzyne was closed to all traffic due to poor weather conditions. So the crew decided to divert to Bratislava-Ivanka Airport where he landed at 1258LT. About 1550 hours the pilot-in-command of the aircraft decided to resume his flight to Prague. He took off from Bratislava Airport at 1628:30. After take-off he made a turn to starboard according to the flight clearance with the instruction to perform a right turn on to the OKR Beacon, to climb only to 300 m and then to climb on to the NI beacon up to the flight level of 5 100 m. At 1630:20 hours the flight was requested to change to the ATC approach service frequency, 120.9 Mc/s. The crew confirmed reception of this message, but they did not carry out the retuning. Shortly afterwards the aircraft crashed into wooded ground in the mountains. The accident occurred 8 km away from the 31 runway threshold of Bratislava Airport at an altitude of 420 m above MSL, i.e. 288 m above the airport level. The aircraft was totally destroyed and none of the 82 occupants survived the crash.

Probable cause:

The Commission could not definitely establish the cause of accident. The Commission assumed that the most probable cause of the accident was insufficient evaluation of terrain relief and weather conditions in the Bratislava Airport control zone by the aircraft crew and lack of adaptation of the flight to these conditions. There are serious reasons to doubt whether the crew thoroughly evaluated the geographical and meteorological situation and drew from this evaluation the necessary conclusions in choosing the take-off runway, in accepting the flight clearance and in performing the takeoff and the departure by making a turn to the starboard on to the OKR beacon. The possibility must be admitted that the non-maintenance of the 15° bank and the 400 km/h speed (or the lowest possible limit of 360 km/h), which non-maintenance had a causal connexion with the accident, could be partly due also to errors in controlling and navigating the aircraft.

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Crash of an Avia 14-32A in Prague: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1961

Type of aircraft:

Avia 14

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OK-MCZ

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Training

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Prague - Prague

MSN:

105 807 110

YOM:

1955

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After takeoff from Prague-Ruzyne Airport, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height, struck power cables and crashed in a field located one km from the airfield. All ten occupants were killed. They were involved in a local training mission.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-12B in Eglisau: 23 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1956 at 1820 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-12

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Registration:

OK-DBP

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Zurich – Prague

MSN:

9 301 35 17

YOM:

1949

Flight number:

OK548

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After takeoff from Zurich-Kloten Airport, while climbing by night, the airplane went out of control and crashed nose first in a field located in Eglisau, about 12 km north of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 23 occupants have been killed. A crater of 10 meters width and three meters depth was found at the point of impact.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the loss of control could not be determined with certainty.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK in Prague: 13 killed

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1954 at 1355 LT

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OK-WDS

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Prague – Ostrava

MSN:

11854

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1943

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After a takeoff roll of 900 meters on runway 22, the pilot-in-command initiated the rotation. While climbing to a height of about 50 feet in a horizontal visibility of about 100 meters, the crew sighted the chimney and the pilot made a sharp turn to the left to avoid a collision. Doing so, the airplane hit a telephone pole and telegraphic cables, stalled and crashed in flames in a snow covered field located about one km south of the airfield. All four crew members and nine passengers were killed while five other passengers were rescued. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Jan House, pilot,
Jiří Levý, copilot,
Milroslav Kalenda, radio operator,
Milroslav Häusler, flight engineer.

Probable cause:

No mechanical failure was reported on the airplane prior to the accident. At that time, the cloud base was about 200 meters above ground with a horizontal visibility of 100 meters in snow falls. The takeoff roll was completed on runway 22 that was covered with a layer of 5 to 10 cm of wet snow. The accident was the consequence of poor flying techniques on part of the pilot-in-command during initial climb.

Ground accident of an Ilyushin II-12B in Prague

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1951

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-12

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Registration:

OK-CBF

Flight Phase:

Taxiing

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MSN:

8 301 29 16

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1949

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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While taxiing for takeoff, the aircraft hit an obstacle and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair and clean-up of register.

Probable cause:

Ground collision with an unknown obstacle.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK in Prague

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1948 at 1220 LT

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Registration:

OK-WDC

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Amsterdam – Prague

MSN:

12176

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1944

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On approach to Prague-Ruzyne Airport, when the aircraft broke through the clouds, it was deviated by 300 meters to the right of the runway centerline. Rather than making a go around, the pilot completed a steep turn to the left to join the runway but on final, the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft came to rest in a grassy area to the right of the runway. While all occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-60-DL in Prague: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1947 at 1343 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-3

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Registration:

OK-XDU

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Training

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Prague - Prague

MSN:

13802

YOM:

1944

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Shortly after takeoff from Prague-Ruzyne Airport, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Kladno, northwest of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Jan Kuhl, pilot,
Josef Hainzel, pilot,
František Papácek, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Without giving any more details, Czech Authorities reported that the accident was caused by a faulty maintenance on part of ground technicians employed by the national company. Following this accident, all crew members followed a strike movement until February 18.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL in Prague

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1946 at 1736 LT

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Registration:

OK-XDG

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Amsterdam – Prague

MSN:

19535

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1944

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