Budapest - Budapest

On August 6, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Budapest - Budapest experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Malév Hungarian Airlines - Magyar Légiközlekedési Vallalat, with the event recorded near Budapest Budapest City District.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 111.1%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 23, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a local sightseeing flight over Budapest when descending to Ferihegy Airport, the airplane crashed onto a building and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. All 27 occupants and three people on the ground were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HA-TSA, MSN 20492, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.5132°, 19.0837°.