Timisoara – Bucharest

On October 9, 1964 at 08:26 PM, Timisoara – Bucharest experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by TAROM - Transporturile Aeriene Române, with the event recorded near Cugir Alba.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 32 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 28, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On the flight from Timisoara to Bucharest, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and a landing at Baneasa Airport was impossible. ATC rerouted the crew to Craiova Airport but again, landing was not possible there so the crew was vectored to an airport in the north of the country. En route, the airplane encountered strong downdrafts and severe turbulences, causing the fuselage to fail. The airplane disintegrated in the air and crashed about 2 km south of Cugir. The debris were found on a large area in a field and a wooded area as well, some 55 km west of Sibiu. All 32 occupants have been killed. At the time of the accident, a storm was affecting most of the Romanian airspace and the flying conditions were considered as poor.

Aircraft reference details include registration YR-ILB, MSN 1460 009 26, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.8363°, 23.3744°.