Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 18 June 1942
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L3423
Location: near Moskva-Khodynka Airport –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: Right engineRight engine
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737 aircraft, departing from Moscow’s Khodynka Airport, experienced a catastrophic incident due to a broken breather pipe on the right engine. The crew attempted to mitigate vibrations by adjusting altitude mixture, but this resulted in the right engine failing, causing rapid altitude loss and a collision with a railway pole. The aircraft subsequently crashed on the rails near the Moscow-Butyrskaya railway station, resulting in fire.A Boeing 737 aircraft, departing from Moscow’s Khodynka Airport, experienced a catastrophic incident due to a broken breather pipe on the right engine. The crew attempted to mitigate vibrations by adjusting altitude mixture, but this resulted in the right engine failing, causing rapid altitude loss and a collision with a railway pole. The aircraft subsequently crashed on the rails near the Moscow-Butyrskaya railway station, resulting in fire.
Description
The aircraft took off from Moscow’s Khodynka Airport with a broken breather pipe of the right engine. The crew attempted to eliminate the vibrations by changing the altitude mixture control. The right engine then failed, causing the aircraft to loose altitude until it collided with a pole of a telegraph line along a railway line. The aircraft crashed on the rails near the railway station Moscow-Butyrskaya tovarnaya and caught fire.
Primary Cause
Broken breather pipe on the right engine caused a loss of altitude and subsequent collision with a railway pole.Broken breather pipe on the right engine caused a loss of altitude and subsequent collision with a railway pole.Share on:
