Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 22 August 1943
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L3956
Location: near Rechitsa, Gomel region –
ÿ Belarus
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft engineAircraft engine
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a sudden engine failure during its return flight to the Belarus partisan HQ near Rechitsa, Belarus, resulting in a crash in a forest. The pilot initiated a return to the airstrip, but the aircraft crashed.An aircraft experienced a sudden engine failure during its return flight to the Belarus partisan HQ near Rechitsa, Belarus, resulting in a crash in a forest. The pilot initiated a return to the airstrip, but the aircraft crashed.
Description
The aircraft was on the return leg of a flight to target No. 17 of the Belarus partisan HQ near Rechitsa in the Gomel Region of Belarus when one engine failed some 30 minutes after take-off. The aircraft was flying at a height of some 200-300 metres at the time. The pilot decided to return to the airstrip of target No. 17, but the aircraft did not make it and crashed in a forest.
Source of Information
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