Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 4 March 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L875
Location: Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: C-47 aircraft engineC-47 aircraft engine
Category: Accident
A C-47 aircraft, during training, experienced an engine shutdown and subsequent go-around. Due to the engine failure, it collided with a parked Bell P-39Q Airacobra, resulting in a crash and subsequent burning.A C-47 aircraft, during training, experienced an engine shutdown and subsequent go-around. Due to the engine failure, it collided with a parked Bell P-39Q Airacobra, resulting in a crash and subsequent burning.
Description
The C-47 took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on a positioning flight to Khodynka, also in Moscow. For training purposes the crew shut down one engine but they were not able to restart it. Th pilot then decided to return to Vnukovo, but the aircraft touched down late, forcing the pilot to execute a go-around. Before being able to gain height, the aircraft collided with a parked Bell P-39Q Airacobra (44-2226), crashed in a revetment and burnt out.
Source of Information
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