Incident Overview
Date: Friday 22 March 1946
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L893
Location: 0,8 km SE of Bakovka, Kuntsevo district, Moscow region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying cargo from Moscow to Minsk and Berlin crashed on a wooded slope on the right bank of the Setun River, approximately 800 meters south-east of Bakovka in the Kuntsevo District of the Moscow Region. The cause of the accident is currently unknown but is suspected to be related to icing conditions.An aircraft carrying cargo from Moscow to Minsk and Berlin crashed on a wooded slope on the right bank of the Setun River, approximately 800 meters south-east of Bakovka in the Kuntsevo District of the Moscow Region. The cause of the accident is currently unknown but is suspected to be related to icing conditions.
Description
The aircaft operated on a cargo flight from Moscow-Vnukovo to Minsk and Berlin. It crashed on the wooded slope of a hill on the right bank of the river Setun, 800 metres south-east of Bakovka in the Kuntsevo District of the Moscow Region. The cause of the accident could not be established, but probably icing played a role.
Source of Information
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