Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 4 March 1945
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L915
Location: Mulden –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: C-47 aircraft wingC-47 aircraft wing
Category: Accident
A C-47 aircraft, operating in poor visibility and heavy snowfall, made a controlled but erroneous flight from Wormditt (Orneta) to Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk). The crew, under orders to return to Wormditt, continued the flight, flying at a low altitude, resulting in a crash in a forest clearing 3 km north of Mulden (Perevalovo). The aircraft’s right wing was ripped off during the crash.A C-47 aircraft, operating in poor visibility and heavy snowfall, made a controlled but erroneous flight from Wormditt (Orneta) to Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk). The crew, under orders to return to Wormditt, continued the flight, flying at a low altitude, resulting in a crash in a forest clearing 3 km north of Mulden (Perevalovo). The aircraft’s right wing was ripped off during the crash.
Description
The C-47 operated on a ferry flight from Wormditt (now Orneta) to Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk) in bad visibility and snowfall. The intoxicated crew had been ordered to return to Wormditt but continued the flight towards their base. The aircraft flew so low that it touched trees with its right wing, the wing was ripped off and the aircraft crashed in a forest clearing 3 km north of Mulden (now Perevalovo) and burnt out.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=802http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=802Primary Cause
Crew intoxication and disregard for flight orders.Crew intoxication and disregard for flight orders.Share on:
