Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 21 December 1943
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L4032
Location: 0,8 km from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Left rear fuel tankLeft rear fuel tank
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a sudden engine failure during final approach to a training flight from Moscow-Vnukovo. The failure resulted in loss of height and speed, leading to a stall and subsequent crash in a forest.An aircraft experienced a sudden engine failure during final approach to a training flight from Moscow-Vnukovo. The failure resulted in loss of height and speed, leading to a stall and subsequent crash in a forest.
Description
While on a training flight from Moscow-Vnukovo the engines flamed out on final approach due to a manufacturing defect of the left rear fuel tank. The aircraft subsequently lost height and speed. The trainee at the controls pulled the controls back, causing the aircraft to stall. The aircraft crashed in a forest 800 metres from the perimeter of the airport.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Manufacturing defect in the left rear fuel tank.Manufacturing defect in the left rear fuel tank.Share on:
