Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 9 January 1952
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Azerbaijan
Registration Number: CCCP-L4315
Location: 3 km from Stalingrad Airport (VOG) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically, the approach and landing phases).Aircraft control system (specifically, the approach and landing phases).
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying 1,793 kg of cargo brass sheets and mail experienced a premature descent during en route operations from Moscow to Baku. It struck a snowy field short of the runway, resulting in a landing distance of 3 kilometers from the start of the runway with the NDB beacon activated.An aircraft carrying 1,793 kg of cargo brass sheets and mail experienced a premature descent during en route operations from Moscow to Baku. It struck a snowy field short of the runway, resulting in a landing distance of 3 kilometers from the start of the runway with the NDB beacon activated.
Description
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Moscow to Baku with en route stops at Voronezh and Stalingrad. It carried 1,793 kg of cargo brass sheets and mail). After a premature descent the aircraft hit a snowy field short of the runway. The causes of the disaster are: 1) Loss of speed during approach due to errors in piloting technique. 2) Indiscipline of the PIC, expressed in the admission of the co-pilot to control the aircraft at night from the left seat. 3) Negligence of the crew when calculating for landing, allowing the plane to touch the ground at a distance of 3 km from the start of the runway in good visibility and with the NDB beacon turned on.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=951http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=951Primary Cause
Errors in piloting technique, including loss of speed during approach, combined with the PIC’s indiscipline (controlling the aircraft at night from the left seat) and inadequate calculation of landing distance.Errors in piloting technique, including loss of speed during approach, combined with the PIC’s indiscipline (controlling the aircraft at night from the left seat) and inadequate calculation of landing distance.Share on:
