Incident Overview
Date: Friday 9 February 1951
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-L4821
Location: Tashkent Airport (TAS) –
ÿ Uzbekistan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Horizontal StabilizerHorizontal Stabilizer
Category: Accident
An aircraft took off from Tashkent Airport with significant ice accumulation on its leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer, resulting in an immediate pitch-up and subsequent loss of speed and a fall from a height of approximately 20 meters.An aircraft took off from Tashkent Airport with significant ice accumulation on its leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer, resulting in an immediate pitch-up and subsequent loss of speed and a fall from a height of approximately 20 meters.
Description
The aircraft took off from Tashkent Airport with frozen dirt on the leading edge of the horizontal stabiliser. It pitched up immediately after takeoff, lost speed and fell from a height of some 20 metres.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Ice accumulation on the horizontal stabilizer.Ice accumulation on the horizontal stabilizer.Share on:
