Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 13 January 1955
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L5000
Location: 8 km NW of Moskva-Bykovo Airport (BKA) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Right EngineRight Engine
Category: Accident
A Li-2 operated a mail flight from Moscow-Bykovo Airport immediately following take-off when the right engine failed. The aircraft lost height, touched tree tops, and crashed into a garden house at ul. Mayakovskaya d. 10 within the Udelnaya garden colony.A Li-2 operated a mail flight from Moscow-Bykovo Airport immediately following take-off when the right engine failed. The aircraft lost height, touched tree tops, and crashed into a garden house at ul. Mayakovskaya d. 10 within the Udelnaya garden colony.
Description
The Li-2 operated on a mail flight from Moscow-Bykovo Airport. Immediately after take-off, the right engine failed. The aircraft lost height, touched tree tops and crashed into a garden house at ul. Mayakovskaya d. 10 at the Udelnaya garden colony. The accident investigation commission assumed sabotage as the reason for the failure of the right engine because an M4 female screw had been placed in the fuel system, destroying the fuel pump (this had been the second similar case with the same aircraft within 8 days).
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=821http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=821Primary Cause
Sabotage ? Installation of an M4 female screw in the fuel system resulted in engine failure.Sabotage ? Installation of an M4 female screw in the fuel system resulted in engine failure.Share on:
