Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 30 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L3436
Location: Vyatskiye Polyany, Kirov region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19
Component Affected: Left engineLeft engine
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a significant loss of control during en route operations, resulting in a catastrophic crash landing at Vyatskiye Polyany. The failure of the left engine triggered a precautionary landing, but an incorrect approach resulted in a significant speed loss, leading to a 50-meter descent and destruction of three wooden huts.An aircraft experienced a significant loss of control during en route operations, resulting in a catastrophic crash landing at Vyatskiye Polyany. The failure of the left engine triggered a precautionary landing, but an incorrect approach resulted in a significant speed loss, leading to a 50-meter descent and destruction of three wooden huts.
Description
The aircraft operated on a flight from Khabarovsk to Moscow with en route stops at Sverdlovsk and Kazan. Some 2 hours 15 minutes into the flight from Sverdlovsk, the left engine failed. The pilot elected carry out a precautionary landing at Vyatskiye Polyany, but did not calculate the approach correctly and had to go around. When trying to ‘hop’ over a railway line the aircraft lost speed and came down 50 metres behind the line, destroying three wooden huts.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Incorrect approach calculation and a loss of control during en route operations.Incorrect approach calculation and a loss of control during en route operations.Share on:
