Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 19 September 1943
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L4008
Location: 1,5 km from Yakhnovo Airfield –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Aircraft enginesAircraft engines
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of altitude and crashed due to a combination of factors during an en route diversion from Moscow to Leningrad. Due to severe night weather conditions, the crew initiated a return to Khvoinaya, but the flight was diverted to Yakhnovo Airfield, resulting in engine failure and subsequent crash.An aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of altitude and crashed due to a combination of factors during an en route diversion from Moscow to Leningrad. Due to severe night weather conditions, the crew initiated a return to Khvoinaya, but the flight was diverted to Yakhnovo Airfield, resulting in engine failure and subsequent crash.
Description
The aircraft operated on a flight from Moscow to Leningrad with an en route stop at Khvoinaya. En route between Khvoinaya and Leningrad the crew lost orientation. In night time conditions the crew decided to return to Khvoinaya. However due to poor weather conditions there the flight diverted Yakhnovo Airfield, 8 km south-west of Khvoinaya Airfield. The first attempt to land was abandoned. Then both engines flamed out as the flight engineer had forgotten to switch the tanks in time. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed in a swamp.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Poor weather conditions and a failure to properly manage tank pressure during a diversion.Poor weather conditions and a failure to properly manage tank pressure during a diversion.Share on:
