Incident Overview
Date: Friday 22 July 1938
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 14-H Super Electra
Owner/operator: LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration Number: SP-BNG
Location: Negrileasa, Stulpicani, Suceava –
ÿ Romania
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A plane crashed in poor weather conditions ? a thunderstorm, rain, and cloud at low attitude ? near Chernowitz Airport in Negrileasa wood, southeastern of Stulpicani. Eyewitness reports indicate the aircraft spun before impact, resulting in a collision with a wooden hill.A plane crashed in poor weather conditions ? a thunderstorm, rain, and cloud at low attitude ? near Chernowitz Airport in Negrileasa wood, southeastern of Stulpicani. Eyewitness reports indicate the aircraft spun before impact, resulting in a collision with a wooden hill.
Description
Plane on route Warsaw-Lviv-Czerniowce (Chernovtsy)-Bucharest-Thessaloniki crashed in poor weather (thunderstorm, rain, cloud at low attitude) at 5.38 p.m. local time on hill in the Negrileasa wood (SE of Stulpicani). Eyewitness said the aircraft spinned before crashed into wooden hill. Commandant of Chernowitz Airport Ionescu, first doctor of child’s hospital of Chernovcy Isidore Bodya and composer/aviator Ionel Fernic (37) among the victims. Probable cause of disaster – unknown; maybe struck by lightning.
Primary Cause
Unknown; possibly struck by lightning.Unknown; possibly struck by lightning.Share on:
