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Crash of a Lisunov LI-2T in Moscow: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 2004 at 1728 LT
Registration:
RA-1300K
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow - Kaluga
MSN:
234 416 05
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Moscow-Myashkovo Airport runway 06, while climbing, the left engine failed. The aircraft lost height then struck the roof of a house and crashed in the residential area of Zaozerye located 2,5 km from the airport, three minutes after takeoff. Two occupants were seriously injured while three others were killed. Few hours later, one of the survivor died from his injuries, thus a passenger was the only survivor. This model was the last LI-2 airworthy in the world.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine during initial climb due to fuel exhaustion. Investigations determined that the fuel selector for the left engine was positioned on an empty tank. Poor flight preparation on part of the crew. The flight engineer was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Tashkent
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1976
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-13369
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 404 10
YOM:
1951
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
4946
Circumstances:
Just after liftoff, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed back onto the runway, veered off runway and came to rest in flames. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
The total weight of the aircraft was above MTOW at the time of the accident and the airplane has been refueled with a too low octane fuel, which caused the engines to lose power during takeoff.
Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Karakulino: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 6, 1976
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-13345
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moscow - Tyumen
MSN:
2 34 419 01
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
5444
Circumstances:
The crew encountered turbulences in flight and decided to continue at a relative low altitude of 290 metres. After four hours of flight, fuel reserves were low and the left engine started to misrunning. The captain decided to reduce his altitude and to attempt an emergency landing when, at a height of 45 metres, the aircraft struck five telephone steel cables with a diameter of 4,3 mm. The airplane stalled and crashed on the shore of the Kama River. All four crew members were killed.
Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Kharat: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 13, 1974 at 0725 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-08823
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ulan-Ude – Krasnoyarsk - Novosibirsk – Omsk – Petropavl – Kurgan – Chelyabinsk – Ufa
MSN:
184 403 07
YOM:
1951
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
6945
Aircraft flight cycles:
5410
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Ulan-Ude at 0700LT on a cargo flight to Ufa with intermediate stops in Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Petropavl, Kurgan and Chelyabinsk, carrying five crew members, three passengers and a load of 663 kg of various goods. About 20 minutes after takeoff, while cruising at an altitude of 2,400 meters, a passenger announced to the crew that a fire erupted in the rear part of the cabin. Smoke spread in the cabin and the cockpit and as the crew was unable to extinguish the fire, the captain decided to reduce his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a prairie. The aircraft crash landed and came to rest in flames in an open field located 4 km from the village of Kharat. All eight occupants escaped while the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire. 40 hours later, a female passenger died from her injuries.
Probable cause:
The aircraft was carrying several wooden crates containing bottles of 20 liters of flammable products placed on a carpet of wood chips. It is believed that these boxes had been used many times in the past but had not been cleaned and the wood chips were soaked with flammable products, maybe because some of the bottles were not properly sealed. In flight, the hot air pulsed into the cabin via the heating system caused the wood chips to burn and the fire could not be extinguished by the crew.
Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Kirov: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 22, 1974 at 0800 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-73960
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kirov - Sovetsky
MSN:
184 366 05
YOM:
1951
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Aircraft flight hours:
7589
Aircraft flight cycles:
6485
Circumstances:
After a takeoff distance of 430 meters completed in 26 seconds, the pilot-in-command initiated the rotation at a speed of 120 km/h. The airplane continued to climb when, at a height of 10 meters, the left engine failed. The airplane continued to climb until a height of 50 meters when it banked left to an angle of 80° then stalled and crashed at a speed of 170 km/h not far from the runway end. While all six passengers were injured, all three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the left engine malfunction was caused by the failure of the 9th cylinder valve. Wrong reaction from the crew caused the speed to drop too low, causing the aircraft to stall and crash. Poor flight organization, poor crew training supervision were considered as contributing factors as well as the fact that the captain decided to takeoff without a flight engineer.
Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Tashauz: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 10, 1973 at 0811 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-71209
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tashauz - Darvaza - Ashkhabad
MSN:
184 392 08
YOM:
1951
Flight number:
SU112
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Aircraft flight hours:
16994
Aircraft flight cycles:
15770
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the left engine failed while the right engine lost power. The aircraft's speed dropped to 70 km/h when, at a height of 50 meters, it stalled and crashed in an open field located about 3 km from the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all five occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
A failure in the fuel supply system caused both engines to partially stop during initial climb, causing the aircraft to stall and to crash.
