Crash of a Convair CV-240-12 in Warsaw

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1958
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LPB
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
MSN:
155
YOM:
1949
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was conducting a local training mission at Warsaw-Okecie Airport. On final approach, the four engine aircraft went out of control, stalled and crashed in a field short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
A propeller blade detached on short final, causing the aircraft to be out of control.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2P in Katowice

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1955
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LAE
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 240 01
YOM:
1951
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing at Katowice Airport for unknown reason. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2P in Gruszowiec: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1954
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LAH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Warsaw – Kraków
MSN:
184 232 01
YOM:
1951
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Enroute from Warsaw to Kraków, weather conditions worsened and the crew was unable to locate his position due to thick fog and the failure of the Dabrowa Tarnowska radio beacon. In such conditions, the aircraft deviated from the prescribed flight path following navigation errors on part of the crew. While cruising at an altitude of 950 meters and at a speed of 240 km/h, the aircraft hit trees and crashed in a snow covered forest located on the slope of Mt Cwiklina (1,060 meters high). A passenger was killed while 22 other occupants were injured.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL in Katowice

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1953
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LCH
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
9106
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-12B in Warsaw

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LHC
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
9 301 35 06
YOM:
1949
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed for unknown reason at Warsaw-Okecie Airport. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Sowina

Date & Time: May 19, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LBD
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 198 04
YOM:
1951
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the pilot-in-command attempted an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in a field located in Sowina. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Tuszyn: 18 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1951 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LKA
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Łódź – Kraków
MSN:
18438505
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
18
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Łódź-Lublinek Airport, while climbing in foggy conditions, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Tuszyn, about 16 km southeast of Łódź Airport. All 18 occupants were killed, among them captain Marian Buczkowski. After landing in Łódź on a flight from Szczecin, the crew reported technical problems with the engines and renounced to fly to Kraków but was apparently forced to continue by officers of the Polish Department of Security.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2T in Poland

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1950
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LBA
MSN:
184 220 09
YOM:
1951
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed on an airport somewhere in Poland.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-40-DL in Poland

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1950
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LCC
MSN:
9903
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed in an airport somewhere in Poland.