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Crash of a Lisunov LI-2T in Kiskunlacháza AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
210
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Kiskunlacháza - Kiskunlacháza
MSN:
234 412 10
YOM:
1952
Location:
Kiskunlacháza AFB
Pest
Country:
Hungary
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night training mission at Kiskunlacháza Airbase. While on approach with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames in a field located in Apaj, about 6 km south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control caused by a wrong trim setting on part of the flying crew while completing a single engine approach.

Crash of a Fokker F3 on Csepel Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F3
Operator:
Registration:
H-MABC
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Vienna – Budapest
MSN:
1604
YOM:
1922
Location:
Tököl
Pest
Country:
Hungary
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While approaching Budapest following a flight from Vienna, the pilot lost control of the airplane after a wing failed. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed on Csepel Island, south of Budapest. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Wing failure in flight for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Caudron C.81 in Törökbálint

Date & Time: May 24, 1928 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caudron C.81
Operator:
Registration:
F-AGGF
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Paris – Strasbourg – Prague – Vienna – Budapest
MSN:
5553.5
YOM:
1924
Location:
Törökbálint
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Country:
Hungary
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While descending to Budapest Airport on a leg from Vienna, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. From a height of about 10 metres, the airplane stalled and crashed in an open field located in Törökbálint, some 25 km west of Budapest Airport. All four occupants escaped with minor injuries and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
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