ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338804
| Date: | Monday 22 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L901 |
| MSN: | 12890 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP) -
 Belarus
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM) |
| Kaunas/Aleksotas-S. Darius and S. Girenas Airport (EYKS) |
The C-47A transport plane operated on a cargo flight from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to iauliai with an route stops at Minsk and Kaunas. Some 15 minutes after take-off from Minsk, the right hand engine failed. The crew decided to return to Minsk. After having to execute two go arounds at Minsk, eventually the left engine failed as well. The aircraft collided with a pole, hit the roof of a house and came down in a garden.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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