ASN Aircraft accident Douglas TS-62 (DC-3) CCCP-L1055 Skvoritsy, Leningrad region
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Date:Sunday 5 October 1952
Time:16:02
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas TS-62 (DC-3)
Operator:Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-L1055
MSN: 34233/16973
First flight: 1945
Total airframe hrs:4042
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 24
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:0,3 km (0.2 mls) NE of Skvoritsy, Leningrad region (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED/ULLI), Russia
Destination airport:Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM), Belarus
Flightnumber: 381
Narrative:
An Il-12 passenger plane, CCCP-L1328, was approaching Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport (LED) when it collided with a Douglas TS-62, CCCP-L1055, that had just departed from that airport. The TS-62 was climbing through clouds to the en route cruising altitude of 2700 m. At the same time the Il-12 was descending to 1200 m in the same air corridor in the opposite direction.
Both aircraft crashed near the village of Skvoritsy.

Classification:
Language/communication problems
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Leningrad-Shosseynaya Airport to Minsk-1 International Airport as the crow flies is 675 km (422 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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