Date:	Wednesday 19 December 1962
Time:
Type:	Vickers 804 Viscount
Owner/operator:	LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration:	SP-LVB
MSN:	395
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	9822 hours
Cycles:	5119 flights
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Dart 510
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,3 km SE of Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) -   Poland
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB)
Destination airport:	Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The LOT Viscount departed Warsaw for a return trip to Brussels via Berlin, at 08:45 GMT, arriving at Brussels at 12:51. After refueling, it took off from Brussels on the return trip at 14:55. An intermediate stop at Berlin was made, where the plane took off at 17:55. While approaching Warsaw on a 329deg heading, the aircraft crashed, just 46sec after having been cleared to land.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a loss of speed and stalling of the aircraft. The reason for the loss of speed was not determined."

Vickers Viscount Network (vickersviscount.net)
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (147-148)

photo (c) Derek Poynter; Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML); 1958

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