Narrative:
Plane on route Warsaw-Lviv-Czerniowce (Chernovtsy)-Bucharest-Thessaloniki crashed in poor weather (thunderstorm, rain, cloud at low attitude) at 5.38 p.m. local time on hill in the Negrileasa wood (SE of Stulpicani). Eyewitness said the aircraft spinned before crashed into wooden hill.
Commandant of Chernowitz Airport Ionescu, first doctor of child's hospital of Chernovcy Isidore Bodya and composer/aviator Ionel Fernic (37) among the victims.
Probable cause of disaster - unknown; maybe struck by lightning.
» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
accident date: 22-07-1938
type: Lockheed 14-H Super Electra
registration: SP-BNG
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 22 July 1938 |
| Time: | 17:38 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 14-H Super Electra |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-BNG |
| MSN: | 1422 |
| First flight: | 1938 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Negrileasa, Stulpicani, Suceava ( Romania)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chernovtsy Airport (CWC/UKLN), Ukraine |
| Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS), Romania |
Plane on route Warsaw-Lviv-Czerniowce (Chernovtsy)-Bucharest-Thessaloniki crashed in poor weather (thunderstorm, rain, cloud at low attitude) at 5.38 p.m. local time on hill in the Negrileasa wood (SE of Stulpicani). Eyewitness said the aircraft spinned before crashed into wooden hill.
Commandant of Chernowitz Airport Ionescu, first doctor of child's hospital of Chernovcy Isidore Bodya and composer/aviator Ionel Fernic (37) among the victims.
Probable cause of disaster - unknown; maybe struck by lightning.
Sources:
» Gazeta Wyborcza» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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accident date: 22-07-1938
type: Lockheed 14-H Super Electra
registration: SP-BNG
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chernovtsy Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (259 miles).
Distance from Chernovtsy Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (259 miles).
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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