Last updated: 18 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 22 August 1943 |
| Type: |  Lisunov PS-84 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L3956 |
| C/n / msn: | 1841706 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Rechitsa, Gomel region ( Belarus)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The aircraft was on the return leg of a flight to target No. 17 of the Belarus partisan HQ near Rechitsa in the Gomel Region of Belarus when one engine failed some 30 minutes after take-off. The aircraft was flying at a height of some 200-300 metres at the time. The pilot decided to return to the airstrip of target No. 17, but the aircraft did not make it and crashed in a forest.
Sources:
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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.
