ASN Aircraft accident Lisunov Li-2P SP-LKA Lódz Airport (LCJ)
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Date:Thursday 15 November 1951
Time:09:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lisunov Li-2P
Operator:LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze
Registration: SP-LKA
MSN: 18438505
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Total:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:ca 16 km SE of Lódz Airport (LCJ) (   Poland)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Lódz-Lublinek Airport (LCJ/EPLL), Poland
Destination airport:Kraków-Rakowice-Czyzyny Airport (EPKC), Poland
Narrative:
The Li-2 passenger plane arrived at Lódz, Poland after a flight from Szczecin. Because of engine problems the pilot elected to discontinue the next flight to Kraków. However, the pilot was supposedly forced to continue the flight by officers of the Polish Department of Security.
The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff.

Sources:
» Sprawa kapitana Buczkowskiego (Newsweek.pl, 2-8-2009)
» Dziennik Polski 16 November 1951, p2


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Distance from Lódz-Lublinek Airport to Kraków-Rakowice-Czyzyny Airport as the crow flies is 186 km (116 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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Lisunov Li-2

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