| Date: | Tuesday 1 November 1949 |
| Time: | 10:34 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2P |
| Owner/operator: | Maszovlet |
| Registration: | HA-LIK |
| MSN: | 18427501 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pécs/Pogany Airport -
 Hungary
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Budaörs Airport (LHBS) |
| Pécs/Pogány Airport (PEV/LHPP) |
The Li-2 airplane departed from Budaörs at 09:35. At that time the weather conditions at Pécs were above minima but the horizontal visibility was only 4000 m and the ceiling was 320 m.
When the aircraft started the approach at Pécs the visibility became worse, the ceiling was 240 m and the horizontal visibility decreased below 4000 m. At 10:28 the crew reported at 150 m and they were carrying out a visual approach. In addition they announced that they didn't need the ground transmitter. After that ATC switched off the transmitter.
At 10:31 the crew reported that they were executing a go around and that they required that the transmitter to be switched on the again. The aircraft started climbing but instead of making a left hand procedure turn they turned to the right into the clouds over mountainous terrain. At 10:34 the aircraft impacted the side of the Jakab-mountain.
Sources:
E/mail Gabor Toth, 8-2-2011
E-mail Ivan Rado, 15-2-2007
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