| Date: | Friday 23 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-227 |
| Owner/operator: | LARES - Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat |
| Registration: | YR-PIF |
| MSN: | 1985 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Risculita -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS) |
| Arad Airport (ARW/LRAR) |
Crashed into Mount Gaina (SW of Cluj-Napoca), Apuseni Mountains (Carpates) in a hail storm.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
adevarul.ro
Location
Images:
photo (c) Alin Samusan; Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS)
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