ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337159
| Date: | Tuesday 5 November 1946 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Lithuania |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4207 |
| MSN: | 18420908 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1920 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI) |
| Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
Due to low visibility conditions and a high number of aircraft bound for Moscow, the Li-2 was put in a holding pattern for 75 minutes. At 17:45 the crew started the approach in a thick fog. The crew decided to go around. Five ADF approaches under radar guidance were attempted. During the fifth approach the fuel became exhausted. Altitude was lost and the airplane struck light poles and crashed.
That night on November 5, three Aeroflot aircraft crashed near Vnukovo Airport, killing a total of 19 occupants.
Sources:
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