ASN Aircraft accident Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4063 Kiev
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Date:Tuesday 16 May 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lisunov Li-2
Operator:Aeroflot
Registration: CCCP-L4063
MSN: 18410810
First flight: 1942
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Kiev (   Ukraine)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
While the aircraft was parked at an airport in Kiev the flight radio operator refueled his lighter through a filler syringe and spilled gasoline on the floor in the process.
During the test of the lighter, the floor drenched in gasoline caught fire. The plane burned down completely.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru


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