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Crash of a Lisunov LI-2T in Kiskunlacháza AFB: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 22, 1952
Operator:
Registration:
210
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kiskunlacháza - Kiskunlacháza
MSN:
234 412 10
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night training mission at Kiskunlacháza Airbase. While on approach with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames in a field located in Apaj, about 6 km south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control caused by a wrong trim setting on part of the flying crew while completing a single engine approach.
Crash of a Fokker F3 on Csepel Island: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1929
Operator:
Registration:
H-MABC
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vienna – Budapest
MSN:
1604
YOM:
1922
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While approaching Budapest following a flight from Vienna, the pilot lost control of the airplane after a wing failed. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed on Csepel Island, south of Budapest. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Wing failure in flight for unknown reasons.
