Date: | Wednesday 19 December 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 804 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
Registration: | SP-LVB |
MSN: | 395 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9822 hours |
Cycles: | 5119 flights |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,3 km SE of Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW) -
Poland
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB) |
Destination airport: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The LOT Viscount departed Warsaw for a return trip to Brussels via Berlin, at 08:45 GMT, arriving at Brussels at 12:51. After refueling, it took off from Brussels on the return trip at 14:55. An intermediate stop at Berlin was made, where the plane took off at 17:55. While approaching Warsaw on a 329deg heading, the aircraft crashed, just 46sec after having been cleared to land.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a loss of speed and stalling of the aircraft. The reason for the loss of speed was not determined."
Sources:
Vickers Viscount Network (vickersviscount.net) ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (147-148)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Derek Poynter; Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML); 1958
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