Lisunov LI-2 crash, Sep 20, 1943 (5 killed), Tashla Samar...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on September 20, 1943 near Tashla Samara oblast, Russia with 5 fatalities. Cause: Navigation errors by an inexperienced crew took...
- Date: September 20, 1943
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Tashla Samara oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Navigation errors by an inexperienced crew took the aircraft off its route, and the left engine then failed on approach.
An Aeroflot Lisunov LI 2 on a cargo flight from Sverdlovsk to Kuybyshev crashed near Tashla, Samara oblast, after the crew went far off course. All five people aboard were killed.