Vickers Viscount crash, Dec 19, 1962 (33 killed), Warsaw-...
Vickers Viscount accident on December 19, 1962 near Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland with 33 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: December 19, 1962
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland
- Fatalities: 33
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of airspeed and stall on final approach. Official findings cited crew error and crew training errors, and a possible fault in an approach beacon was also noted.
A LOT Vickers Viscount SP LVB stalled at 60 to 70 m on final approach to Warsaw Okecie shortly after receiving landing clearance, and crashed in a snow covered field 1,335 m short of runway 33. All 33 people aboard died, including Heinz Rauch, head of the East German statistical service.