last and the only airworthy Li-2 in Russia crashed :(

[dim635csi]

26 JUN 2004 Lisunov Li-2T RA-1300K Global Edge, at Moscow, Russia 2(5)

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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2004-13

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Date: 26 JUN 2004
Time: ca 18:45 local
Type: Lisunov Li-2T
Operator: Global Edge
Registration: RA-1300K
Msn / C/n: 23441605
Year built: 1952
Crew: 2 fatalities / 4 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 1 on board
Total: 2 fatalities / 5 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 2km from Moskva-Myachkovo Airport (Russia)
Phase: Climb
Nature: Passenger
Departure airport: Moskva-Myachkovo Airport
Destination airport: Moskva-Myachkovo Airport ?
Li-2T RA-1300K, the only airworthy Li-2 in Russia, departed Myachkovo Airport at 18:45. After takeoff, one of the engines reportedly lost power. The pilot could not maintain altitude and one fo the wings struck a house near the Ryazansk highway. The Li-2 crashed and broke up. The pilot and navigator were killed in the accident, as was a dog on the ground.

Source: Gazeta.ru; ITAR-TASS; Soviet Transports
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE LISUNOV LI-2
The Li-2 is a Russian adaption of the famous Douglas DC-3. Production ceased in 1954 after a total of 4937 airplanes had been built.
* Last hull-loss accident: 14 JUL 1976 MAP Kazan APO, at Tashkent-Yuzhnyy Airport (Uzbekistan) - 0 fatalities
* Total number of known hull-losses: 41 losses (35 accidents, 2 other occurrences (destroyed on ground) and 4 unknown occurrences)
* history of msn 23441605:
- 03 yellow DOSAAF 1952 first flight
- 03 yellow Tsentralny aeroklub im. Chkalova
withdrawn from use in 1972 with an total airframe time of 6587 hrs and 3000 cycles
restored by the FLA (Federation of Aviation Enthousiasts)
- 03 yellow FLA 13-NOV-1992 first flight after restoration
- RA-1300 (re-registered end 1993)
- FLARF-01300 (re-registered 1997)
- RA-1300K (re-registered 2003?)
source: Soviet Transports

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AIRPORT PROFILE MOSKVA-MYACHKOVO AIRPORT
* ICAO/IATA designators: UUWM / ---
* Runway: 06/24 (1400 metres)
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[RB]

У меня знакомые летают с Мячково.. Говорят что когда два двигателя заглохло командир планировал сколько мог что бы не сесть на жилой комплекс, потом отключил генератор и подачу топлива - упал зацепив крышу коттеджа..