Polish Air Force - Polska Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej

Casa C-295M

The aircraft departed Warsaw at 1651LT on a flight to Krakow with intermediate stops in Powidz, Poznan-Krzesiny, Miroslawiec and Swidwin, carrying 36 passengers and a crew of four. They were returning to their base after intending the 50th Annual Aviation Safety Conference held in Warsaw. Nine passengers deplaned at Powidz and 11 others at Poznan-Krzesiny AFB. On approach to Miroslawiec by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a ceiling at 300 feet, visibility 2 sm and mist. On short final, the aircraft was unstable. With a rate of descent of 6,000 feet per minute and at a speed of 148 knots, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located 1,300 metres short of runway threshold, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 20 occupants were killed. Crew: Maj Jaroslaw Haladus, Adj Robert Kuzma, Adj Michal Smyczynski, Sgt Janusz Adamczyk. Passengers: Gen Brig Andrzej Andrzejewski, Col Dariusz Maciag, Col Jerzy Pilat, Lt Col Wojciech Maniewski, Lt Col Zbigniew Ksiazek, Lt Col Dariusz Pawlak, Lt Col Zdzislaw Cieslik, Maj Robert Maj, Maj Miroslaw Wilczynski, Maj Grzegorz Julga, Maj Piotr Firlingier, Maj Krzysztof Smolucha, Cpt Karol Szmigiel, Cpt Pawel Zdunek, Cpt Leszek Ziemski, Cpt Grzegorz Stepaniuk,

PZL-Mielec AN-2

The single engine aircraft suffered an engine failure and crashed in a wooded area located near Przelecz Koscierska, about 55 km southwest of Krakow. All 11 occupants were slightly injured while the aircraft was destroyed.

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Poland.

Antonov AN-24

Following an uneventful flight from Warsaw, the crew started the approach to Szczecin-Goleniów Airport by night and relative good weather conditions. On final, the airplane lost height, struck trees and crashed in flames in a wooded area located few dozen meters short of runway threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 18 occupants were killed, among them the Polish Minister of the Interior Wieslaw Ociepka and the Czechoslovak Minister of the Interior Radko Kaska. Accompanied by a delegation of their respective ministry, they were en route to Szczecin to visit sea port installations. Crew: Maj Edward Jedynak, pilot, Cpt Kazimierz Marczak, pilot, Cpt Daniel Sterna, navigator, Cpt Janusz Glówka, Sgt Tadeusz Blazejczyk. Passengers (Polish Ministry of the Interior): Wieslaw Ociepka, Minister, Col Czeslaw Karski, Col Wieslaw Zajda, Maj Wlodzimierz Strzelecki, Maj Mieczyslaw Szumowski, Wlodzimierz Andrzej Wulkiewicz, Mikolaj Stefan Tomala. Passengers (Czechoslovak Ministry of the Interior): Radko Kaska, Minister, Michal Kudzej, Col Jaroslav Klíma, Lt Col Ladislav Hužvík, Maj Olga Merunová, Antonín Dufek.

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Poland. The crew fate remains unknown.

Ilyushin II-14

While taking part to an exercise in the Warsaw region and while flying at a relative low altitude, the airplane collided with a skydiver that struck the cockpit and seriously wounded the captain. The skydiver was killed and the copilot was able to complete an emergency belly landing. Some crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.