Moscow - Kaluga

On June 26, 2004 at 05:28 PM, Moscow - Kaluga experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Oleg Lyakishev, with the event recorded near Moscow-Myachkovo Moscow oblast.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Moscow-Myashkovo Airport runway 06, while climbing, the left engine failed. The aircraft lost height then struck the roof of a house and crashed in the residential area of Zaozerye located 2,5 km from the airport, three minutes after takeoff. Two occupants were seriously injured while three others were killed. Few hours later, one of the survivor died from his injuries, thus a passenger was the only survivor. This model was the last LI-2 airworthy in the world.

Aircraft reference details include registration RA-1300K, MSN 234 416 05, year of manufacture 1952.