Shortly after take-off while flying through Górki Duże near Tuszyn it flew into power lines, crashed and went into flames.

[2] The official cause of the disaster was attributed to bad weather conditions (low clouds and fog) and pilot error.

[2] According to a journalist investigation, due to lack of documentation in LOT archives, the events leading to the crash were different.

[2] The Li-2 flew in from Szczecin that day and after landing Buczkowski pointed out that one of the engines may be faulty and refused to continue flying because he did not want to endanger the lives of the passengers.

[2] A Ministry of Public Security officer entered the cockpit, calling him an "imperial reactionary" and stating that his behavior was a provocation.