LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was a Boeing 767 passenger jet on a scheduled flight from Newark, United States, to Warsaw, Poland. On 1 November 2011 Flight 16 made a successful gear-up emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport after its landing gear failed to extend because of hydraulic failure. All 231 aboard survived without serious injuries. The incident was caused by a leak in one of the aircraft's hydraulic systems, resulting in the loss of all hydraulic fluid supplying the primary landing gear system.

Aircraft
The aircraft operating Flight 16 was a Boeing 767-300ER, registered as SP-LPC, serial number 28656, powered by two General Electric CF6-80CB6 engines. The aircraft was first delivered to LOT in 1997 and had accumulated a total of 85,429 hours and 8002 cycles (takeoffs and landings) while in service.

Crew
The captain of the flight was 57-year-old Tadeusz Wrona. He has a total flight time of 15,980 hours including 13,307 hours on the B-767, of which 12,432 hours were as pilot-in-command. The first officer, 51-year-old Jerzy Szwarc, had a total flight time of 9431 hours, including 1981 hours on the B-767. There were eight cabin crew members on the flight.

Accident
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 underwent a standard pre-departure check and pre-flight check at Newark International Airport. The pre-departure check was done by a ground engineer and did not include a cockpit check. The pre-flight check was done by the flight crew; the captain did the exterior walk-around and the first officer checked the cockpit. No failures or irregularities were noted. The flight took of from off from Runway 04L of Newark International Airport at 04:19 CET, scheduled to arrive at Warsaw Chopin Airport from at 13:35 CET.