Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 DEC 1946 |
| Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 200C |
| Operator: | Polyarnye Avialinii |
| Registration: | CCCP-N400 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 10 km SE off Ostrov Litne (Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Igarka Airport (IAA/UOII), Russia |
| Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport (ARH/ULAA), Russia |
Two engines failed and a third also developed problems. The aircraft force-landed on the ice of Baidaratskaya guba bay between Ust'-Kara and Marrasale.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Igarka Airport to Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport as the crow flies is 2033 km (1271 miles).
Distance from Igarka Airport to Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport as the crow flies is 2033 km (1271 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
