Narrative:
Low clouds at the destination of Magadan Airport forced the crew to divert to Seymchan. En route the airplane impacted the western slope of the Marchekanskaya sopka mountain (707 metres high) some 70 metres below the summit.
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 22 May 1948 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-45-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1073 |
| MSN: | 34321/17054 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1691 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Magadan ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC/UHPP), Russia |
| Magadan-13 Airport (UHMT), Russia |
Low clouds at the destination of Magadan Airport forced the crew to divert to Seymchan. En route the airplane impacted the western slope of the Marchekanskaya sopka mountain (707 metres high) some 70 metres below the summit.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru» 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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport to Magadan-13 Airport as the crow flies is 847 km (529 miles).
Distance from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport to Magadan-13 Airport as the crow flies is 847 km (529 miles).
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