Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 08 MAY 1954 |
| Type: | Antonov 2 |
| Operator: | GUSMP, Directorate of Polar Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-N140 |
| C/n / msn: | 1 30 473 06 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Pole (North Pole)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed while landing on drifting ice at 89°09' N, 90°00' W and probably sank, occupants rescued by another aircraft
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Dmitri Yertsov
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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.
