ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334772
| Date: | Wednesday 21 December 1955 |
| Time: | 06:45 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4981 |
| MSN: | 23443307 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4023 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Balkhash Lake -
 Kazakhstan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Alma-Ata Airport (ALA/UAAA) |
| Balkhash Airport (BXH/UAAH) |
While en route from Alma-Ata (now Almaty) the vacuum regulator failed, resulting in failure of the gyroscopes and the auto-pilot. As the aircraft was flying in clouds the crew probably suffered from spatial disorientation and the aircraft crashed in the snow-covered Saryesik-Atyrau desert 105 km south-east of lake Balkhash. All 5 crew and the sole passenger were killed.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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