Accident Lisunov Li-2V CCCP-N502,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334300
 

Date:Sunday 16 February 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lisunov Li-2V
Owner/operator:Polyarnaya Aviatsiya
Registration: CCCP-N502
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Mirny Ice Station -   Antarctica
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Mirny Ice Station
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Li-2 taxied out for takeoff at the Mirny Ice Station. Due to a locked tail skid the aircraft failed to make a U-turn to enter the runway. The airplane got stuck on the edge of the ice. An attempt was made to pull the aircraft to safety by means of a tractor, but the ice started crumbling and the aircraft fell.

The aircraft was operated by the Moscow Special Purpose Aviation Group (MAGON).

Sources:

Guus Ottenhof

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