Narrative:
The Li-2 operated on a flight from Kirensk to Bodaybo in adverse weather when the crew left the prescribed flight path and followed the course of the Vitim River below the cloud cover, some 100 metres lower than the elevation of the surrounding mountains. The aircraft encountered heavy turbulence and eventually went out of control in a snow flurry with extreme turbulence and crashed into the ice of the Vitim River.
Loss of control
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 24 April 1948 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2T |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4460 |
| MSN: | 3704 |
| First flight: | 1948 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 310 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) W of Bodaybo ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kirensk Airport (KCK/UIKK), Russia |
| Bodaybo Airport (ODO/UIKB), Russia |
The Li-2 operated on a flight from Kirensk to Bodaybo in adverse weather when the crew left the prescribed flight path and followed the course of the Vitim River below the cloud cover, some 100 metres lower than the elevation of the surrounding mountains. The aircraft encountered heavy turbulence and eventually went out of control in a snow flurry with extreme turbulence and crashed into the ice of the Vitim River.
Classification:
TurbulenceLoss of control
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 Kirensk Airport to Bodaybo Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 miles).
Distance from Kirensk Airport to Bodaybo Airport as the crow flies is 363 km (227 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.
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