Narrative:
The Li-2T operated on a cargo flight from Irkutsk to Bodaybo with an en route stop at Kirensk. After 1 hour and 13 minutes both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation. The fuel filters and pipes were clogged with ice as the aircraft had been refuelled at Kirensk with fuel which contained too much water. The aircraft came down in the taiga near the Parshinka River and caught fire.
Fuel contamination
Fuel exhaustion
Forced landing outside airport
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 12 October 1948 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2T |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4658 |
| MSN: | 4508 |
| First flight: | 1948 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 88 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 25 km (15.6 mls) SSW of Parshino, Kirensk district ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kirensk Airport (KCK/UIKK), Russia |
| Bodaybo Airport (ODO/UIKB), Russia |
The Li-2T operated on a cargo flight from Irkutsk to Bodaybo with an en route stop at Kirensk. After 1 hour and 13 minutes both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation. The fuel filters and pipes were clogged with ice as the aircraft had been refuelled at Kirensk with fuel which contained too much water. The aircraft came down in the taiga near the Parshinka River and caught fire.
Classification:
All engine powerlossFuel contamination
Fuel exhaustion
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
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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).
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