Narrative:
The aircraft operated on a flight from Irkutsk to Yakutsk with en route stops at Kirensk and Olyokminsk, Russia.
En route to Olyokminsk the left engine caught fire. The crew made an emergency descent, but the fire reached the cabin via the
heating system and the left engine broke off at an altitude of 2,000 metres. The crew managed to make a forced landing in the taiga, 29 km south-west of Vitim, but the fire in the cabin continued to spread and 10 of the 16 passengers did not manage to leave the cabin and were killed while the other 6 passengers and all 4 crew survived with minor injuries.
Forced landing outside airport
» Soviet Transports
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 17 April 1950 |
| Time: | 08:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas TS-62 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, East Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L862 |
| MSN: | 12136 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3686 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 29 km (18.1 mls) SW of Vitim ( Russia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kirensk Airport (KCK/UIKK), Russia |
| Olyokminsk Airport, Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 543 |
The aircraft operated on a flight from Irkutsk to Yakutsk with en route stops at Kirensk and Olyokminsk, Russia.
En route to Olyokminsk the left engine caught fire. The crew made an emergency descent, but the fire reached the cabin via the
heating system and the left engine broke off at an altitude of 2,000 metres. The crew managed to make a forced landing in the taiga, 29 km south-west of Vitim, but the fire in the cabin continued to spread and 10 of the 16 passengers did not manage to leave the cabin and were killed while the other 6 passengers and all 4 crew survived with minor injuries.
Classification:
Engine fireForced landing outside airport
Sources:
» airdisaster.ru» Soviet Transports
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