ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336107
| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1950 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Dalstroi Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-H955 |
| MSN: | 5908 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 706 hours |
| Engine model: | Shvetsov ASh-62IR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 72 km NW of Seimchan -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Pevek Airport (PWE/UHMP) |
| Zyryanka Airport (UESU) |
The Li-2 was engaged in a flight to transport large equipment from Pevek to Zyryanka, Russia. Approaching Zyryanka, the crew were told that the airport was closed. They continued to their alternate, Seimchan, unaware of weather circumstances there.
Due to poor visibility the crew became lost and continued flight until running out of fuel. While maneuvering for a forced landing the right hand wing contacted a rocky mountain slope and the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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