ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334913
| Date: | Saturday 2 April 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | GUSMP, Directorate of Polar Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-N497 |
| MSN: | 18430708 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mys Zhelaniya -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dikson Airport (DKS/UODD) |
The Li-2 operated on a flight from Mys Zhelaniya on Novaya Zemlya to Dikson Island in support of the Arctic expedition "Sever-7" when the crew was ordered to land on the ice near Mys Zhelaniya for training purposes. The skis of the main landing gear broke through the ice during the landing run. All 7occupants escaped unhurt, but the aircraft could not be recovered in time and sank during a storm on April 6, 1955.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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