| Date: | Friday 2 October 1959 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-84448 |
| MSN: | 3502 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9416 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 42 km N of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Milkovo (UHPM) |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC/UHPP) |
The Li-2 deviated from the prescribed flight path to the left by 15 km due to strong winds and erroneous navigation.
While descending through clouds the aircraft impacted a glacier at a height of 2100 metres on the northern slope of Mt. Aag (2319 metres).
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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