| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2T |
| Owner/operator: | Polyarnaya Aviatsiya |
| Registration: | CCCP-N492 |
| MSN: | 18429908 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ust-Kara Airstrip -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Amderma Airport |
| Ust-Kara Airstrip |
The Li-2T descended below the glide path while approaching Ust-Kara in bad visibility. The aircraft touched down in deep snow 70 metres before the runway threshold. The main landing gear hit the raised lip of the safety area before the runway threshold and broke off.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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