| Date: | Thursday 30 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4304 |
| MSN: | 18423902 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2474 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 39 km NW of Balkhash Airport (BXH) -
 Kazakhstan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Balkhash Airport (BXH/UAAH) |
| Karaganda Airport (KGF/UAKK) |
The Lisunov Li-2 operated on a flight from Alma-Ata to Moscow with en route stops at a.o. Balkhash to Karaganda.
En route to Karaganda the crew probably lost spatial orientation while flying in clouds. The aircraft entered a dive. While recovering from the dive, the airframe was overstressed, causing the right wing to break off. The aircraft crashed in the steppe. The wreckage was found on October 10, 1948.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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