| Date: | Saturday 22 May 1948 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-45-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L1073 |
| MSN: | 34321/17054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1691 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Magadan -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC/UHPP) |
| Magadan-13 Airport (UHMT) |
Low clouds at the destination of Magadan Airport forced the crew to divert to Seymchan. En route the airplane impacted the western slope of the Marchekanskaya sopka mountain (707 metres high) some 70 metres below the summit.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
Soviet Transports
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