| Date: | Friday 23 April 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2T |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4437 |
| MSN: | 3305 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 514 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Khabarovsk Airport -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Khabarovsk Airport (UHHT) |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS) |
The Li-2 swerved off the right side of the runway on takeoff. Some 30 seconds later the wing hit a telegraph line and the aircraft collided with the pole of a high-voltage power-line.
The trimmer of the rudder had not been set to neutral position before takeoff.
Sources:
Michael Roch / Soviet Transports
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