| Date: | Wednesday 5 March 1947 |
| Time: | 09:53 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-L952 |
| MSN: | 26319/14874 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2236 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nizhnesvanetsky Range -
 Georgia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tbilisi Airport (TBS/UGGG) |
| Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
On a flight from Tbilisi to Moscow, the crew decided to cut the route short and overfly the main ridge of the Caucasus. The aircraft entered clouds and impacted a mountain side.
The wreckage was found on 20 June 1947.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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