Plane crash Li-2 avaigruppy Chukotka Polar Aviation Airport near Cape Kosisty

• Date of the crash: 01.11.1948, the

• The time of the crash: 21: 40

• Country of the crash: the USSR

• Location of the crash: the Krasnoyarsk Territory, 16 km east of the airport Cape Kosisty

• Aircraft type: Li-2

• Registration of aircraft: SSSRN494

• Name of air carrier Aeroflot (USSR)

• Division :: Polaris Office Aviation Glavsevmorputi

Chronology of events:

The crew performed the takeoff November 1 12: 57 MSK. Night Flight stemmed at flight level 2100 m fine. In 16: 50, spustya13 minutes on the river Anabar span, from the aircraft to the airport Cape Kosisty got the message: "We have the right motor act up, the oil pressure drops." Radio operator in 17: 30 narrated: "Watch, come around you will forced to sit on 30 km from you." In addition, it required long press the key. Last connection to the board was 17: 40. The crew did not respond to further calls.

Data on victims:

Total on board were people 6: 6 crew members. Total killed 6 people: 6 crew members.

Details of the crash:

• Phase of flight: Horizontal (cruising) flight

• Identify the causes of the crash: the shortcomings in the design, weather conditions, equipment failure

Data on the plane:

• aircraft Brand: Lee-2

• Aircraft ID: USSR-N494

• Country where registered aircraft: the USSR

• Serial number of the aircraft: 1843012

Flight data:

• Tour type: Transport

• The aviation company Aeroflot (USSR)

• Department: Department of the Polar Aviation Glavsevmorputi

• The country, which was registered aviation company: USSR

• Flying from Ust-Yansk

• Flying in Cape Kosisty

• Original item: Crosses Kolyma

• A final point: Cape Kosisty

Additional information:
Information about the crew:

• The commander Pavel Fedorovich Zhuravlev

• copilot Fyodor Yatsenko

• mate Nikolay Erokhin

• radio operator George V. Kuznetsov

• 1-th mechanic Alexei Funny

• 2-second flight engineer Fyodor Ilyich Blagovestny