Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 17 March 1938
Aircraft Type: Tupolev G-2
Owner/operator: Polyarnaya Aviatsiya
Registration Number: CCCP-N210
Location: Buhkta Teplits –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Left Main Landing GearLeft Main Landing Gear
Category: Accident
A Tupolev G-2 cargo plane experienced a catastrophic crash-landing due to severe fog conditions at Rudolph Island, Franz-Joseph-Land Archipelago. Poor crew resource management led to the aircraft entering the fog layer, resulting in a ski on the left main landing gear and subsequent undercarriage damage, ultimately causing a crash.A Tupolev G-2 cargo plane experienced a catastrophic crash-landing due to severe fog conditions at Rudolph Island, Franz-Joseph-Land Archipelago. Poor crew resource management led to the aircraft entering the fog layer, resulting in a ski on the left main landing gear and subsequent undercarriage damage, ultimately causing a crash.
Description
The Tupolev G-2 cargo plane departed Bukhta Tikhaya on a flight to Buhkta Teplits on Rudolph Island in the Franz-Joseph-Land Archipelago. At the destination airstrip the aircraft had to go around due to a layer of ground fog. Poor crew resource management resulted in the aircraft entering the fog layer. The aircraft descended until a ski of the left main landing gear hit the snow. The undercarriage was ripped off and the aircraft crash-landed. Two crew and one passenger were seriously injured and two crew and two other passengers were slightly injured. The Tupolev G-2 is a Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber modified for the 1937 expedition to the North Pole with enclosed cockpit.
Primary Cause
Poor crew resource management during navigation in dense fog.Poor crew resource management during navigation in dense fog.Share on:
