Incident Overview
Date: Monday 20 September 1943
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L4029
Location: –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Left engine of the Li-2 aircraft.Left engine of the Li-2 aircraft.
Category: Accident
A Li-2 operated a cargo flight from Sverdlovsk to Kuybyshev at night, deviating 68 km north-west of the prescribed flight path. The aircraft reached Tashla, a location significantly higher than Kuybyshev Airport, and experienced a left engine failure and low fuel, leading to a ground impact.A Li-2 operated a cargo flight from Sverdlovsk to Kuybyshev at night, deviating 68 km north-west of the prescribed flight path. The aircraft reached Tashla, a location significantly higher than Kuybyshev Airport, and experienced a left engine failure and low fuel, leading to a ground impact.
Description
The Li-2 operated on a cargo flight from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Kuybyshev (now Samara) at night when the inexperienced crew deviated from the prescribed flight path by 68 km to the north-west. The flight attempted to land at the place it had reached at ETA, which turned out to be Tashla in the Novy Buyan District of the Kuibyshev Region. At that time the left engine was not working and the aircraft was low on fuel. As the elevation of Tashla was 75 metres above that of Kuybyshev Airport the aircraft flew into the ground while flying the first turn of the approach pattern.
Source of Information
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Inexperienced crew deviation from flight path, resulting in a deviation of 68 km and subsequent ground impact.Inexperienced crew deviation from flight path, resulting in a deviation of 68 km and subsequent ground impact.Share on:
