Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 25 December 1949
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-L4719
Location: 0,5 km from Aktyubinsk Airport (AKX) –
ÿ Kazakhstan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Li-2 aircraftLi-2 aircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a near-miss incident during a night-time flight from Moscow to Tashkent, resulting in a stall and subsequent crash.An aircraft experienced a near-miss incident during a night-time flight from Moscow to Tashkent, resulting in a stall and subsequent crash.
Description
The aircraft operated on a flight from Moscow to Tashkent with en route stops at Kuybyshev and Aktyubinsk. During the night-time approach to Aktyubinsk in low clouds and snowfall, the inexperienced pilots flew too slow. The Li-2 stalled at a height of some 60 metres. The pilots managed to recover the aircraft, went around and flew too slow again on the second approach. The aircraft now stalled at a height of some 15 metres and crashed 530 metres before the landing T. One crew member broke a leg and the others were slightly injured.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Inexperienced piloting reduced airspeed during approach to Aktyubinsk, leading to a stall and subsequent crash.Inexperienced piloting reduced airspeed during approach to Aktyubinsk, leading to a stall and subsequent crash.Share on:
