Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 26 August 1954
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L4679
Location: 13,5 km SE of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: Aircraft radio system and navigation equipment.Aircraft radio system and navigation equipment.
Category: Accident
A Cessna aircraft made a mistake in its radio frequency tuning, directing it to the Korsakov military airfield locator instead of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport locator. This resulted in the aircraft descending into a hillside near Mt. Komissarskaya, causing a crash onto the slope.A Cessna aircraft made a mistake in its radio frequency tuning, directing it to the Korsakov military airfield locator instead of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport locator. This resulted in the aircraft descending into a hillside near Mt. Komissarskaya, causing a crash onto the slope.
Description
While en route to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk the crew tuned the radio compass on the frequency of the locator of the military airfield at Korsakov (684 kHz) instead of the frequency of the locator of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (670 kHz) by mistake. The beacons were situated at a distance of only 13.5 km from each other. While descending in clouds according to the approach pattern of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, but guided by the locator at Korsakov, the aircraft hit trees on the slope of a hill in the area of Mt. Komissarskaya (714 metres), 13.5 km south-east of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The aircraft came to rest upside down on top of the hill at 460 metres.
Primary Cause
Radio frequency misconfiguration during navigation.Radio frequency misconfiguration during navigation.Share on:
