Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 11 April 1967
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Polar
Registration Number: CCCP-04213
Location: 3,5 km from Nizhniye Kresty Airport (CYX) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft control systems (navigation and situational awareness).Aircraft control systems (navigation and situational awareness).
Category: Accident
A pilot misidentified empty barrels marking the snow airstrip as parked helicopters, leading to an emergency turn and subsequent crash on the ice of the Kolyma River.A pilot misidentified empty barrels marking the snow airstrip as parked helicopters, leading to an emergency turn and subsequent crash on the ice of the Kolyma River.
Description
On approach to Nizhniye Kresty Airport, the pilot mistook the empty barrels which marked the beginning of the snow airstrip for parked helicopters. The pilot made an emergency turn out, causing the aircraft to stall. It crashed on the ice of the Kolyma river 3,5 km from the airstrip.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Pilot error ? misidentification of barrels as helicopters.Pilot error ? misidentification of barrels as helicopters.Share on:
