Incident Overview
Date: Friday 13 December 1946
Aircraft Type: Focke-Wulf Fw 200C
Owner/operator: GUSMP, Directorate of Polar Aviation
Registration Number: CCCP-N400
Location: ca 10 km SE off Ostrov Litne –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: EnginesEngines
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of both engines and a subsequent engine malfunction, resulting in a forced landing on ice near Baidaratskaya guba bay between Ust’-Kara and Marrasale.An aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of both engines and a subsequent engine malfunction, resulting in a forced landing on ice near Baidaratskaya guba bay between Ust’-Kara and Marrasale.
Description
Two engines failed and a third also developed problems. The aircraft force-landed on the ice of Baidaratskaya guba bay between Ust’-Kara and Marrasale.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Engine failure and subsequent engine malfunction.Engine failure and subsequent engine malfunction.Share on:
