Incident Overview
Date: Monday 16 October 1950
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-L4532
Location: Alma-Ata Airport (ALA) –
ÿ Kazakhstan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aircraft wingAircraft wing
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a catastrophic collision with a power line during an en route flight from Moscow to Alma-Ata. Due to persistent fog forecasts, the aircraft had to navigate around six times at Kustanai Airport, resulting in a wing collision.An aircraft experienced a catastrophic collision with a power line during an en route flight from Moscow to Alma-Ata. Due to persistent fog forecasts, the aircraft had to navigate around six times at Kustanai Airport, resulting in a wing collision.
Description
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Moscow to Alma-Ata with en route stops at among others Aktyubinsk and Kustanai. The flight had to go around six times at Kustanai due to fog which had not been forecast by the met office. On the 7th approach the aircraft had to go around again, but the left wing collided with the mast of a power-line 600 metres from the airport and crashed.
Source of Information
https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=4006https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=4006Primary Cause
Unforeseen weather conditions ? persistent fog ? prevented accurate forecasting, leading to a critical navigational error and collision.Unforeseen weather conditions ? persistent fog ? prevented accurate forecasting, leading to a critical navigational error and collision.Share on:
