Incident Overview
Date: Friday 24 April 1959
Aircraft Type: Lisunov Li-2P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-84595
Location: 9 km NE of Bredsk, Novosibirsk region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Right engineRight engine
Category: Accident
A aeromagnetic survey flight from Novosibirsk-Severny Airport resulted in a catastrophic accident. The crew inadvertently left the fuel selector in the rear tank empty, leading to a fuel starvation that caused the right engine to fail. Attempts to restart the engine failed, and the crew initiated an emergency landing in a field, resulting in significant loss of speed and a crash in a forest.A aeromagnetic survey flight from Novosibirsk-Severny Airport resulted in a catastrophic accident. The crew inadvertently left the fuel selector in the rear tank empty, leading to a fuel starvation that caused the right engine to fail. Attempts to restart the engine failed, and the crew initiated an emergency landing in a field, resulting in significant loss of speed and a crash in a forest.
Description
During an aeromagnetic survey flight from Novosibirsk-Severny Airport the crew forgot to put the fuel selector from the almost empty rear tank to another tank, causing it to run dry. The right engine consequently failed due to fuel starvation. The crew tried to restart the engine instead of feathering the propeller, but without success. The crew retracted the lowered magnetometer gondola and attempted an emergency landing in a field between Morozovo and Tavolgan. The aircraft continued to lose speed, missed the field by 60-70 metres and crashed in a forest.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=907http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=907Primary Cause
Fuel starvation in the rear tank of the aircraft.Fuel starvation in the rear tank of the aircraft.Share on:
