Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 18 June 1942 |
Type: | Lisunov PS-84 |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | CCCP-L3484 |
MSN: | 1841013 |
First flight: | 1941 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1267 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Yelets ( Russia)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was on the return leg of a flight from Yelets (Oryol region) to a partisan airstrip at Vzdruzhnoye in the Trubchevsk district of the Bryansk region behind the German lines. On approach to Yelets the flight encountered below-minima weather conditions. After circling the airfield three times, the aircraft entered a dive on final approach at a height of some 40-50 metres
and crashed.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.