Accident Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4304,
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Date:Thursday 30 September 1948
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Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator:Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-L4304
MSN: 18423902
Year of manufacture:1946
Total airframe hrs:2474 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:39 km NW of Balkhash Airport (BXH) -   Kazakhstan
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Balkhash Airport (BXH/UAAH)
Destination airport:Karaganda Airport (KGF/UAKK)
Narrative:
The Lisunov Li-2 operated on a flight from Alma-Ata to Moscow with en route stops at a.o. Balkhash to Karaganda.
En route to Karaganda the crew probably lost spatial orientation while flying in clouds. The aircraft entered a dive. While recovering from the dive, the airframe was overstressed, causing the right wing to break off. The aircraft crashed in the steppe. The wreckage was found on October 10, 1948.

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