Status: | |
Date: | Friday 9 December 1955 |
Time: | 19:07 |
Type: | Lisunov Li-2 |
Operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-L4993 |
MSN: | 23443306 |
First flight: | 1952 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4021 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Tordoki Yani ( Russia)
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Crash site elevation: | 1750 m (5741 feet) amsl |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS), Russia |
Destination airport: | Khabarovsk Airport (UHHT), Russia |
Flightnumber: | 976 |
Narrative:The Lisunov Li-2 departed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at 16:51 hours local time on a flight to Khabarovsk. Last radar contact with the flight was at 18:37 after which radar coverage of the flight route was not available. The aircraft failed to arrive at Khabarovsk.
The wreckage was located on December 21, on the southeastern slope of the Tordoki-Yani Sikhote-Alin range at an altitude of 1,750 m (20 m below the summit).
The meteorological condition over the mountains in the accident region was characterized by the presence of a strong northwesterly wind, a speed near the ridge of 85-90 km/h, directed almost perpendicular to the ridge, as well as powerful descending air currents on the southeastern slopes of Tordoki-Yani mountain.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
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Distance from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport to Khabarovsk Airport as the crow flies is 590 km (369 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.