ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334373
| Date: | Sunday 27 October 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Ilyushin Il-12P |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Polar |
| Registration: | CCCP-N442 |
| MSN: | 30060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Pole drifting ice station SP-7 -
 Arctic Ocean
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mys Chelyuskin Airport |
| North Pole drifting ice station SP-7 |
While on a cargo flight from Mys Chelyuskin to SP-7 the airplane flew too low on final approach in difficult weather conditions (low clouds and poor visibility) during the polar night. The left wing collided with ice hummocks 3 km from the runway and the aircraft crash-landed, suffering substantial damage, 1 of the 6 crew killed (he died 5 days after the crash), 3 seriously and 2 slightly injured, the crew was rescued by a Mi-4 helicopter 21 hours later.
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