Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lisunov Li-2 |
Owner/operator: | Polyarnaya Aviatsiya |
Registration: | CCCP-04209 |
MSN: | 18430808 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | N82°21' E177°00' -
Arctic Ocean
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The plane attempted to take off from a drifting ice floe with a size of 720 x 50 m. Having run the entire strip at a speed close to separation, the left main gear ski hit something at a height of 50-60 cm. The aircraft became airborne, lost speed and fell onto a pack ice floe ridges at a distance of 300 m from the end of the runway. The crew and passengers were unharmed.
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