| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lisunov PS-84 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L3959 |
| MSN: | 1841801 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1682 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Khvoinaya Airport -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Khvoinaya Airport |
The aircraft returned to Khvoinaya because weather at the destination was below minima. However weather at Khvoinaya had worsened. A thunderstorm was in the area of the airport with heavy rain and strong cross winds. The flight crew executed a go
around during the first attempt to land. Then the crew was blinded by lightning and lost spatial orientation. The aircraft so banked to the left and crashed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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