Accident Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4275,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336560
 

Date:Thursday 18 November 1948
Time:07:08
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lisunov Li-2
Owner/operator:Aeroflot / Tajikistan
Registration: CCCP-L4275
MSN: 18422909
Year of manufacture:1945
Total airframe hrs:2948 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:31 km W of Leninabad -   Tajikistan
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Stalinabad Airport (DYU/UTDD)
Destination airport:Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL)
Narrative:
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) Lyubertsy with an en route stop at Leninabad (now Khudzhand). It encountered below-minima weather conditions between Jizak and Leninabad. While flying in thick clouds the aircraft drifted off course due to strong winds and impacted the western slope of the khrebet Mogol-Tau ridge at a height of 700 metres.

Sources:

Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru

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