ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336439
| Date: | Saturday 12 March 1949 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-L4335 |
| MSN: | 18427907 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1366 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Bel-Auty -
 Uzbekistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Leninabad Airport (LBD/UTDL) |
| Stalinabad Airport (DYU/UTDD) |
The Li-2 operated on a flight from Leninabad (now Khudzhand) to Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) when the crew decided to cut the route short and fly through the Sangardak Gorge (Surkhondaryo region of Uzbekistan). They mistook the Chakchar Range for the Kushtang Range while flying in scattered clouds. After starting the descent, the aircraft impacted the slope of Mount Bel-Auty in the Kushtang range at 2600 metres. It fell down a precipice and came to rest at a height of 2270 metres.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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