ASN Aircraft accident Lisunov Li-2T CCCP-N492 Ust-Kara Airstrip
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Status:
Date:Tuesday 27 January 1959
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lisunov Li-2T
Operator:Polyarnaya Aviatsiya
Registration: CCCP-N492
MSN: 18429908
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Ust-Kara Airstrip (   Russia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Amderma Airport, Russia
Destination airport:Ust-Kara Airstrip, Russia
Narrative:
The Li-2T descended below the glide path while approaching Ust-Kara in bad visibility. The aircraft touched down in deep snow 70 metres before the runway threshold. The main landing gear hit the raised lip of the safety area before the runway threshold and broke off.

Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Amderma Airport to Ust-Kara Airstrip as the crow flies is 143 km (89 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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