Loss of control Accident Douglas TS-62 (DC-3) CCCP-L1098,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336041
 

Date:Thursday 9 November 1950
Time:16:23
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas TS-62 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-L1098
MSN: 34235/16974
Year of manufacture:1945
Total airframe hrs:3858 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:2 km NE of Turukhansk Airport (THX) -   Russia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Turukhansk Airport (THX/UOTT)
Destination airport:Dudinka Airport (UROD)
Narrative:
The aircraft operated on a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Dudinka with en route stops at Turukhansk and Dudinka, Russia.
In below-minima weather conditions the crew was not able to find Dudinka and decided to return to Turukhansk. On the way back the aircraft suffered from heavy icing and when the landing gear was lowered on finals the aircraft lost height and speed, stalled and crashed in open woodland 2 km northeast of Turukhansk airport.

Sources:

airdisaster.ru
Soviet Transports

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