Verkhnyaya Salda – Sverdlovsk – Omsk

On June 23, 1954 at 01:05 PM, Verkhnyaya Salda – Sverdlovsk – Omsk experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by MAP - Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoi Promyshlennosti - Minaviaprom, with the event recorded near Verkhnyaya Salda Sverdlovsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 57.1%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Verkhnyaya Salda Airport, while climbing to a height of 30-40 meters, both engines failed almost simultaneously. The airplane stalled, hit power cables and eventually crashed in flames in a field located 1,500 meters past the runway end. Three crew members and a passenger were killed while three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The crew was completing a cargo flight from Verkhnyaya Salda to Omsk with an intermediate stop in Sverdlovsk on behalf of the Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAP - Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoi Promyshlennosti).

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-I403, MSN 184 24 03, year of manufacture 9.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.0494°, 60.5473°.