Mys-Kamennyy – Amderma – Arkhangelsk – Moscow

On March 4, 1955 at 10:51 AM, Mys-Kamennyy – Amderma – Arkhangelsk – Moscow experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Kepino Arkhangelsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

26 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 21 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 19.2%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 20, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising at an altitude of 2,700 meters between Amderma and Arkhangelsk, a technical failure occurred on the manifold of the left engine, causing fuel to spill in the nacelle and a fire to develop. The crew tried to extinguish the fire but without success. So the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft hit trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located near Poltozero Lake. Rescuers arrived on site a day later and were able to evacuate 26 wounded people while five others were killed, among them four crew members as the cockpit was totally destroyed upon impact.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N479, MSN 30 236, year of manufacture 27.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 65.3897°, 41.8387°.