Bukhta Somnitelnaya - Bukhta Somnitelnaya

On May 26, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Bukhta Somnitelnaya - Bukhta Somnitelnaya experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Arctic All World.

The flight was categorized as meteorological / weather and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is other causes. On a flight from Bukhta Somnitelnaya (Wrangel Island) to a drifting ice floe in the central Arctic Basin when the ski of the right main landing gear hit an ice hummock during the landing run and broke. The nose of the aircraft touched the ice and the fuselage broke into three when falling back onto the ice. All 6 crew and 4 passengers escaped unhurt and were evacuated by another aircraft. The wreck was set on fire and abandoned on the drifting ice floe. It was spotted by an aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard about 155 miles north-west of Iceland (approximately 10-20 miles off Scoresby Sound on Greenland's East Coast) 11DEC1959 but could no longer be found a few days later because of fog. It eventually sank.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N535, MSN 184 346 02, year of manufacture 1959.