Amderma – Ust-Kara

On January 27, 1959 at 12:00 AM, Amderma – Ust-Kara experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Ust-Kara Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing an ambulance flight from Amderma to Ust-Kara to pick up a patient back to Amderma. After decending successively to 600 meters and 300 meters in marginal weather conditions (limited visibility to 4 km in rain and snow, low clouds), the pilot decided to continue the descent despite he could not clearly locate the runway. On short final, the airplane struck the snowy ground and plunged in a deep snow layer (60 cm), slid for several yards and came to rest 250 meters short of runway threshold. All occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N492, MSN 184 299 08, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.2439°, 64.9216°.