Omsk – Pavlodar – Ekibastuz – Karaganda

On October 27, 1959 at 06:36 PM, Omsk – Pavlodar – Ekibastuz – Karaganda experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Karaganda Karagandy.

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

29 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 28 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3.4%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Karaganda by night, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and low visibility. As he was unable to locate the runway, the captain decided to abandon the approach and made a go around. Few minutes later, while on a second attempt to land, the approach speed was too low. The airplane stalled, causing the right wing to struck the ground. Out of control, the airplane crashed 600 meters short of runway threshold and 71 meters to the left of its centerline. Eight people were injured and a passenger was killed while all 20 other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-84746, MSN 184 288 06, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8394°, 74.9777°.