CCCP-51190

On January 23, 1961 at 12:00 AM, CCCP-51190 experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Sam Neua Houaphan Province.

The flight was categorized as military 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 weather. The landing at Sam Neua-Nathong Airport (the runway is 1,000 meters long and located at an altitude of 1,100 meters) was completed with a tailwind component. After touchdown, the pilot realized he would not be able to stop within the remaining distance so he decided to veer off runway to avoid to crash in a ravine located past the runway end. Doing so, the airplane came to rest in a terrace rice field and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries among the occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-51190.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.4125°, 104.0483°.