Magnitogorsk – Ufa – Kazan – Gorki – Moscow

On May 24, 1962 at 06:53 PM, Magnitogorsk – Ufa – Kazan – Gorki – Moscow experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Gorki Nizhny Novgorod oblast.

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

21 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 95.2%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Gorki-Strigino Airport, while climbing to a height of 140-150 meters, the left engine failed. The crew was unable to feather the propeller and the captain elected to make an emergency landing when he was forced to make a sharp turn to the left to avoid obstacles (building and factory's chimney) when the airplane banked left, causing the left wing tip to struck the ground. The airplane crashed in flames in a field located in Bolchoye Doskino, some 7 km southwest of the airport. A passenger was slightly injured while all 20 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-54997, MSN 23443509, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.3441°, 43.8377°.