Tiksi - Tiksi

On October 13, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Tiksi - Tiksi experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Cape Khorgo Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew (four crew members and two hydrologists) was involved in an ice reconnaissance mission over the krai of Krasnoyarsk. Following a departure from Tiksi Airport, the crew proceeded to the control of the ice located along the shore of the Laptev Sea then the Yana and Kolyma Indigirka estuaries and eventually the mouth of the Lana River. En route, weather conditions worsened and the visibility dropped due to fog. The captain decided to reduce his altitude and to descend through the clouds when the airplane struck the top of a hill and crash landed 100 meters further and a snow covered ground. All six occupants were slightly injured and later transferred to a hospital in Khatanga while the airplane was damaged beyond repair. Crew: A. A. Kas, pilot, V. K. Koroteev, copilot, N. M. Arapov, radio operator, D. Belusov, flight engineer, Yuri Vladimirovitch Nalimov, hydrologist, V. Ramenskii, hydrologist.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-04370, MSN 126 56 05.