Bukhta Tikhaya - Bukhta Teplits

On March 17, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Bukhta Tikhaya - Bukhta Teplits experienced a crash involving Tupolev ANT-6 (TB-3 & G-2), operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Bukhta Teplits Arkhangelsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a flight from Bukhta Tikhaya to Buhkta Teplits (N81°47.5') on Rudolph island (Franz-Joseph-Land Archipelago) when had to go around due to a layer of ground fog. Insufficient crew resource management resulted in the aircraft entering the fog layer. The ski of the left main landing gear hit the snow and the undercarriage was ripped off. Aircraft crashed and came to rest on ice. Two crew and one passenger were seriously injured while two other crew and two other passengers were slightly injured. The wreckage still in site in 2006.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N210, MSN 22 752, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 81.7711°, 58.0069°.