Naryan Mar – Lakhta

On October 29, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Naryan Mar – Lakhta experienced a crash involving Naval Aircraft Factory PBN-1 Nomad, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Severodvinsk Arkhangelsk oblast.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 85.7%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was returning from Naryan Mar to Lakhta AFB following a maritime patrol flight in the Novaya Zemlya region. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility was reduced due to fog. The pilot decided to gain height when the seaplane hit the top of a hill and crashed in flames some 2 km southeast of Lodka hill. While six crew members were killed instantly, the mechanic was slightly injured and walked for 12 days prior to find help in the small village of Kotkino. The crew was from the 44th Aviation Regiment of the White Sea Flotilla.

Aircraft reference details include registration 02806.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.5634°, 39.8238°.