Igarka – Arkhangelsk

On December 13, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Igarka – Arkhangelsk experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Kara Sea All Russia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 21 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: 17, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Enroute, the crew encountered technical problems with two engines that should be shut down and their propeller feathered. Few minutes later, a third engine failed and the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in the icy bay of Bajdarackaja Guba located in the south part of the Kara Sea. The aircraft crashed landed on ice and came to rest with its right wing broken in two and the engine number one sheared off. All 21 occupants were evacuated 16 days later. Recently imported in Russia, the aircraft totalized 90 flying hours only.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N400.