Dudinka – Amderma

On March 7, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Dudinka – Amderma experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Mt Netem-Pe Republic of Yamalia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying by night from Dudinka to Amderma, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and due to low visibility, became lost. The aircraft hit the eastern slope of Mt Netem-Pe (1,338 meters high) located 143 km north of Kharp, in the Iamalo-Nenets okrug. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft was found. Walkers found the wreckage in an isolated area on September 17, 1950. All 20 occupants were killed. It appears the crew was tired at the time of the accident and did not have a sufficient rest time prior to start the flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N444, MSN 1848009.