Moscow - Moscow

On June 26, 1950 at 06:30 PM, Moscow - Moscow experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Polyarnaya Aviatsiya, with the event recorded near Moscow Moscow oblast.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The seaplane was carrying one passenger and five crew members who were completing a post maintenance test flight. The crew was attempting to land in the Khimki Reservoir located northwest of Moscow when the aircraft hit the water surface, nosed down and overturned. Two crew members were killed while three other occupants were injured. The passenger was unhurt and the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-N488, MSN 2817, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.8918°, 37.3520°.