CCCP-F341

On October 11, 1950 at 12:00 AM, CCCP-F341 experienced a crash involving Douglas A-20 Havoc, operated by Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography, with the event recorded near Snezhnitsa Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a flight in the Krasnoyarsk region, the crew encountered poor weather which had not been forecast (the mountains in the area of Minino and Snezhnitsa were covered by clouds from 300 to 600 meters). The aircraft crashed near Snezhnitsa, about 30 km west of Krasnoyarsk. All crew members were killed, among them A. A. Prilepko, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-F341.