Znamenskoye - Znamenskoye

On February 1, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Znamenskoye - Znamenskoye experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Sovietskaya Gavan-Znamenskoye Khabarovsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training flight. Shortly after takeoff from the Znamenskoye airbase in Sovietskaïa Gavan, while climbing, the pilot in command made a turn to the right to 15-20° to avoid a mountain on its left. Shortly later, while at a height of 340 meters, he completed a 90° turn to the left when the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located on the southwestern slope of the Mt Kekurnaya. Both pilots were killed while all four other crew members were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed. Crew: Maj Nikitin Mikhail Zuev, pilot, Cpt Alexei Ivanovich, copilot, Grigory Mikhaïlovitch Kuznetsov, navigator, Zagidulin Fatkulbayan, Hakimovich Popov, Fedor Ivanovitch, Grigoryi Evhen.

Aircraft reference details include registration 4803, MSN 48 03, year of manufacture 1948.