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Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Russia: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L4047
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
184 104 08
YOM:
1943
Location:
Russia
All Russia
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The aircraft was involved in a supply mission to Russian soldiers based or in west Russia, Ukraine or Belarus. In the late evening, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed, killing all six crew members. The exact place of the crash remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Akhtyrka

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L4034
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oboyan - Oboyan
MSN:
184 65 06
YOM:
1943
Location:
Akhtyrka
Sumy Oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
From Oboyan to a target behind the German lines 20 km east of Mirgorod when crossed the front-line near Akhtyrka (Sumy region of Ukraine) and was never heard again. All crew MIA presumed killed.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Maksatikha

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L4035
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moscow – Leningrad
Location:
Maksatikha
Tver oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the crew encountered problems with the right engine that failed. The Captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing 30 km southeast of Maksatikha. While the manoeuvre was successfully completed and no one was injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Fuel flow system failure.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Molotov: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L344
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Perm
Perm Krai
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Just after rotation from Molotov Airport, the aircraft stalled and crashed. It veered off runway, hit a parked Lisunov LI-2 registered CCCP-L3962 and came to rest in a wooded hangar. All three crew members were killed while all seven passengers were seriously injured.
Probable cause:
The pilot attempted to take off from a wrong runway and the rotation was completed after a take-off roll of 340 meters only. Due to an insufficient speed, the aircraft stalled shortly after take off.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Trubcevsk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1943 at 2254 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L4024
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
184 60 01
YOM:
1943
Location:
Trubcevsk
Bryansk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
After completing a supply mission to soldiers based behind the enemy lines, the crew was returning to his base when at 2245, he was locked by the German antiaircraft searchlights. Nine minutes later, the aircraft was shot down by German antiaircraft fire, dove into the ground and crashed, killing all 7 crew members.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German AA fire.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Sol-Iletsk: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Astrakhan – Chkalovsk
Location:
Sol-Iletsk
Orenburg oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While flying from Astrakhan to Chkalovsk, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snowfalls and decided to divert to the Sol-Iletsk Airport. On final, the aircraft crashed on a snowy hill located between Boyevaya Gora and Saratovka. All occupants survived the crash but unfortunately, nine of them froze to death within few hours.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 on Mt Menshy Brat: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1942 at 0855 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L5805
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Tashkent – Shalkar – Aktyubinsk
MSN:
184 58 05
YOM:
2
Location:
Mt Menshy Brat
Aktobe
Country:
Kazakhstan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Aircraft flight hours:
6
Circumstances:
Built last December 2, the aircraft was on its way from the Tashkent construction plant to Aktyubinsk via Shalkar to be delivered to the Soviet Air Force. While cruising vertical to the Mugodzhar mountain range, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and icing. The aircraft lost height and crashed on the south slope of the Mt Menshy Brat (590 meters high). The wreckage was found two days later at an altitude of 520 meters and all eight occupants have been killed.
Probable cause:
The pilot was blamed to continue the flight in such poor weather conditions, and it would be better to return to his last departure point.
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