Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 on Mt Menshy Brat: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 8, 1942 at 0855 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L5805
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tashkent – Shalkar – Aktyubinsk
MSN:
184 58 05
YOM:
2
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.
