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Suffered an accident somewhere in Russia in April 1959 (exact date unknown).

On a cargo flight from Mys Chelyuskin to SP-7 (which drifted around N87°) when flew too low on final approach in difficult weather conditions (low clouds and poor visibility). During the polar night, the left wing collided with ice hummocks some 3 km from the runway threshold and the aircraft crashed. All six crew were injured and rescued by a Mil Mi-4 some 21 hours later. One of the crew member died from his injuries five days later.
Crew:
Vladimir Malkov, pilot,
A. A. Lebedev, pilot,
Valentin A. Kolosov, mechanic,
S. P. Jars, mechanic,
Nikolaï Pischke, flight engineer,
Gennady M. Nevyantsev, radio operator.

The crew was engaged in a geophysical mission in the Chukotka okrug. While approaching a mountainous area, the airplane was too low and the pilot elected to gain height. In a steep angle, the aircraft stalled and crashed on a rocky terrain. All occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia, killing all three crew members.

The aircraft left Kyzyl Airport at 1205LT bound for Abakan, carrying a load of 485 kilos of furring. A minute after takeoff, the local weather center received an alert about a possible snowstorm. As the aircraft failed to arrive in Abakan, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the four crew members was found. It was determined that weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident.

En route from Chita to Krasnoyarsk, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. Maybe the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the three engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed somewhere between these two cities. While both pilots (among them captain A. F. Bazanov) were uninjured, the aircraft was written off.

The crew was engaged in a reconnaissance mission in the region of the Franz Josef archipelago. While returning to Amderma, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with strong headwind, fog and low visibility. In such conditions, the crew lost his orientation and deviated from the prescribed flight path to the west by 210 km. As fuel seemed to be insufficient to reach Amderma under these conditions, the captain decided to divert to Novaya Zemlya, but failed to regain orientation and missed Novaya Zemlya while flying through the Kara Straits. After being in the air for 15 hours and 12 minutes, the aircraft ran out of fuel. The crew prepared for a ditching in high seas in the Barents Sea between Varandei island, Matveyev Island and Cape Medynski Zavorot by night. An empty dinghy was found few days later but no trace of the seven crew members nor the aircraft that was lost. It was determined that the crew was able to evacuate the cabin but probably did not survive to the extreme outside conditions. Investigators did not understand why the operator and the pilots decided to perform such mission in such conditions with this type of aircraft that was not suitable for this.

Enroute, the crew encountered technical problems with two engines that should be shut down and their propeller feathered. Few minutes later, a third engine failed and the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in the icy bay of Bajdarackaja Guba located in the south part of the Kara Sea. The aircraft crashed landed on ice and came to rest with its right wing broken in two and the engine number one sheared off. All 21 occupants were evacuated 16 days later. Recently imported in Russia, the aircraft totalized 90 flying hours only.

Crashed somewhere in Russia in June 1944 (exact date unknown). Occupant fate unknown as well.

The crew was performing a supply mission from Kudrovo AFB in Leningrad to an area located behind the German lines. The aircraft went missing over German-held after a last contact was heard at 2235LT. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.