Tupolev ANT-4 (TB-1 & G-1) crash, Apr 26, 1945, Mukhomorn...
Tupolev ANT-4 (TB-1 & G-1) accident on April 26, 1945 near Mukhomornaya Chukotka okrug, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: The captain continued in...
- Date: April 26, 1945
- Aircraft: Tupolev ANT-4 (TB-1 & G-1)
- Location: Mukhomornaya Chukotka okrug, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The captain continued in below minima weather with poor visibility, snow and icing instead of turning back.
A Polyarnaya Aviatsiya Tupolev G 1 flying from Kresty Kolymsky to Anadyr made a crash landing in the foothills of the Pekulny range in Chukotka on 26 April 1945 after the captain continued in below minima weather. All three crew were slightly injured and rescued, and the aircraft was lost.