Lisunov LI-2 crash, Apr 2, 1955, Mys Zhelaniya Arkhangels...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on April 2, 1955 near Mys Zhelaniya Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Ice too thin to support a landing.
- Date: April 2, 1955
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Mys Zhelaniya Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Ice too thin to support a landing
A Polar Aviation Lisunov Li-2 landed on the ice near Mys Zhelaniya as training during the Sever 7 Arctic expedition. Its skis broke through the ice during the landing run. All 10 people on board escaped unhurt, but the aircraft could not be recovered and sank in a storm on 6 April 1955.