Lisunov LI-2 crash, Mar 9, 1962 (3 killed), Baygubekmuryn...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on March 9, 1962 near Baygubekmuryn Cape Aktobe, Kazakhstan with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew grossly violated flight rules by...
- Date: March 9, 1962
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Baygubekmuryn Cape Aktobe, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew grossly violated flight rules by flying over water toward the coast in fog at a height that did not ensure safety, and struck the edge of a cliff.
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li 2 on an ice reconnaissance flight from Aralsk descended to 100 to 150 m in fog while flying toward the western coast of the Aral Sea on 9 March 1962. It struck the edge of a cliff at Cape Baygubekmurun, slid across the plateau and burned. The flight engineer and two weather station staff were killed and the seven other occupants were injured.