Li-2 crash near Anadyr (1946)
Aeroflot (Yakutsk Hydrometeorological Service Directorate, 37th Aviation Detachment) Lisunov Li-2 · Crew error
From Anadyr to Uelkal
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Unknown
Lisunov Li-2
- Aircraft type
- Lisunov LI-2
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From AnadyrTo Uelkal
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The Li-2 crash near Anadyr was an aviation accident involving an Aeroflot Li-2 aircraft that occurred on Friday 22 March 1946 in the area of Anadyr.
Crash
A crew (commander — P. A. Bragin) from the 37th aviation detachment of the Yakutsk Hydrometeorological Service Directorate was operating a flight from Anadyr to Uelkal in a Li-2 aircraft (factory number 18422607). However, 15 minutes after departure, while flying between the Zolotoy Range and the Ushkany Mountains, the Li-2 struck a mountain 85 kilometres from Anadyr and broke up.
Investigation and cause
Causes
The cause of the crash was named as gross indiscipline on the part of the crew commander Bragin, who flew between two mountain ranges at a very low altitude. Bragin had also periodically been noted for hooliganism and drunkenness.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ли-2 под Анадырем (1946)” (revision 150406259, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Russian Wikipedia article: Катастрофа Ли-2 под Анадырем (1946)
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 150406259 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q17562491
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- ru Wikipedia article "Катастрофа Ли-2 под Анадырем (1946)" (page 5163892, revision 150406259), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.