attack at low speed, banked at first to the left and then to the right; the right main gear and the
right wing tip touched the ground due to poor crew resource management, but the aircraft lifted
off again at low speed, banked to the left and came down in sand dunes behind the perimeter of
the airport, all 3 crew escaped; soc 18Mar59.
Li-2 18431810 CCCP-L4730 Aeroflot – Privolzhsk Directorate; w/o 19Nov58 on a flight from Kuibyshev-Smyshlyayevka when
it took off without having been cleared of ice; it was unable to lift off, and as the take-off was
aborted too late the aircraft overran the runway and collided with the slope of a ravine, ripping
off its left main gear; all 3 crew escaped; t/t 12,156 hours; soc 24Mar59.
Li-2 18433610 CCCP-X953 mfd 20Oct49; operated by the Second Main Directorate of the Council of Ministers; regd 23Feb50;
later became CCCP-L5002 with Aeroflot’s Ukraine Directorate and subsequent history as
previously published.
Li-2 18435009 CCCP-L4851 Aeroflot – Krasnoyarsk Directorate; w/o 21Jan59 on a cargo flight from Nadezhda to Turukhansk
when the pilot made a mistake in handling the fuel system on approach to Turukhansk so that
both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation; the aircraft lost height rapidly and crashed in a
forest 3 km north of Turukhansk airport; all 3 crew escaped; soc 07Feb59; the registration
CCCP-54851 (2nd use) had been allocated on 09May58 but had not been painted on the aircraft
at the time of the accident; the airframe with the old registration was reported at Mineralnyye
Vody on 05Jan60, possibly as a source of spares.
Li-2 18435107 CCCP-L4811 Aeroflot – Urals Directorate; t/t 9,132 hours by 01Nov58; w/o 28Feb59 on the leg from Kuibyshev
to Penza-Ternovka of a cargo flight from Chelyabinsk to Kharkov when it deviated from the
approach pattern on final approach at night, banked to the left and lost speed as the crew tried
to establish visual contact with the runway; the decision to go around was taken too late, the left
wing collided with a mast of a high-voltage power-line and the aircraft crashed 482 metres from
the extended centre-line of the runway; all 5 crew escaped; soc 07Mar59.
Li-2 18435306 CCCP-L4834 Aeroflot – Krasnoyarsk Directorate; regd 08May50; w/o 10Dec58 on the leg from Nadezhda to
Podkamennaya Tunguska at night of a flight from Nadezhda to Krasnoyarsk when it suffered
from severe icing between Verkhneimbatskoye and Podkamennaya Tunguska (the cockpit
windows were covered by 40 mm of ice), had to go around on a the first approach and came in
below the glide slope and too far left on the second approach; the pilot flew a right turn at low
height in order to align with the runway, but the right wing and the right main gear touched the
snow and the aircraft crashed; all 4 crew and 9 passengers escaped; t/t 11,274 hours; soc
24Mar59.
Li-2 18435410 CCCP-L4853 Aeroflot – Krasnoyarsk Directorate; previously reported as damaged beyond repair 12May57; this
is now known to be incorrect but the correct details are not known; still reported soc 04Aug58.
Li-2P 18438001 CCCP-L4907 Aeroflot – Krasnoyarsk Directorate; regd 03May51; re-regd CCCP-L3911 (2nd use, see c/n
1841405); w/o 12May57 on a flight from Turukhansk when both engines flamed out shortly after
take-off (due to a mistake of the captain in handling the fuel system) and the aircraft made a
forced landing in rough terrain 450 metres from the runway; 1 of the 3 crew members (the radio
operator) was seriously injured; t/t 8,350 hours; soc 10Jul57.
LOCKHEED
L-188C 1091 C-GZCF Air Spray (Tanker 490); damaged on landing on 22Jun19 at Red Deer.
HC-130J 382-5827 15-5827 USAF; delivered Jun19, allocated to 211th RQS.
HC-130J 382-5842 16-5842/CA USAF; delivered Jun19, allocated to 129th RQW.
C-130J 382-5855 16-5856 USAF; delivered Jun19, allocated to 39thAS, c/n not confirmed – doesn’t follow the normal sequence.
HC-130J 382-5857 16-5857/CA USAF; delivered Jun19, allocated to 129th RQW.
L.1011-500 1248 CS-TMP Luz Air; fuselage moved Aqaba to seaport 16Apr19, for use as centerpiece in an underwater theme park.
NAMC
11A-500 2079 RP-C2252 ex Airlink Airways; noted passing through Kola Kinabalu, Malaysia 31May19 en route to Sri Lanka – it
took ten flights to arrive at Colombo on 06Jun19.
11A-500 2147 RP-C3591 Air Sakura; seen in full colours, possibly becoming 4R-ASH.
SAAB
340B 340B-193 N193CJ Bank of Utah Trustee; registration cancelled 15Apr19, in FAA listing for w/e 02Aug19, last stored Bangor.
340B 340B-198 N198CJ Bank of Utah Trustee; registration cancelled 15Apr19, in FAA listing for w/e 02Aug19, last stored Bangor.
340B 340B-262 N365PX Peninsula Aviation Services Inc; registered 18Jul19.
340B 340B-329 N329AE Bank of Utah Trustee; ferried Waco-CNW to Orlando 24Jun19.
340B 340B-336 N336SA Bank of Utah Trustee; registered 01Jul19.
SHAANXI
Y7? 3051 Chinese AF; noted Jun19 operated by the Xian Flying Academy/5th Training Brigade; coded “01” red on
the nose.
Y7? 3156 as for 3051 above, coded “16” red.
Y7? 3157 as for 3051 above, coded “17” red.
Y7? 3855 as for 3051 above, coded “85” red.
Y8F-100? B-4151 CAAC titles; operated by the Chinese AF; noted at Hanzhong-Chenggu 25Jun19.
Y8F-100? B-4154 CAAC titles; operated by the Chinese AF; noted at Hanzhong-Chenggu 05Jun19.
Y8F-100? B-4155 as for B-4154 above.
Y8F-100? B-4156 CAAC titles; operated by the Chinese AF; noted at Hanzhong-Chenggu 26Jun19.
Y8F-100? B-4157 as for B-4151 above.