ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330516
| Date: | Friday 5 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-25604 |
| MSN: | 1G61-30 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Poltava Region -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 crashed during crop-spraying operations in the Poltava region when the intoxicated pilot performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height over a village and lost control. The aircraft collided with a building and was completely destroyed, the pilot and the sole passenger, an aircraft mechanic, were killed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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