| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-02692 |
| MSN: | 1G123-58 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1419 hours |
| Cycles: | 6191 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rechka -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight from Zaupory (Batetski District of the Novgorod Region) for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Peredolski" when the engine lost power. The aircraft lost height and collided with the roof of a horse stable on the banks of
the Luga River.
The engine failed due to soot deposits in the inlet valves.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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