ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330444
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-98280 |
| MSN: | 110147308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10005 hours |
| Cycles: | 13340 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Okha -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Okha Airport (OHH/UHSH) |
| Tsimmermanovka Airstrip |
The An-2 operated on a cargo flight from Okha to Tsimmermanovka when it entered thick fog at a height of some 35-40 metres shortly after take-off. The pilot decided to fly a 180 degree turn but lost speed in the process. The aircraft stalled and crashed on the shore of Pyervaya Bukhta Bay to the north-west of the airport. A fire erupted which consumed the aircraft.
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