Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1975 |
Time: | 15:56 |
Type: | Antonov An-2R |
Operator: | Zakladu Uslug Agrolotniczych - ZUA |
Registration: | SP-WKW |
MSN: | 1G144-38 |
First flight: | 1973 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Kúty ( Slovakia)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:A Polish flight instructor attempted to escape to Austria. He was shot down by a Czechoslovak Air Force Aero L-29 jet and the An-2 crashed in a field between Kúty and Cáry, 8 km from the Austrian border.
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Soviet Transports» Polish civilian plane shot down by Czech pilot in 1975 - press (Ceské Noviny, 14-4-2009)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.