| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-32079 |
| MSN: | 1G92-35 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8326 hours |
| Cycles: | 42120 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Novoaleksandrovsk -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the "Lenin" kolkhoz (collective farm) in the Novoaleksandrovsk district of the Stavropol region when the intoxicated crew (the captain had a blood alcohol concentration of 4) performed unauthorised
manoeuvres. The aircraft impacted a field near Novoaleksandrovsk and caught fire.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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