| Date: | Friday 26 August 1988 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2P |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-01788 |
| MSN: | 1G107-35 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kystatyam -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Zhigansk Airport (UEKK) |
| Zhigansk Airport (UEKK) |
The An-2 operated on a survey flight out of Zhigansk, patrolling along the Lena River in order to identify sources of pollution along the route.
The flight was carried out over the river Lena at a height of 100 m with an occasional descent to 50 m for the inspection of vessels. On the way back to Zhigansk the captain ordered the copilot to make a preliminary calculations of the next flight to Sangar. Thus the copilot did not actively monitor the position of the aircraft.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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