| Date: | Friday 30 June 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Shijiazhuang Y-5B |
| Owner/operator: | Xinjiang General Aviation |
| Registration: | B-8716 |
| MSN: | 0303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 976 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tacheng, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region -
 China
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Controlled flight into hill in rain due to the crew's disobedience to minimum safe altitude requirements.
The aircraft was engaged in a locust eradication mission.
Sources:
news.sina.com.cn
www.chinanews.com.cn
weibo.com
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