Date: | Saturday 16 May 2015 |
Time: | 16:35 |
Type: | Antonov An-2R |
Owner/operator: | Klaipedos avialinijos |
Registration: | LY-AET |
MSN: | 1G192-07 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6920 hours |
Cycles: | 26031 flights |
Engine model: | Shvetsov ASh-62IR |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 116 km off Klaipeda, Lithuania [Baltic Sea] -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Kattleberg Airport |
Destination airport: | Klaipeda Airport (KLJ/EYKL) |
Investigating agency: | TAIID |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Antonov 2R aircraft took off from Kattleberg Airport, Sweden at 13:12 on 16 May, bound for Klaipeda, Lithuania. ETA was circa 17:20 hours. Last contact was at 15:16 when the aircraft was 97 nm offshore. No problems were reported.
The company bought aircraft in Sweden and was transporting it to Lithuania for agricultural use. The flight started in Stauning, Denmark, before coming to Kattleberg Airport. On Tuesday 19 May 2015 a Lithuanian military vessel located the plane at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, at a depth of 124 meters and 116 kilometers from the shore. The body of one pilots was located on May 21.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TAIID |
Report number: | Nr. 1A-3(A/2015) |
Status: | Preliminary report |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Preliminary report |
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Sources:
Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania DELFI, 17-5-2015 DELFI, 19-5-2015 Location
Images:
photo (c) Harro Ranter/ASN; Stauning Airport (STA/EKVJ); 02 May 2011
photo (c) Gerrit van de Veen; Stauning Airport (STA/EKVJ); 26 July 2012
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