ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332307
Date: | Wednesday 7 September 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-2 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
Registration: | CCCP-79816 |
MSN: | 116047304 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5087 hours |
Cycles: | 7483 flights |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 60 km W of Murgab -
Tajikistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | Dushanbe Airport (DYU/UTDD) |
Destination airport: | Murgab Airport |
Narrative:The An-2 operated on a flight from Dushanbe to Murgab in support of a geological expedition when a fire erupted while the aircraft was flying through the gorge of the river Murgab. The crew attempted a forced landing near the confluence of the rivers Murgab and Zapadny Pshart, 60 km west of Murgab, but while flying a steep left turn the aircraft collided with the northern slope of the gorge and crashed.
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