ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330215
| Date: | Saturday 14 April 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-35577 |
| MSN: | 1G115-28 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1870 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km NE of Andreyevka -
 Kazakhstan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Andreyevka (Taldy-Kurgan Region of Kazakhstan) to Almaly for crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Andreyevski" with 2 aircraft mechanics and 2 local guides on board. The captain decided not to circumvent the Chubundy (Shybyndy) mountain ridge, but to cross it directly. In doing so the aircraft encountered below-minima weather conditions and the aircraft impacted the summit of the ridge at a height of 1,200 metres.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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