Date: | Friday 16 June 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-2P |
Owner/operator: | Nikolayevski Aviation Enterprise |
Registration: | RA-07743 |
MSN: | 1G159-18 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 22 km from Herpuchi -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Herpuchi |
Destination airport: | Oktyabrsky Airfield |
Narrative:The An-2 passenger plane departed Poliny Osipenko, Russia on a domestic passenger flight to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur with stops at Herpuchi and Oktyabrsky. The flight entered an area of low clouds shortly after takeoff from Herpuchi. The airplane continued over rugged terrain with high hills, attempting to fly below the clouds.
The crew encountered rising terrain and were not able to avoid a collision with a forested slope. The biplane struck trees, crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
Soviet Transports airdisaster.ru Location
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