Date: | Sunday 3 May 1981 |
Time: | 16:03 |
Type: | Antonov An-2R |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Azerbaijan |
Registration: | CCCP-70836 |
MSN: | 1G133-39 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5424 hours |
Cycles: | 33744 flights |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Voskhod, Krasnodar region -
Russia
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The An-2 biplane crashed during an unauthorised flight during crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Runo" in the Novopokrovskaya district of the Krasnodar region when the pilot flew lost control in a steep left turn at a height of some 20-25 metres. The airplane crashed in a forest belt.
An investigation revealed there were two unauthorized persons on board. Also, the pilot had little experience in agricultural operations and lacked permits to conduct these flights.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru Soviet Transports Location
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