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Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R near Baykit
Date & Time:
Aug 2, 2000 at 1015 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-32718
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Yeniseysk - Yeniseysk
MSN:
1G212-23
YOM:
1985
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Yeniseysk in good weather conditions on a local geophysical mission over the region of Baykit, carrying two passengers and three crew members. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was limited due to low clouds. The crew reduced his altitude to 65 metres to maintain a visual contact with the ground. When facing trees, the pilot-in-command elected to gain height. At a speed of 115 km/h, the aircraft contacted tree tops and crashed in a wooded and hilly terrain. All five occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The crew continued the flight at an unsafe altitude until the aircraft contacted trees and crashed.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T on the North Pole
Date & Time:
May 15, 2000
Registration:
N72KS
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Longyearbyen - Barrow
MSN:
1G237-32
YOM:
1989
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was engaged in an expedition over the Arctic and was completing a flight from Longyearbyen (Spitzberg Islands) to Barrow, Alaska, with another Cessna 185. The crew of the Cessna landed first to check the ice thickness. When the AN-2 landed, the ice started to crack. The pilot attempted to takeoff but the undercarriage went through the ice and the aircraft came to rest partially submerged in water. All five occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Tomuzlovskoye: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 16, 2000 at 0845 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RA-33443
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tomuzlovskoye - Tomuzlovskoye
MSN:
1G227-53
YOM:
1988
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Tomuzlovskoye, while climbing to a height of about 20-30 metres, the aircraft stalled from the tail. It rolled to the left then stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. All three occupants, two pilots and one mechanic, were killed.
Probable cause:
The aircraft stalled following a super critical angle of attack during initial climb for unknown reasons, possibly following interferences in the aircraft control.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Malye Alabukhi
Date & Time:
Apr 6, 2000
Registration:
RA-31486
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saransk – Malye Alabukhi
MSN:
1G198-51
YOM:
1982
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Saransk on a positioning flight to Malye Alabukhi, carrying two technicians and two pilots who were dispatched in Malye Alabukhi to proceed to crop spraying missions. After touchdown at Malye Alabukhi Airfield, the aircraft was caught by strong crosswinds. It went out of control, veered off runway to the left and eventually collided with a tree. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Loss of control after landing due to strong crosswinds. The crew failed to prepare the flight properly and failed to obtain appropriate information about weather conditions and wind component for Malye Alabukhi Airfield.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Mitton
Date & Time:
Oct 15, 1999
Registration:
RA-01641
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G190-47
YOM:
1981
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach, the single engine aircraft collided with trees and crash landed. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2P in Porthcurno
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1999 at 1830 LT
Registration:
LY-ASA
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1G139-49
YOM:
1972
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was landing in an open field; the surface wind was 280°/6 to 8 kt and the pilot elected to land in this direction. The ground sloped upwards to a crest and then downwards; the grass was moist. The touchdown was normal but the aircraft failed to stop before it came to the perimeter hedge and dry stone wall and collided. The pilot considered that he had overestimated the braking effectiveness on the moist, downward sloping grass surface.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Naser Abad
Date & Time:
May 16, 1999
Operator:
Registration:
SP-WLI
MSN:
1G144-49
YOM:
1973
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Crew fate unknown.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Pančevo
Date & Time:
Dec 31, 1998
Registration:
YU-BLC
MSN:
1G179-08
YOM:
1978
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknow circumstances in Pančevo, east of Belgrade. Occupant's fate unknown. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere during 1998.
Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Ayan
Date & Time:
Dec 20, 1998
Registration:
RA-02482
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ayan - Nelkan
MSN:
1G119-25
YOM:
1970
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following a poor flight preparation, the crew chose the wrong runway according to the wind component and elected to takeoff with a tailwind, and moreover with the flaps retracted. The captain started the takeoff roll from an intersection instead using all the runway length, causing the takeoff distance to be 660 metres. After a course of about 190 metres, the aircraft deviated to the right, veered off runway and came into soft ground. The crew continued to roll on a distance of 95 metres when the tail gear (tail ski) was torn off while contacting a 40 cm high earth mound. The aircraft continued, overran and came to rest 30 metres past the runway end. All 11 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Poor flight preparation on part of the crew who neglected several published procedures. It was determined that the pilot was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
