Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Khanabad: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 29, 1991
Registration:
CCCP-40704
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Yevlakh – Stepanakert
MSN:
1G215-02
YOM:
1985
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
En route from Yevlakh to Stepanakert, while cruising at a relative low altitude, the single engine airplane was shot down and crashed in a field near Khanabad. All seven occupants were killed. First civil airplane shot down during the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire from unknown origin.
