Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Kletsko-Poshtovskiy

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1990 at 1225 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-33042
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kletsko-Pochtovskiy - Kletsko-Pochtovskiy
MSN:
1G218-29
YOM:
1986
Location:
Kletsko-Poshtovskiy
Volgograd oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
2557
Circumstances:
The captain decided to complete the spraying mission without his copilot but with an employee of the State farm 'Zimnyatsky' for which the flight was dispatched. Following two successful spraying missions, the pilot decided to make a low pass above the hotel where he was sleeping and made a passage at a height of about 50-75 meters. Then he initiated a climb to 200-250 meters when the aircraft rolled to the left at an angle of 16° and nosed down to angle of 21° when it plunged and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the pilot decided to attempt a flight without his copilot. At the time of the accident, the pilot was intoxicated with a level of 1,3‰ of alcohol in his blood for 1,6‰ for the 'copilot'.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 near Kletsko-Poshtovskiy: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1980 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-91775
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Volgograd - Kletsko-Poshtovskiy
MSN:
1G38-22
YOM:
1963
Location:
Kletsko-Poshtovskiy
Volgograd oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Aircraft flight hours:
17292
Aircraft flight cycles:
25606
Circumstances:
Two PZL-Mielec AN-2 CCCP-91775 and CCCP-91762 left Volgograd on a positioning flight to Kletsko-Poshtovskiy for a crop spraying mission. CCCP-91775 was carrying one mechanic of the company and two pilots. While approaching Kletsko-Pochtovskiy at an altitude of about 300 meters, the propeller of 91762 struck the left stabilizer of 91775. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located 10 km south of Kletsko-Pochtovskiy while the crew of 91762 was able to complete an emergency landing 2 km from the scene. All three occupants on board 91775 were killed while on board 91762, they escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Failure of both crew to maintain a safe separation between both aircraft, lack of caution and insufficient attention to flight operations.
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