Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Kúty: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 16, 1975 at 1556 LT
Operator:
Registration:
SP-WKW
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1G144-38
YOM:
1973
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The instructor pilot 'stole' the aircraft somewhere in Poland and escaped the country to Austria. While flying over Slovakia, the single engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Czech Air Force Aero L-29 Delfín and crashed in Kúty, about 8 km from the Austrian border. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Czech Air Force Aero L-29 Delfín fighter.
