Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Shiringa: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1972 at 1940 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-02582
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Shiringa - Shiringa
MSN:
1G121-01
YOM:
1970
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
1394
Circumstances:
During an unauthorized flight from Shiringa (Sosnovo-Ozyorskoye district of Buryatia) while on crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) of "Yeravninski", at an altitude of some 100-200 meters, the airplane banked left then lost height and crashed 6 km from Shiringa. Both pilots and both passengers were killed.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined but the assumption that the engine failed was not ruled out.
