Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP in Urai: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 15, 1991
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-01494
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Urai - Sovetskiy
MSN:
1G232-28
YOM:
1988
Flight number:
461
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
1701
Aircraft flight cycles:
1818
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Urai Airstrip, while climbing to a height of about 10 metres, the engine lost power and failed. The aircraft lost altitude then crashed at a speed of 60 km/h in a wooded and swampy area located 900 metres further, bursting into flames. One pilot was killed while 12 other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure caused by corrosion of a motion rod of the discharge valve on the n°4 cylinder.
