Spraying (Agricultural)

Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in a hilly terrain while engaged in a superphosphate spraying mission. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances while engaged in a spraying mission. All three occupants were killed.

The aircraft was completing a spraying mission in Razdolnoye with two pilots and one unauthorized passenger on board. While flying at low height against the sun, the crew performed a zoom while returning to the airstrip when the aircraft lost height and crashed, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.

While on a crop spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) of "Zavyety Lenina" located in the Mikhailovka district of the Volgograd region, the intoxicated pilot encountered engine problems. At low height, the aircraft banked right to an angle of 45° then crashed in a field located 6 km south of Sukhov 2-I. All three occupants, the pilot and two local farmers, were killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Slavonski Brod.

Crashed in unknown circumstances, injuring both pilots.

The pilot, sole on board, was engaged in a local topdressing flight in Waimangu. Shortly after takeoff, the engine lost power. The aircraft lost height then the right wing struck a hedge and it crashed. The pilot was killed.

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.

While spraying gypsy moths with dimilin over wooded/hilly terrain, the DC-3 collided with power lines in a valley area. Witnesses in an nearby observation aircraft reported the DC-3 entered a gradual climb, which continued until the DC-3 was in a steep nose high attitude. The pilot of the observation aircraft tried to communicate with the DC-3 pilots, but could not make radio contact. The observation pilot reported the DC-3 entered a stall/spin at about 1,200 feet agl, then crashed. An investigation revealed no evidence of a preimpact failure. The DC-3 was not equipped with a wire cutter kit. Both pilots were killed.