Date & Time:
Jun 30, 1991
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-62475
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Illegal (smuggling)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Yartsevo - Novy Gorodok
MSN:
1G42-23
YOM:
1964
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Aircraft flight hours:
13204
Aircraft flight cycles:
36795
Circumstances:
In the evening, the intoxicated crew departed Yartsevo on an unauthorized flight to Novy Gorodok. Few minutes after takeoff, while cruising by night, the single engine aircraft collided with a 14 metres high lone tree in a forest clearing located some 35 km southwest of Yartsevo. The aircraft lost height and crashed 121 metres further, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed.
Probable cause:
Collision with trees while the intoxicated crew was flying at an insufficient altitude by night.
