Narrative:
The An-2 crashed during a crop-spraying flight from Rubashovka for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Krasnoye Znamya" with an unauthorised passenger on board when the intoxicated pilot illegally performed aerobatics. While recovering from a loop at low altitude the aircraft crashed into the ground 140 metres from Rubashovka airstrip and burst into flames.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 3 March 1969 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow SPiMVL |
| Registration: | CCCP-06214 |
| MSN: | 6 011 17 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1467 |
| Cycles: | 6835 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rubashovka, Anna district, Voronezh region ( Russia)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The An-2 crashed during a crop-spraying flight from Rubashovka for the sovkhoz (state farm) "Krasnoye Znamya" with an unauthorised passenger on board when the intoxicated pilot illegally performed aerobatics. While recovering from a loop at low altitude the aircraft crashed into the ground 140 metres from Rubashovka airstrip and burst into flames.
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usageLoss of control
Sources:
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