Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 24 March 1973 |
Type: | Antonov An-2 |
Operator: | Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration: | CCCP-05670 |
MSN: | 15647309 |
First flight: | 1955 |
Total airframe hrs: | 10581 |
Cycles: | 6600 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 9 km (5.6 mls) N of Ozyornaya ( Russia)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Ust'-Bolsheretsk Airstrip, Russia |
Narrative:The An-2 operated on a cargo flight from Ozyornaya to Ust'-Bolsheretsk (Kamchatka) when the intoxicated captain deliberately deviated from the prescribed flight path. The aircraft entered clouds and impacted the snow-covered northern slope of Mount Ukho
at a height of 350 metres.
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usage
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.