Narrative:
The An-2 was detached for crop-spraying operations to the airstrip of the kolkhoz (collective farm) "Bolshevik" in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov region on 5 May 1978.
Three days later an intoxicated pilot took two passengers on an unauthorised pleasure flight from Novaya Tsimlya to the "Bolshevik" airstrip. The airplane crashed in a field and burned.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 7 May 1978 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-70493 |
| MSN: | 1G144-04 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4743 |
| Cycles: | 18033 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 7 km (4.4 mls) N of Karnaukhovskiy ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The An-2 was detached for crop-spraying operations to the airstrip of the kolkhoz (collective farm) "Bolshevik" in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov region on 5 May 1978.
Three days later an intoxicated pilot took two passengers on an unauthorised pleasure flight from Novaya Tsimlya to the "Bolshevik" airstrip. The airplane crashed in a field and burned.
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