Narrative:
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Malmyzh to Kirov with an en route stop at Kaksinvai. The aircraft was returning from crop-spraying operations at Malmyzh.
En route the pilot engaged in low altitude flight manoeuvres. While 'hopping' over a group of trees the aircraft lost speed, yawed, and crashed in a forest. A fire erupted. It appeared the pilots were intoxicated.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1990 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Uralsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-19730 |
| MSN: | 1G165-44 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8200 |
| Cycles: | 22244 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) E of Shurma, Urzhum district ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Kirov Airport (KVX/USKK), Russia |
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Malmyzh to Kirov with an en route stop at Kaksinvai. The aircraft was returning from crop-spraying operations at Malmyzh.
En route the pilot engaged in low altitude flight manoeuvres. While 'hopping' over a group of trees the aircraft lost speed, yawed, and crashed in a forest. A fire erupted. It appeared the pilots were intoxicated.
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usage Loss of control
Sources:
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