ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323280
| Date: | Saturday 2 June 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Volgograd Air Club |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Metallurg, Volgograd region -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Srednyaya Akhtuba Airfield |
| Srednyaya Akhtuba Airfield |
An Antonov 2 biplane was destroyed when it crashed on the banks of the Akhtuba River, Volgograd Region, Russia. All three on board were killed. The airplane was returning to the airport after parachutists had jumped from the plane. On board were the pilot, a parachutist instructor and a passenger. Probably sitting in the right seat the unfastened passenger slid off the chair and leaned on a control column. The plane went into a nosedive at an altitude of 1000 meters. It impacted the ground at a speed of 310 km/h.
Sources:
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