Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 11 ABR 2006 |
| Hora: | 15:05 |
| Tipo: | Antonov 2R |
| Operador: | Kapoly Air |
| Registración: | LZ-1178 |
| Numéro de série: | 1 174(473)17 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1962 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Kozlovets (Bulgaria)
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| Fase: | Maniobras (MNV) |
| Naturaleza: | Agricultura |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Kozlovets, Bulgaria |
| Kozlovets, Bulgaria |
The pilot was performing the 12th flight of the day spraying crops. Before the 12th take-off the pilot allowed to two unauthorized persons to go on board, an 11-year old boy, who occupied a right seat, and a 22-year old man, who was standing behind the seats. Take-off was performed at 14:51. During the left turn at a speed of 140-150 km/h the An-2 descended from altitude of 5-10 m, struck the ground, left lower wing first, crashed and was destroyed by fire. Both adult men were killed while the boy suffered the serious injures.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Poor judgement, lack of discipline, overconfidence in his personal ability on the part of the pilot. He allowed creating a dangerous situation, flying at the extremely low altitude. The pilot was performing the sharp maneuvers, banking the aircraft up to 50 degrees (probably to impress his passengers). Contributing factors:
- There was no a co-pilot on board (contrary to regulations).
- Lack of the supervision on the part of the company (operator) Fuentes:
» Ministry of Transport, Aircraft Accident Investigation Unit Accident Report
» Translation: Dmitriy Yertsov
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