Narrative:
An intoxicated former pilot entered the aircraft which was waiting on the apron at Karaganda for crew and passengers, took off and performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height. The left wing contacted the apron three minutes after take-off and the aircraft slid across the apron, destroying the Lenin monument next to the terminal building and came to rest upside-down. A post-impact fire erupted, which consumed the fuselage.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 24 July 1963 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2T |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-43833 |
| MSN: | 16547316 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5547 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Karaganda Airport (KGF) ( Kazakhstan)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Karaganda Airport (KGF/UAKK), Kazakhstan |
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An intoxicated former pilot entered the aircraft which was waiting on the apron at Karaganda for crew and passengers, took off and performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height. The left wing contacted the apron three minutes after take-off and the aircraft slid across the apron, destroying the Lenin monument next to the terminal building and came to rest upside-down. A post-impact fire erupted, which consumed the fuselage.
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usage Loss of control
Sources:
» Soviet TransportsPhotos
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