ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331752
| Date: | Sunday 22 September 1968 |
| Time: | 12:50 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2TP |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-91743 |
| MSN: | 1G37-20 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4598 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 61 km NW of Seymchan, Magadan region -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Zyryanka Airport (UESU) |
| Seymchan Airport (UHMS) |
The An-2 operated on a flight from Zyryanka to Seimchan in support of the 121st geodetic expedition when the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds. The airplane drifted off course by 25 km and descended in clouds over mountainous terrain until it impacted a steep mountain slope of Mount Khapchagai (1,554 metres), 61 km north-west of Seimchan.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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