| Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-41971 |
| MSN: | 13347311 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14362 hours |
| Cycles: | 16547 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km S of Khovu-Aksy Airport -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kyzyl Airport (KYZ/UNKY) |
| Khovu-Aksy Airport (UNYH) |
The An-2 operated on a flight from Kyzyl to Khovu-Aksy when it encountered below-minima weather conditions with low clouds over mountainous terrain. The airplane flew through clouds until it impacted the wooded slope of a 2591 m high mountain at a height of 1940 metres. The wreckage was located the next day.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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