ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331231
| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2TP |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Uralsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-40573 |
| MSN: | 1G84-26 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2774 hours |
| Cycles: | 4785 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tokmass -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK/USCC) |
| Magnitogorsk Airport (MQF/USCM) |
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Chelyabinsk to Magnitogorsk. The flight crew lost spatial orientation when entering an area with heavy snowfall and poor visibility. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a snow-covered field near Tokmass.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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