Narrative:
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz "Krasny Partizan" in the Pokrovskoye District of the Rostov Region without ATC authorisation when it encountered below-minima weather conditions with thick fog. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field 5,750 metres west of Nikolayevo-Kozlovski.
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 19 March 1970 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Uzbekistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-25598 |
| MSN: | 1G61-24 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2086 |
| Cycles: | 5100 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 5,7 km (3.6 mls) from Nikolayevo-Kozlovski ( Russia)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz "Krasny Partizan" in the Pokrovskoye District of the Rostov Region without ATC authorisation when it encountered below-minima weather conditions with thick fog. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field 5,750 metres west of Nikolayevo-Kozlovski.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
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