Narrative:
The Ab-2 operated on a positioning flight from Velikaya Vulyga to Vinnitsa after completing crop-spraying operations.
However, before takeoff, the intoxicated crew, a pilot and an aircraft mechanic, forgot to remove the clamps from rudder and stabiliser. On take-off the aircraft banked to the left after reaching a height of some 10-15 metres. Height was lost and the aircraft crashed 500 metres from its parking position, caught fire and burnt out.
Locked rudders/ailerons/gustlock
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 10 September 1972 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2M |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-02369 |
| MSN: | 701538 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3093 |
| Cycles: | 15040 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Velikaya Vulyga ( Ukraine)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Vinnitsa Airport (VIN/UKWW), Ukraine |
The Ab-2 operated on a positioning flight from Velikaya Vulyga to Vinnitsa after completing crop-spraying operations.
However, before takeoff, the intoxicated crew, a pilot and an aircraft mechanic, forgot to remove the clamps from rudder and stabiliser. On take-off the aircraft banked to the left after reaching a height of some 10-15 metres. Height was lost and the aircraft crashed 500 metres from its parking position, caught fire and burnt out.
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usageLocked rudders/ailerons/gustlock
Loss of control
Sources:
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