Narrative:
The aircraft operated on an unauthorised flight from Usinsk at night with a sole pilot and an aircraft mechanic on board when the intoxicated pilot flew too low. The aircraft collided with tree tops and crashed in a forest clearing some 250 metres further.
The pilot's alcohol content of his blood was 3.4 .
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 4 July 1974 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Komi Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-92836 |
| MSN: | 1G52-28 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10311 |
| Cycles: | 12376 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) NW of Usinsk Airport ( Russia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The aircraft operated on an unauthorised flight from Usinsk at night with a sole pilot and an aircraft mechanic on board when the intoxicated pilot flew too low. The aircraft collided with tree tops and crashed in a forest clearing some 250 metres further.
The pilot's alcohol content of his blood was 3.4 .
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usageControlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
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