ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326012
| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Uralsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-19730 |
| MSN: | 1G165-44 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8200 hours |
| Cycles: | 22244 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km E of Shurma, Urzhum district -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kirov Airport (KVX/USKK) |
The An-2 operated on a positioning flight from Malmyzh to Kirov with an en route stop at Kaksinvai. The aircraft was returning from crop-spraying operations at Malmyzh.
En route the pilot engaged in low altitude flight manoeuvres. While 'hopping' over a group of trees the aircraft lost speed, yawed, and crashed in a forest. A fire erupted. It appeared the pilots were intoxicated.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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