Accident Antonov An-2R RA-01105,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321065

Date:	Sunday 28 August 2011
Time:	08:54
Type:	Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator:	Aviakompaniya Pilot
Registration:	RA-01105
MSN:	1G239-50
Year of manufacture:	1991
Total airframe hrs:	1208 hours
Cycles:	4247 flights
Engine model:	Shvetsov ASh-62IR
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3,2 km WSW of Neschadinovskaya, Krasnodar region - Russia
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Baranikovsky Airfield
Destination airport:	Baranikovsky Airfield
Investigating agency:	MAK
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Antonov An-2 crashed during an emergency landing killing one of the two occupants. The An-2 burst into flames and was completely destroyed.
The airplane operated on a crop spraying flight in the Slavyansk-na-Kubani district of the Krasnodar region.
The engine lost power shortly after takeoff due to the use of sub-standard E95 fuel. The pilot started to drop the load of chemicals and attempted an emergency landing in a soya field but the aircraft hit the slope of an irrigation drain, nosed over into the drain and burnt.

Probable cause (translated from Russian):
Causes of the accident with the aircraft AN-2 RA-01105 was nosing down of the aircraft in its collision with a parapet channel when performing a forced landing.
Necessity of the forced landing was most probably due to a drop in engine power due to refueling of the aircraft with substandard automotive gasoline.
Contributing factors of the accident were:
- captain's lack of knowledge of the flight area and layout of cultivated fields;
- lack of braking during the forced landing;
- lack of a cockpit flight crew member (co-pilot).

Accident investigation: