| Date: | Friday 20 July 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2SX |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Azerbaijan |
| Registration: | CCCP-79827 |
| MSN: | 116047319 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4710 hours |
| Cycles: | 16345 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saatli district -
 Azerbaijan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) im. M.F. Akhundova in the Saatli district of Azerbaijan when the engine failed due to a bird-strike while the aircraft was flying at a height of some 20-25 metres. An immediate forced landing was not possible due to the terrain, forcing the crew to carry out a left turn, but the aircraft touched the high
embankment of a canal and crashed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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