| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Lithuania |
| Registration: | CCCP-29387 |
| MSN: | 1G79-18 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1750 hours |
| Cycles: | 14723 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Auktelkai -
 Lithuania
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
The An-2 crashed while on an unauthorised flight from eduva after crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) Graionis near Radvilikis when the intoxicated pilot performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height. The aircraft lost speed and crashed into the Moaicai forest near Auktelkai (25 km east of iauliai) and burnt out.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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