| Date: | Wednesday 7 September 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Tajikistan |
| Registration: | CCCP-79816 |
| MSN: | 116047304 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5087 hours |
| Cycles: | 7483 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 60 km W of Murgab -
 Tajikistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Dushanbe Airport (DYU/UTDD) |
| Murgab Airport |
The An-2 operated on a flight from Dushanbe to Murgab in support of a geological expedition when a fire erupted while the aircraft was flying through the gorge of the river Murgab. The crew attempted a forced landing near the confluence of the rivers Murgab and Zapadny Pshart, 60 km west of Murgab, but while flying a steep left turn the aircraft collided with the northern slope of the gorge and crashed.
Sources:
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