Accident Antonov An-2Skh CCCP-07976, Friday 19 October 1962
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Date:Friday 19 October 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Antonov An-2Skh
Owner/operator:Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-07976
MSN: 1 84 473 05
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Near Kyzyl-Mazhalyk, Tuva SSR -   Russia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Abaza
Destination airport:Kyzyl-Mazhalyk
Narrative:
Destroyed on the leg from Abaza to Kyzyl-Mazhalyk of a flight from Tashtyl to KyzylMazhalyk when encountered below-minima weather conditions, failed to return and descended in clouds,
when the pilots saw a mountain slope in front of them at a height of 1,450 metres 40 km from KyzylMazhalyk they tried to climb, but the aircraft lost speed and crashed at a height of 1,500 metres into the
slope, 2 of the 15 passengers were seriously injured while the other 13 and both pilots escaped basically
unhurt;

Sources:

Soviet Transports
https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3850

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-May-2024 13:06 Cobar Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]
02-Oct-2024 06:28 ZH_VegetableDog Updated [Narrative, ]

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