Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 26 September 1976
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-79868
Location: Novosibirsk –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: Aircraft engine/control systemAircraft engine/control system
Category: Unlawful Interference
A pilot directed his aircraft into a residential building, resulting in the deaths of four residents.A pilot directed his aircraft into a residential building, resulting in the deaths of four residents.
Description
The pilot directed his aircraft into the block of flats at Stepnaya street 43/1 where his divorced wife lived. The pilot and four residents killed (the wife was not among them).
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=482https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=482Primary Cause
Pilot error or negligence leading to a collision.Pilot error or negligence leading to a collision.Share on:
