Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 7 May 1978
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-70493
Location: 7 km N of Karnaukhovskiy –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: An-2 aircraftAn-2 aircraft
Category: Accident
On May 5, 1978, an An-2 aircraft detached for crop-spray operations to the Bolshevik collective farm in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov region, following an unauthorized pleasure flight. Two passengers were subsequently transported on the aircraft, resulting in a crash in a field and subsequent burning.On May 5, 1978, an An-2 aircraft detached for crop-spray operations to the Bolshevik collective farm in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov region, following an unauthorized pleasure flight. Two passengers were subsequently transported on the aircraft, resulting in a crash in a field and subsequent burning.
Description
The An-2 was detached for crop-spraying operations to the airstrip of the kolkhoz (collective farm) “Bolshevik” in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov region on 5 May 1978. Three days later an intoxicated pilot took two passengers on an unauthorised pleasure flight from Novaya Tsimlya to the “Bolshevik” airstrip. The airplane crashed in a field and burned.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Pilot intoxication and unauthorized flight.Pilot intoxication and unauthorized flight.Share on:
