Incident Overview
Date: Friday 8 September 1978
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-35112
Location: 5 km SE of Yablunivka, Priluki district, Chernigov region –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft steering column and seat.Aircraft steering column and seat.
Category: Accident
An-2 lost height during a crop-spraying flight and impacted terrain between Yablunivka and Bubnovshchina, Russia. A first-aid kit stored below the seat of the co-pilot became lodged between the steering column and seat, resulting in loss of control over the aircraft’s stabiliser.An-2 lost height during a crop-spraying flight and impacted terrain between Yablunivka and Bubnovshchina, Russia. A first-aid kit stored below the seat of the co-pilot became lodged between the steering column and seat, resulting in loss of control over the aircraft’s stabiliser.
Description
The An-2 lost height during a crop-spraying flight and impacted terrain between Yablunivka and Bubnovshchina, Russia. Probably a first-aid kit which had been stored below the seat of the co-pilot got stuck between the steering column and the seat so that control over the stabiliser was lost.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Storage of a first-aid kit below the seat of the co-pilot.Storage of a first-aid kit below the seat of the co-pilot.Share on:
