Incident Overview
Date: Friday 19 October 1962
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2Skh
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-07976
Location: Near Kyzyl-Mazhalyk, Tuva SSR –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Aircraft Control Systems (specifically, climb/descend functionality and altitude management)Aircraft Control Systems (specifically, climb/descend functionality and altitude management)
Category: Accident
A flight from Tashtyl to Kyzyl-Mazhalyk was lost due to severe weather conditions and pilot error. The aircraft encountered a mountain slope at a height of 1,450 meters, forcing the pilots to attempt a climb but ultimately crashed into the slope. Two passengers sustained serious injuries, while the remaining 13 and pilots escaped with minor injuries.A flight from Tashtyl to Kyzyl-Mazhalyk was lost due to severe weather conditions and pilot error. The aircraft encountered a mountain slope at a height of 1,450 meters, forcing the pilots to attempt a climb but ultimately crashed into the slope. Two passengers sustained serious injuries, while the remaining 13 and pilots escaped with minor injuries.
Description
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;
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3850https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3850Primary Cause
Severe weather conditions, specifically below-minimum weather conditions, combined with the pilot’s decision to climb in the face of a mountain slope.Severe weather conditions, specifically below-minimum weather conditions, combined with the pilot’s decision to climb in the face of a mountain slope.Share on:
