Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 18 November 1962
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2T
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Ukraine
Registration Number: CCCP-35411
Location: Belogorsky district –
ÿ Ukraine
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A positioning flight from Lenino to Simferopol-Zavodskoye was tragically aborted due to severe weather conditions ? low clouds and rain ? leading to a route shortening and an inability to return. The aircraft entered a cloud and crashed at a height of 350 meters within a hill in the Byelogorsk district of Crimea, resulting in both pilots escaping.A positioning flight from Lenino to Simferopol-Zavodskoye was tragically aborted due to severe weather conditions ? low clouds and rain ? leading to a route shortening and an inability to return. The aircraft entered a cloud and crashed at a height of 350 meters within a hill in the Byelogorsk district of Crimea, resulting in both pilots escaping.
Description
Damaged beyond repair on a positioning flight from Lenino to Simferopol-Zavodskoye when the crew cut the route short and encountered poor weather (low clouds and rain), but failed to return so that the aircraft entered clouds and crashed at a height of 350 metres into a hill in the Byelogorsk district of the Crimea, both pilots escaped.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3855https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, https://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3855Primary Cause
Severe weather conditions (low clouds and rain) caused an aborted flight and subsequent crash.Severe weather conditions (low clouds and rain) caused an aborted flight and subsequent crash.Share on:
