Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 19 March 1970
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-25598
Location: 5,7 km from Nikolayevo-Kozlovski –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: An-2 aircraftAn-2 aircraft
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft operating without ATC authorization encountered below-minimum weather conditions, specifically thick fog, during a crop-spray flight. This resulted in spatial disorientation and a crash in a snow-covered field.An-2 aircraft operating without ATC authorization encountered below-minimum weather conditions, specifically thick fog, during a crop-spray flight. This resulted in spatial disorientation and a crash in a snow-covered field.
Description
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz “Krasny Partizan” in the Pokrovskoye District of the Rostov Region without ATC authorisation when it encountered below-minima weather conditions with thick fog. The crew lost spatial orientation and the aircraft crashed in a snow-covered field 5,750 metres west of Nikolayevo-Kozlovski.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Below-minimum weather conditions, particularly thick fog, caused spatial disorientation and aircraft loss.Below-minimum weather conditions, particularly thick fog, caused spatial disorientation and aircraft loss.Share on:
