Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 29 June 1974
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2M
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow SPiMVL
Registration Number: CCCP-02383
Location: near Demidovo –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure during a crop-spray flight from Nizhni Karachan to a collective farm. The aircraft overflew a forest at a height of approximately 80-90 meters, resulting in a crash upside-down in the forest, leading to fire and subsequent loss of the aircraft.An-2 aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure during a crop-spray flight from Nizhni Karachan to a collective farm. The aircraft overflew a forest at a height of approximately 80-90 meters, resulting in a crash upside-down in the forest, leading to fire and subsequent loss of the aircraft.
Description
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight from Nizhni Karachan (Gribanovski District of the Voronezh Region) for the kolkhoz (collective farm) im. Dimitrova when the engine failed. At that time the aircraft was overflying a forest at 80-90 m altitude. The aircraft lost height, collided with tree tops, crashed upside-down in the forest, caught fire and burnt out.
Source of Information
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