Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 28 August 2011
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aviakompaniya Pilot
Registration Number: RA-01105
Location: 3,2 km WSW of Neschadinovskaya, Krasnodar region – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft engineAircraft engine
Investigating Agency: MAKMAK
Category: Accident
During an emergency landing in the Slavyansk-na-Kubani district of the Krasnodar region, an Antonov An-2 crashed after the engine lost power due to substandard E95 fuel. The aircraft, operating on a crop spraying flight, attempted an emergency landing in a soya field but struck a slope of an irrigation drain, resulting in complete destruction.During an emergency landing in the Slavyansk-na-Kubani district of the Krasnodar region, an Antonov An-2 crashed after the engine lost power due to substandard E95 fuel. The aircraft, operating on a crop spraying flight, attempted an emergency landing in a soya field but struck a slope of an irrigation drain, resulting in complete destruction.

Description

The Antonov An-2 crashed during an emergency landing killing one of the two occupants. The An-2 burst into flames and was completely destroyed. The airplane operated on a crop spraying flight in the Slavyansk-na-Kubani district of the Krasnodar region. The engine lost power shortly after takeoff due to the use of sub-standard E95 fuel. The pilot started to drop the load of chemicals and attempted an emergency landing in a soya field but the aircraft hit the slope of an irrigation drain, nosed over into the drain and burnt. Probable cause (translated from Russian): Causes of the accident with the aircraft AN-2 RA-01105 was nosing down of the aircraft in its collision with a parapet channel when performing a forced landing. Necessity of the forced landing was most probably due to a drop in engine power due to refueling of the aircraft with substandard automotive gasoline. Contributing factors of the accident were: – captain’s lack of knowledge of the flight area and layout of cultivated fields; – lack of braking during the forced landing; – lack of a cockpit flight crew member (co-pilot).

Source of Information

http://www.lifenews.ru/news/67991, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://www.lifenews.ru/news/67991, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php

Primary Cause

Substandard fuel refueling caused engine power loss.Substandard fuel refueling caused engine power loss.

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