Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 8 November 2018
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: 2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division
Registration Number: RA-84674
Location: 50 km NE of Arkhangelsk-Talaghy Airport (ARH) – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Component Affected: Aerodynamic and traction characteristics of the aircraft.Aerodynamic and traction characteristics of the aircraft.
Investigating Agency: MAKMAK
Category: Accident
An-2R aircraft experienced a forced landing due to icing conditions during en route operations near Vaskovo, Russia. The aircraft was operating at an altitude of 150 meters, approximately 50 kilometers from Vaskovo, and experienced icing that impaired its aerodynamic and traction characteristics, leading to a loss of altitude and subsequent forced landing in a forest.An-2R aircraft experienced a forced landing due to icing conditions during en route operations near Vaskovo, Russia. The aircraft was operating at an altitude of 150 meters, approximately 50 kilometers from Vaskovo, and experienced icing that impaired its aerodynamic and traction characteristics, leading to a loss of altitude and subsequent forced landing in a forest.

Description

The Antonov An-2R operated on a passenger service from Vaskovo, near Arkhangelsk, to Mezen, Russia, with en route stops at Soyana and Dolgoshchel’ye. On board the aircraft were 2 crew members and 12 passengers. The flight took off at about 10:21 hours. While en route at an altitude of 150 m, at distance of 50 km from Vaskovo, the plane got into icing conditions. At 10:53 the flight radioed that they were returning to the departure aerodrome. The aircraft could not maintain altitude and force-landed in a forest. The accident with the An-2 RA-84674 aircraft occurred during a forced landing in the forest, the need for which was due to the impossibility of continuing the flight due to the effect of icing on the aerodynamic and traction characteristics of the aircraft (the inability to maintain altitude and speed even with the takeoff engine operating mode). The contributing factor, most likely, was the decision of the crew to climb over 150 m from the ground level, where the presence of stratus clouds and icing was predicted.

Source of Information

https://region29.ru/2018/11/08/5be3fa9d12f17b86dc68ceb2.html, https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/an-2-ra-84674-08-11-2018/, https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2100921/https://region29.ru/2018/11/08/5be3fa9d12f17b86dc68ceb2.html, https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/an-2-ra-84674-08-11-2018/, https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2100921/

Primary Cause

Icing conditions caused by the inability to maintain altitude and speed despite the takeoff engine operating mode.Icing conditions caused by the inability to maintain altitude and speed despite the takeoff engine operating mode.

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