Incident Overview

Date: Friday 15 July 2022
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: RA-02240
Location: Prochnookopskaya, Novokubansky district, Krasnodar region – ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft (specifically, the An-2 aircraft)Aircraft (specifically, the An-2 aircraft)
Investigating Agency: MAKMAK
Category: Accident
An Antonov An-2 RA-02240 crashed during a night-time landing, resulting in the deaths of both occupants. The accident occurred due to the aircraft colliding with overhead power line wires during VFR flight at night, followed by a collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors included insufficient crew experience in night flights, violating flight manual procedures, flying at an altitude below unlit obstacles, and a reduced crew.An Antonov An-2 RA-02240 crashed during a night-time landing, resulting in the deaths of both occupants. The accident occurred due to the aircraft colliding with overhead power line wires during VFR flight at night, followed by a collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors included insufficient crew experience in night flights, violating flight manual procedures, flying at an altitude below unlit obstacles, and a reduced crew.

Description

An Antonov An-2 hit power line wires during a night-time landing crashed. Both occupants, a pilot and a passenger, died in the crash. Conclusion: The accident with the aircraft An-2 RA-02240 occurred when it was flying VFR at night VFR, due to the aircraft colliding with overhead power line wires that did not have nighttime markings, followed by a collision with trees and the terrain. Most likely contributing factors were: – insufficient experience of the crew in performing flights in night conditions and violation of the An-2 airplane’s flight manual, which prescribes performing instrument flight at night; – the decision to fly at night to a landing site with no light-signaling equipment; – performing the flight at an altitude lower than the altitude of unlit obstacles, of which the crew had information; – performing the flight with a reduced crew (without a co-pilot).

Source of Information

https://kubnews.ru/proisshestviya/2022/07/16/nazvany-vozmozhnye-prichiny-krusheniya-an-2-na-kubani/, https://www.livekuban.ru/news/proisshestviya/v-krasnodarskom-krae-razbilsya-samolet-2-pogibli-pilot-i-passazhir-videohttps://kubnews.ru/proisshestviya/2022/07/16/nazvany-vozmozhnye-prichiny-krusheniya-an-2-na-kubani/, https://www.livekuban.ru/news/proisshestviya/v-krasnodarskom-krae-razbilsya-samolet-2-pogibli-pilot-i-passazhir-video

Primary Cause

Insufficient crew experience in performing night flights and violation of flight manual procedures.Insufficient crew experience in performing night flights and violation of flight manual procedures.

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