Incident Overview
Date: Friday 14 January 1966
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Uzbekistan
Registration Number: CCCP-02185
Location: 3,4 km from Shamurat, Nurata district of the Samarkand region –
ÿ Uzbekistan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft experienced a significant loss of altitude due to katabatic winds on a flight from Nurata to Samarkand. The pilot, facing a home-alone situation with a hospitalized wife, deviated from the planned route to the east, resulting in a mountain impact. The incident highlights the vulnerability of aircraft to extreme weather conditions in mountainous terrain.An-2 aircraft experienced a significant loss of altitude due to katabatic winds on a flight from Nurata to Samarkand. The pilot, facing a home-alone situation with a hospitalized wife, deviated from the planned route to the east, resulting in a mountain impact. The incident highlights the vulnerability of aircraft to extreme weather conditions in mountainous terrain.
Description
The An-2 operated on a flight from Nurata to Samarkand with at least one intermediate stop at the sovkhoz (state farm) “Kommunizm”. On the leg from “Kommunizm” to Samarkand the flight encountered below-minima weather conditions with low clouds and heavy rain. The captain felt pressure to continue the flight since his children were home alone while his wife was in hospital. He deviated from the prescribed flight path to the east, hoping for better weather conditions. While flying along the Karatau mountain range (1,100 metres), the aircraft lost height due to strong katabatic winds and impacted the slope of a mountain at a height of 930 metres.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1521https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1521Primary Cause
Katabatic winds and mountainous terrain.Katabatic winds and mountainous terrain.Share on:
