Incident Overview
Date: Friday 10 January 1969
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-70940
Location: 16 km E of Malka, Yelizovo district, Kamchatka region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An-2 passenger plane crashed on a mountain slope near Kozirevsk in Kamchatka Peninsula after taking an alternate route over the mountains due to unfavorable weather conditions. The aircraft impacted a steep slope, resulting in a significant slide down to the Zubastaya River valley.An-2 passenger plane crashed on a mountain slope near Kozirevsk in Kamchatka Peninsula after taking an alternate route over the mountains due to unfavorable weather conditions. The aircraft impacted a steep slope, resulting in a significant slide down to the Zubastaya River valley.
Description
The An-2 passenger plane operated on a flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (PKC) to Esso with an en route stop at Kozirevsk on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia. There were eleven passengers and two pilots on board. The crew decided to take the route over the mountains instead of the route along the valleys although the weather conditions did not allow for that. The aircraft entered clouds and impacted a slope of a mountain (1,280 metres high) in the Ganalskiye gory range. The airplane crashed at the 1230 m level and slid down the slope for 700 metres, coming to rest in the valley of the river Zubastaya. Both pilots were killed and all passengers injured, eight of them seriously.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1587https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1587Primary Cause
Unfavorable weather conditions prevented the use of a more direct route, leading to an alternate route over mountainous terrain.Unfavorable weather conditions prevented the use of a more direct route, leading to an alternate route over mountainous terrain.Share on:
