Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 16 May 1968
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2M
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow SPiMVL
Registration Number: CCCP-05977
Location: 1,5 km NW of Maryinka, Dankov district, Lipetsk region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: Flaps and ailerons.Flaps and ailerons.
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft, bound for the Sovkhoz ‘Pobeda’ farm in Russia, experienced a catastrophic accident during a crop spraying flight. The pilot immediately lost control of flaps and ailerons, dropping the load and subsequently crashing into a field adjacent to the Sovkhoz ‘Pobeda’ farm. The crash resulted in fire and subsequent burning out of the aircraft.An-2 aircraft, bound for the Sovkhoz ‘Pobeda’ farm in Russia, experienced a catastrophic accident during a crop spraying flight. The pilot immediately lost control of flaps and ailerons, dropping the load and subsequently crashing into a field adjacent to the Sovkhoz ‘Pobeda’ farm. The crash resulted in fire and subsequent burning out of the aircraft.
Description
The An-2 plane departed Nikitskoye (Kurkino district of the Tula region) bound for the sovkhoz (state farm) “Pobeda” in Russia. Control of the flaps and ailerons probably failed immediately after takeoff. As it was about to conduct a crop spraying flight, the pilot dropped the load and managed to control the airplane. After flying for 8 km the aircraft banked to the left, turned upside down and crashed in a field of the sovkhoz (state farm) “Polibino” 1.5 km north-west of Maryinka (Dankov district of the Lipetsk region). It caught fire and burnt out. The pilot was killed.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1577https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1577Primary Cause
Loss of control during takeoff and immediately following flight.Loss of control during takeoff and immediately following flight.Share on:
