Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 August 1988
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2P
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-01788
Location: near Kystatyam –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (copilot’s monitoring).Aircraft control system (copilot’s monitoring).
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft operated a survey flight over the Lena River, patrolling the route to identify pollution sources. The flight was conducted at a height of 100 meters with occasional descent to 50 meters for inspection of vessels. Following the return to Zhigansk, the captain directed the copilot to preliminary calculations for the next flight to Sangar. The copilot did not actively monitor the aircraft’s position.An-2 aircraft operated a survey flight over the Lena River, patrolling the route to identify pollution sources. The flight was conducted at a height of 100 meters with occasional descent to 50 meters for inspection of vessels. Following the return to Zhigansk, the captain directed the copilot to preliminary calculations for the next flight to Sangar. The copilot did not actively monitor the aircraft’s position.
Description
The An-2 operated on a survey flight out of Zhigansk, patrolling along the Lena River in order to identify sources of pollution along the route. The flight was carried out over the river Lena at a height of 100 m with an occasional descent to 50 m for the inspection of vessels. On the way back to Zhigansk the captain ordered the copilot to make a preliminary calculations of the next flight to Sangar. Thus the copilot did not actively monitor the position of the aircraft.
Source of Information
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Lack of active monitoring by the copilot during the return flight.Lack of active monitoring by the copilot during the return flight.Share on:
