Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 23 April 1966
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-02807
Location: 12 km E of Labinsk –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Aircraft structureAircraft structure
Category: Accident
An An-2 aircraft, operating a crop-spray flight from the Sovkhoz airstrip in Labinsk, lost altitude during a steep turn at low height, resulting in a bank angle of approximately 50-60 degrees and subsequent crash.An An-2 aircraft, operating a crop-spray flight from the Sovkhoz airstrip in Labinsk, lost altitude during a steep turn at low height, resulting in a bank angle of approximately 50-60 degrees and subsequent crash.
Description
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight from the airstrip of the sovkhoz (state farm) at Labinsk when it lost height while flying a steep turn at low height. It crashed with a bank angle of some 50-60 degrees.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Loss of altitude during a steep turn at low height.Loss of altitude during a steep turn at low height.Share on:
