Incident Overview
Date: Friday 18 April 1969
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Kazakstan Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-09193
Location: 1,5 km from Otar, Kurdai district, Zhambyl region –
ÿ Kazakhstan
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A commercial aircraft crashed in a field due to pilot negligence and unauthorized maneuvers during crop-spray operations. The pilot and all six passengers were killed.A commercial aircraft crashed in a field due to pilot negligence and unauthorized maneuvers during crop-spray operations. The pilot and all six passengers were killed.
Description
Crashed while operating on an unauthorised pleasure flight during crop-spraying operations for the kolkhoz (collective farm) im. Kalinina in the Kurdai district of the Zhambyl region when the intoxicated pilot performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height and the aircraft crashed in a field 1.5 km from Otar. The pilot and all six passengers were killed.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1602https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1602Primary Cause
Pilot negligence and unauthorized maneuvers at low height.Pilot negligence and unauthorized maneuvers at low height.Share on:
