Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 5 September 1970
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-28952
Location: near Dzharkishlak –
ÿ Uzbekistan
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft collided with a high-voltage power line near Kashka while spraying a field not to be sprayed in the Buka district of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The aircraft crashed in a cotton field 94 meters further on and nosed over.An-2 aircraft collided with a high-voltage power line near Kashka while spraying a field not to be sprayed in the Buka district of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The aircraft crashed in a cotton field 94 meters further on and nosed over.
Description
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) im. Kalinina in the Buka district of the Tashkent region in Uzbekistan. The aircraft collided with a high-voltage power-line between and Kashka while spraying a field which was not to be sprayed. It crashed in a cotton field 94 metres further on and nosed over.
Source of Information
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