Incident Overview
Date: Monday 31 May 1971
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Moscow SPiMVL
Registration Number: CCCP-32076
Location: 3 km SE of Malakhovo –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft operated without authorization, during sunrise, for crop-spray operations, resulted in a crash due to pilot intoxication and unauthorized maneuvers.An-2 aircraft operated without authorization, during sunrise, for crop-spray operations, resulted in a crash due to pilot intoxication and unauthorized maneuvers.
Description
The An-2 was operated on an unauthorised pleasure flight before sunrise during crop-spraying operations for the sovkhoz (state farm) at Tuma in the Spas-Klepiki District of the Ryazan Region. The intoxicated pilot, with, blood alcohol concentration of 3.3 , performed unauthorised manoeuvres at low height and lost control. The aircraft crashed in a forest, 3 km south-east of Malakhovo, caught fire and burnt out.
Source of Information
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Pilot intoxication and unauthorized maneuvers.Pilot intoxication and unauthorized maneuvers.Share on:
