Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 19 July 1970
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2R
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Privolzhsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-32106
Location: Bogatyye Saby district –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft cockpit and flight control systems.Aircraft cockpit and flight control systems.
Category: Accident
An-2 aircraft operated a crop-spray mission in the Bogatyye Saby district of Tatarstan, with the captain asleep in the cockpit. A second pilot failed to detect a forest belt, leading to a collision with trees approximately 2 kilometers west of Satyshevo, resulting in the aircraft crashing 170 meters further.An-2 aircraft operated a crop-spray mission in the Bogatyye Saby district of Tatarstan, with the captain asleep in the cockpit. A second pilot failed to detect a forest belt, leading to a collision with trees approximately 2 kilometers west of Satyshevo, resulting in the aircraft crashing 170 meters further.
Description
The An-2 operated on a crop-spraying flight for the sovkhoz (state farm) “Mars” in the Bogatyye Saby district of Tatarstan with the captain being asleep in the cockpit when the second pilot failed to detect a forest belt in time while turning at low height. The aircraft collided with trees of the forest belt 2 km west of Satyshevo and crashed 170 metres further on. The aircraft was consumed by fire.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Pilot error (lack of detection of forest belt) combined with potentially impaired piloting.Pilot error (lack of detection of forest belt) combined with potentially impaired piloting.Share on:
