PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jul 3, 1964 (1 killed), Urtazym Or...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on July 3, 1964 near Urtazym Orenburg oblast, Russia with 1 fatality. Cause: Crew distraction and inexperience: the pilots...
- Date: July 3, 1964
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Urtazym Orenburg oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew distraction and inexperience: the pilots were occupied writing down a radio weather forecast while the aircraft continued to lose height
An Aeroflot An 2 crop sprayer (CCCP 09242) was spraying for a state farm near Urtazym in the Orenburg region on 3 July 1964. The inexperienced crew was distracted by a radio weather forecast they were writing down, and the aircraft steadily lost height before striking a hill about one km southwest of Urtazym. The captain was killed and the copilot was injured.