PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jan 30, 1966 (1 killed), Velyka Vy...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on January 30, 1966 near Velyka Vyska Kirovograd oblast, Ukraine with 1 fatality. Cause: The trainee pilot left his training...
- Date: January 30, 1966
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Velyka Vyska Kirovograd oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The trainee pilot left his training zone in poor visibility and made a steep turn to avoid a tower, and the instructor intervened too late.
A trainee pilot on his first flight at the controls of an An 2 left his training zone at low height in poor visibility. He turned steeply to avoid a survey tower and struck the ground beside a railway line near Velyka Vyska, and the aircraft came to rest upside down. One occupant was killed and the five others were injured.