PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 15, 1973 (1 killed), Tashauz D...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 15, 1973 near Tashauz Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan with 1 fatality. Cause: Crew failed to see and avoid the...
- Date: September 15, 1973
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Tashauz Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew failed to see and avoid the telephone pole while flying toward the low sun.
An An-2 spraying crops near Tashauz struck a telephone pole at about 4 metres height while flying into the low morning sun. It crashed, came to rest upside down and burned, killing the copilot and seriously injuring the captain.