PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Sep 23, 1978 (3 killed), Novoaleks...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on September 23, 1978 near Novoaleksandrovsk Stavropol Krai, Russia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Crew intoxication: blood alcohol...
- Date: September 23, 1978
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Novoaleksandrovsk Stavropol Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew intoxication: blood alcohol of 4.04 per mille for the captain and 0.43 per mille for the copilot. Investigators could not determine who was pilot-in-command.
A PZL-Mielec An-2R on a crop-spraying flight for a kolkhoz in Novoaleksandrovsk nosed down after a few circuits and crashed in flames in an open field. All three people aboard were killed.