PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Jun 20, 1979 (2 killed), Mingrelsk...
PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on June 20, 1979 near Mingrelskaya Krasnodar Krai, Russia with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew began the last spraying rotation...
- Date: June 20, 1979
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-2
- Location: Mingrelskaya Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew began the last spraying rotation in the wrong configuration and at insufficient altitude, leaving no room to recover during the right turn.
An Antonov An-2 operated on a crop spraying mission for an Abinsk kolkhoz crashed in a field near Mingrelskaya after the crew began the final rotation at insufficient altitude. The captain was killed and the copilot died of his injuries four hours later.